2024 Year in Review

The Defender team launched its Roundtable panel discussions on the most popular local and national news issues this fall. With…

The Astros weren’t the same without Dusty Baker, and Houston didn’t have any major titles to celebrate in 2024. However,…

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2024 was another fantastic year for me as the collegiate and professional sports editor for the Defender. Telling the tales…

on addition to opening gifts and indulging on sweet potato pie, Christmas Day in Houston is a wonderful opportunity to…

Happy Christmas! It gives me great pleasure to look back on the year as Managing Editor of the Defender Network….

The Houston Independent School system has been embroiled in controversy since the Texas Education Agency (TEA) assumed control of the…

As a journalist in Texas, this year has been interesting. Reporting the truth and the facts is crucial in this…

Politics has been the year’s headline-grabber (and headline-changer), if you’ve been paying attention at all in 2024. Beyond the elections,…

Black people in the Houston region can meet neighbors, find information about Black businesses, places of worship, and K-college schools,…