Laura Burke
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The Families’ Advocate
Texas incarcerates more of its residents than any other state. Most of them are people of color. In Houston, Tarsha Jackson, an organizer with [...] Full Story -
The Families’ Advocate
Texas incarcerates more of its residents than any other state. Most of them are people of color. In Houston, Tarsha Jackson, an organizer with [...] Full Story -
A Woman’s Touch
One evening in November 2007, an 18-year-old inmate in Beaumont’s Al Price Juvenile Correctional Facility was stretched out on his bunk when a female [...] Full Story -
Refuge From Responsibility
Paul Bruckwicki is standing on a hill between a grass-covered Army landfill and a creek called Harrison Bayou. Groundwater monitoring wells skirt the edge [...] Full Story -
Building Little Baghdad
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, established Muslims are working hard to keep refugees from falling through the cracks. Full Story
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The Burden of Proof
It was an unusual beginning to a love story. James Legate was five years into a life sentence for murder. Yolanda Garcia, a 59-year-old [...] Full Story -
Freedom’s Just a Word
Photos by Lance Rosenfield/Prime Former inmates board buses to Dallas and Houston after being released from the Walls Unit in Huntsville. Every morning at [...] Full Story -
UT’s Dirty Investments
While many universities have stopped investing in companies that do business in Sudan, the University of Texas still invests millions of dollars in the [...] Full Story -
A Threat To Society
Hear Laura Burke’s interview with Texas Public Radio KSTX 98.1. Off of a dead-end street in the lush woodlands of East Texas, Chris Cain [...] Full Story -
The Families’ Advocate
Texas incarcerates more of its residents than any other state. Most of them are people of color. In Houston, Tarsha Jackson, an organizer with [...] Full Story
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