Social and Economic Disparity

Houston Summer Jobs Program Grows But Some Push for More

The numbers are up from 2015, when only 430 youth were employed in the city's summer jobs program.

Q+A: Buffalo Bayou Partnership Looks East

President of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership talks about what's next and concerns surrounding the new development.

Following the Recession, More Children Live in High-Poverty Neighborhoods

And it's impacting school readiness.

Assessing Houston's Zika Risk in 2017

With no reported cases on the books for 2017 here, how vulnerable is the metropolitan area going forward?

How School District Secession Worsens Segregation

A new report from education non-profit EdBuild argues that school secession often not only creates a costly duplication of bureaucracies but also hurts the mission of public education to equitably serve all students.