6 comments | Five years ago, on May 18, ten people died in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School. And on May 24, Uvalde will be holding its own one-year anniversary vigil to honor the 21 killed at Robb Elementary School. ➡️ https://trib.al/rIUHDFG | Houston Chronicle | Facebook

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After the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a national debate over free speech has intensified. Across the country, people have faced consequences — from firings to expulsions — for their comments about Kirk’s assassination. Near the University of Houston campus, reporter Shakari Briggs asked students whether they feel comfortable sharing their own views on social media. 🔗bit.ly/4nfidZ1 | Houston Chronicle

According to a select group of Christians on social media, Tuesday is the day true believers — both living and dead — ascend to heaven alongside Jesus Christ as everyone else gets left behind. 🔗bit.ly/4nthzXN | Houston Chronicle

From undocumented childhood to community leader, Cesar Espinosa turned resilience into service. As founder of FIEL Houston, he’s built the largest civil rights immigration organization in Texas — and he’s still fighting for families like his own. 🔗bit.ly/46p5blI | Houston Chronicle

Unmarked cars. A helicopter. A Houston family takes cover."But the police are good," the 5-year-old said. “Not right now, mija. Right now they’re not good," her older sister whispered.Houston has, it’s true, largely been spared the immigration policing spectacle that keeps other cities on edge. It’s tempting to call our lack of spectacle a mercy. It may even be calculation. But after the U.S. Supreme Court’s preliminary ruling last week effectively legalizing immigration stops based on little el

Days after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the senior pastor of Community of Faith Church in Houston stood at the pulpit and called Kirk a “racist,” “extremist” and “white Christian nationalist.” Yet the church should still grieve his death, said Bishop James Dixon II, one of the Black pastors in Houston who has condemned Kirk’s killing and public reactions to it. 🔗 bit.ly/3Vseueb | Houston Chronicle