Happy Birthday, Anna J. Cooper, &A Neglected Work By A Black Southern Woman

Galveston County trial probes efforts to undo Black and Latino voting power | The Texas Tribune

The coastal county faces a drawn-out trial over claims of intentional discrimination in its 2021 redistricting of commissioners court precincts. The only district in which Black and Latino voters could meaningfully influence elections was dismantled.
— Read on www.texastribune.org/2023/08/10/galveston-voting-rights-trial-redistricting/

Data shows Texas troopers routinely stopping people of color in Austin | The Texas Tribune

More than 8 in 10 people charged by state troopers since they began helping Austin police have been people of color. In Southeast Austin, a neighborhood president calls it “outright racial profiling.”
— Read on www.texastribune.org/2023/08/10/texas-austin-dps-state-troopers-police-communities-color/

Discover the Buddhist Diamond Sutra, the World’s Oldest Surviving Complete Printed Book (868 AD) | Open Culture

It isn’t easy to say which book is the oldest in the world, because the answer depends on what, exactly qualifies as a book. Open Culture, openculture.com
— Read on www.openculture.com/2023/08/discover-the-buddhist-diamond-sutra-the-worlds-oldest-surviving-complete-printed-book-868-ad.html