In Houston, Texas, leaders have come together to study how lonely residents feel, in an effort to turn data into a baseline for action.

Health care advocates struggle to figure out why this Texas county has some of the nation’s highest rates of maternal and infant mortality.

Microsoft doubles down in return to AfroTech in Houston with AI, innovation, community and Black excellence at the forefront.

People donate billions of dollars to breast cancer research every year, but there are a few things people need to consider when they do.

Raphael Saadiq wowed Houston with his one-man “No Bandwidth” tour, blending Tony! Toni! Toné! hits, solos, and personal storytelling.

Monique Welch-Rutherford is an award-winning journalist based in Houston, specializing in uncovering unique stories that highlight the experiences of diverse and marginalized communities, pa…

Marsai Martin’s Sai Summer Cookout made its HBCU debut at TSU, bringing food, music, and community together despite rain shifting the event indoors.

SAN correspondent Monique Welch-Rutherford explores the growing popularity of Mahjong, a game with origins dating back to the 16th century.

The survivors have left a lasting imprint on the city’s identity, launching businesses, revitalizing neighborhoods, and preserving a sense of home.

The community had a hand in the development of the mural before it was constructed, but now feels blindsided by its sudden unannounced removal.

Cry Out Con, led by Pastor Keion Henderson, is a powerful conference where thousands gather to worship, heal, and cry out to God without fear.

After two failed attempts, the City of Houston is once again trying to craft plans to redevelop the deteriorating adaptive recreation center.

Houston's Buffalo Soldiers National Museum became the unlikely target of government cuts once a small federal agency put its entire staff on leave.

The two-day conference, hosted during Black Maternal Health week, gathered over 300 health workers, researchers, advocates and birth workers nationwide.

Months after community members asked city leaders to increase security at Houston’s only adaptive recreational center, major issues have gone unresolved

Titi Otunla was part of the Texas Children’s layoffs. Now she and others have landed at the Women’s Hospital of Texas’ new midwife practice.

Midwife DeShaun Desrosiers drew from her own traumatic birth experience to inspire her mission of training birth workers of color to become doulas.

Alicia Odewale, University of Houston professor, will spearhead a two-year project that chronicles Black heritage and resilience by mapping trees.

Third Ward residents came out to help form the vision for the future SHAPE center after it was decimated in a fire.

The city’s only adaptive recreational center once had a full-time security guard, but budget cuts nixed it. Since then, incidents have increased.