by Sophie Dulberg April 3, 2020 Local issues Houston residents agree: less displacement, more transit with the I-45 expansion In the 1950s and 60s, when highways like I-10 and U.S. 59 were initially constructed through Houston neighborhoods, residents couldContinue Reading
by Sophie Dulberg December 6, 2019 Local issues Texas’ Health Department study officially confirms cancer cluster exists in Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens In August 2019, the Texas Department of State Health Services discovered what many residents of Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens inContinue Reading
by Sophie Dulberg March 21, 2019 Local issues National issues Studies Black and Latino residents live in more pollution than they cause. This is clearer in Houston more than anywhere else. Early in March, a team of professors and researchers from universities nationwide published a study in Proceedings of the NationalContinue Reading
by Sophie Dulberg November 1, 2018 Local issues State issues Master leases provide relief to voucher holders discriminated against in search for for decent housing Only one in four people who qualify for rental assistance in this country receive it. It’s no wonder that gettingContinue Reading