Cosmetology

Is Houston still affordable?

An orange haze, a vicious wind, in some places visibility cut close to zero – is an exiting dust storm a warning of more? With high winds expected to return later this week, what the layers of dust across Texas may tell us about changes to our climate.

A recent survey from the U.S. Census Bureau revealed roughly four out of five Houstonians are stressed out about recent price increases – raising the question of whether Houston still deserves its long-held reputation as one of the most affordable large cities in the country.

Tens of thousands protest against the president in Mexico amid concerns about threats to elections there.

A bill set to raise the penalties for illegal voting in Texas gets the green light from a Senate committee.

On Rare Disease Day 2023, we’ll hear how advocates for people with such diseases are pushing for change.

And an online hack targeting Asian Texans.

Isis Brantley (Ep. 37, 2021)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Isis Brantley, a Dallas-based African hair braiding expert and entrepreneur who successfully fought the State of Texas’s bureaucratic restrictions on natural hair braiding, making hair braiding services and instruction available to thousands of African American women in Texas.

Texas Standard: October 30, 2018

It’s election season: do you know who you’re casting your ballot for? Are you sure? We’ll take a look at reports of problems with voting machines statewide. Also, the White House calls for more than 5,000 active duty troops to be sent to the border to intercept a so-called migrant caravan, and their mission doesn’t seem so much backup as front lines. We’ll have the latest. Also, the president announces a plan to end birthright citizenship. Can he do that on his own? We’ll take a closer look. Plus flares in the field: why oil companies may be underreporting. All that and then some today on the Texas Standard:

Texas Standard: February 9, 2016

Maybe it doesn’t matter, or maybe it should be a primary concern. Why isn’t Texas the first to vote in the nation? Also, you need it to fly, you need it to drive and on March 1st you’ll need it to vote. But what does the latest research tell us about photo ID and voter turnout. Plus- Laws restricting where sex offenders can live are being abandoned by towns across Texas: we’ll hear why. And dry sunny high’s in the 70’s and 80’s, if this is the dreaded Godzilla El Nino what’re we afraid of? You may not like the answer. All those stories and lots more on todays Texas Standard: