Racism
Federal Racism Probe Ghosts Lubbock Schools, Racism Decides to Stick Around Anyway
The local NAACP meeting in Lubbock opened with a prayer and quickly turned into what can only be described as a greatest-hits album of racial…
Texas Teens Finally Get What They Need: More Political Indoctrination, Obviously
Gov. Greg Abbott has teamed up with Turning Point USA to make sure every Texas…
Texas “Helps” Small Businesses by Booting 97% of Them Out of Support Program
In a plot twist no one asked for, Texas’ acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock approved thousands…
Texas Redistricting Drama: Carl Tepper Swears He Didn’t See Race, Just Pure, Old-Fashioned Partisan Greed
Texas is once again in its favorite kind of chaos: election chaos. The U.S. Supreme…
Texas Tech Crime Wave: Bikes Gone, Scooters Gone, Students Drunk, and a 2017 Hazing Case Wanders In Like It Just Woke Up
Texas Tech Police had another banner week, which in Lubbock terms means: bikes disappeared at…
A Year Later, Lubbock Still Can’t Explain How “No Threat” Became a Body Bag
It’s been nearly a year since 20-year-old Texas Tech student Erskin Charles Jenkins was shot…
Lubbock Finally Remembers Native People Exist, Plans Powwow Like It’s 1491
In a rare moment of cultural self-awareness, Lubbock has discovered that Native people are, in…
Trick-or-Treat Crime Spree: Texas Tech’s Week of Burglaries, Booze, and Bad Decisions
It was another banner week for the Texas Tech Police Department, who apparently decided Halloween…
Sheriff’s Office Finally Drops the Tape—Months After Shooting Texas Tech Student
After months of stonewalling, the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office has finally released body cam footage…
County Plays Hide-and-Seek With Records After Deputy Kills Lubbock Student
Lubbock County has decided transparency is overrated. After 20-year-old Erskin Jenkins was shot and killed…