Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Why are Black maternal and infant mortality rates so disproportionately high in Houston/Harris County? I’m seeking input from Black birthing people in the area for @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social with @capitalb.bsky.social If interested, share your experience here: bit.ly/birthhou

great story from my friend @moniquewelch.bsky.social about how Hurricane Katrina pushed Black New Orlenians into Houston - and helped start a cultural renaissance in Houston capitalbnews.org/houston-katr...

Mahjong is exploding right now in Houston and the U.S. — particularly the American version. I set out to see why in my latest for @straightarrownews.bsky.social, observing a workshop at the Chinese Community Center, where they teach the traditional Taiwanese version. san.com/cc/why-is-ma...

As the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, I spent some time reflecting on one of the most catastrophic and costliest natural disasters in U.S. history, with a few of those, some 250,000 New Orleanian evacuees who found refuge in Houston after being displaced.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to get to the bottom of surging #autism rates, but a new analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut funding for such research by double digits. #disabilities

Bittersweet to see my final @houstonlanding.bsky.social piece publish today. This story began as a tip from someone who attended one of our events. She had struggled to get anyone to pay attention to her concern—the removal of a beloved community mural —but believed I would handle it with care.

Honored to be among this esteemed list of journalists including many of my @houstonlanding.bsky.social colleagues to win a Texas Managing Editors award for my specialty reporting on people with disabilities, a group often ignored by news media 🤩 www.texasmanagingeditors.org/2025/04/26/t...

Although the @houstonlanding.bsky.social is coming to an end soon, that doesn't mean we've stopped fulfilling our mission to serve the community, and it certainly doesn't mean I'm going to stop fulfilling my divine purpose: serving diverse communities.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

When Texas Children's Hospital suddenly cut its midwifery group last year, Titi Otunla, was concerned she wouldn’t have another place to practice. But her legacy providing women’s care quickly landed her a new home in my latest for @houstonlanding.bsky.social houstonlanding.org/new-home-sam...

I enjoyed observing a doula training led by a Houston midwife who’s made it her mission to ensure women of color are represented in birth work. Her training became so popular it attracted @marchofdimes.bsky.social as a sponsor. My latest @houstonlanding.bsky.social houstonlanding.org/doulas-of-di...

I was just saying to @uh.edu professor Alicia Odewale that I wasn't even sure if she's been in Houston six months yet before making her mark to document its Black history. This grant opportunity from the National Geographic Society to map Black Heritage trees is the latest example.

SHAPE Community Center leaders know that building back better after a tragic fire will take time and money. They also know they’ll need the community’s help to do it. So they called on the community to help them imagine what better looks like in my latest houstonlanding.org/we-want-to-b...

Always a good time whenever I’m on City Cast Houston This week Laura Isensee and I talk everything from cancer screenings in the Fifth Ward and rising security threats at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center. Check it out here: houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/new...

For months I’ve heard a collective of residents, staff and users of Houston’s Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, its only adaptive recreation center, raise concerns about security that initially were ignored until some escalated matters before city council.

Despite overwhelming opposition from students, teachers and parents who made their final plea last week for Cy-Fair to reject a controversial gender policy, the board was undeterred. Here's what's next in my latest with Annie Mulligans 📸 houstonlanding.org/every-child-...

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and the legacy of Blacks in the West. If you know me, you know there was no way I was missing this unique offering at @uh.edu Annie Mulligan and I took the first class and here’s how it went in my latest for @houstonlanding.bsky.social houstonlanding.org/we-took-univ...

If you haven't smiled today (or listened to Cowboy Carter), check out @moniquewelch.bsky.social's latest knockout story about teaching the Black history of the American west. Can I sign up for this class please? houstonlanding.org/we-took-univ...

Harris County has one of the highest rates of Black maternal/infant mortality in the COUNTRY. @moniquewelch.bsky.social wrote about one Black midwife helping to change that. This rather remarkable story, with photos by Meridith Kohut, includes a live birth. houstonlanding.org/from-statist...

As part of my ongoing series reporting on Harris County’s Black maternal health crisis, I’m elated to share my latest piece with Meridith Kohut about how a Houston-area Black midwife is working to make combat disparities among Black women. houstonlanding.org/from-statist...

So excited to be apart of this fellowship with my former colleague and friend Briah Lumpkins and meet some of the incredible journalists of color around the country. Let’s get to work 💪🏽

The first evening of the Virgen de Guadalupe celebration along the East End Navigation corridor ended in tears and losses for many food vendors who were told to pack up and leave or face fines, even arrests. Great reporting by @danyaperez.bsky.social

A new mobile maternal health center will soon hit Harris County streets to provide access to quality care for underserved communities. It’s no secret that Harris County’s maternal and infant health care is in crisis. Organizers believe this will help. My latest: houstonlanding.org/march-of-dim...

Time to rip the Band-Aid off with my first post. I recently wrote about Texas ABA Centers, a new autism diagnostic care center whose individualized, play-based approach and immersive environments like equine therapy aim to help kids navigate life on the spectrum. houstonlanding.org/new-autism-c...

After the death of her daughter, Jocelyn, Alexis Nungaray became an unlikely anti-immigration crusader for President-elect Donald Trump and Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaigns. But outside of the spotlight, she mourns alone to keep Jocelyn's memory alive. houstonlanding.org/i-dont-want-...