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Mahjong is trending but Asian Americans are still fighting for belonging
Mahjong is trending but Asian Americans are still fighting for belonging
When will enough be enough? Abolish ICE.
When will enough be enough? Abolish ICE.
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“Your People Were Supposed To Assimilate:” My Texas State Board Of Education Experience
“Your People Were Supposed To Assimilate:” My Texas State Board Of Education Experience
Texas Students Protest Proposed Board of Education Curriculum Changes
Texas Students Protest Proposed Board of Education Curriculum Changes
Waiting For A Walkout That Never Happened
Waiting For A Walkout That Never Happened
Texas High School Students And Journalists Are Navigating Without Cell Phones
Texas High School Students And Journalists Are Navigating Without Cell Phones
Resources
Introduction to the City of Houston Budget
Introduction to the City of Houston Budget
Recording: Introduction to the City of Houston Budget
Recording: Introduction to the City of Houston Budget
Shift Press held a webinar on April 14, 2026 to explain how the City of Houston’s $7 billion budget is made and how residents can impact the process. The fol...
What Young Professionals Should Know About Texas Nonprofits
What Young Professionals Should Know About Texas Nonprofits
ICE & Educators: How to care for undocumented students and staff
ICE & Educators: How to care for undocumented students and staff
Recording: ICE & Educators
Recording: ICE & Educators
Educators and community members across the country joined Shift Press on February 16, 2025 to learn how they could take care of undocumented students and sta...
Student Journalists Confront Anti-Palestinian Bias In Legacy Media Newsrooms
Student Journalists Confront Anti-Palestinian Bias In Legacy Media Newsrooms
HISD Student: I’m Missing School for the Sake of My Education
HISD Student: I’m Missing School for the Sake of My Education
“We want to be free and live in a free country:” Bellaire High School students walk out in protest of ICE
“We want to be free and live in a free country:” Bellaire High School students walk out in protest of ICE
Houston Families Struggle To Afford Food
Houston Families Struggle To Afford Food
Being An Immigrant Is Not A Weakness
Being An Immigrant Is Not A Weakness
“Hands Off Our Children:” Houstonians Denounce ICE Cruelty Against Immigrant Youth
“Hands Off Our Children:” Houstonians Denounce ICE Cruelty Against Immigrant Youth
Houston ISD Trustee Dr. Maria Benzon Discusses Finances, Takeover
Houston ISD Trustee Dr. Maria Benzon Discusses Finances, Takeover
Help Us Keep Undocumented Students in Texas Colleges
Help Us Keep Undocumented Students in Texas Colleges
Without New Voices laws, we risk silencing U.S. student journalists
Without New Voices laws, we risk silencing U.S. student journalists
Living Through the Darkness: My Journey with Mental Health and Advocacy
Living Through the Darkness: My Journey with Mental Health and Advocacy
Voters Should Choose, Not Be Chosen
Voters Should Choose, Not Be Chosen
Texas House Lawmakers Consider Limiting Trans Folks’ Bathroom Access
Texas House Lawmakers Consider Limiting Trans Folks’ Bathroom Access
Houston Teacher: ‘I Promise To Never Quit’
Houston Teacher: ‘I Promise To Never Quit’
Will Artificial Intelligence Take Over The Classroom?
Will Artificial Intelligence Take Over The Classroom?
Reform For Animals Protests Houston Humane Society Due to Mistreatment of Workers and Animals
Reform For Animals Protests Houston Humane Society Due to Mistreatment of Workers and Animals
Houston Is Funding a “Healthy Working Relationship" With ICE
Houston Is Funding a “Healthy Working Relationship" With ICE
Students’ Right to Discover is Our Constitutional Right and a Cornerstone of Public Education
Students’ Right to Discover is Our Constitutional Right and a Cornerstone of Public Education
Texas State Board of Education renews Native American Studies course
Texas State Board of Education renews Native American Studies course
Hundreds Protest U.S. Immigration Policies and Genocide of Palestinians
Hundreds Protest U.S. Immigration Policies and Genocide of Palestinians
Queer Texans Have Always Lived Here
Queer Texans Have Always Lived Here
What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Means for South Asian Young People Like Me
What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Means for South Asian Young People Like Me
Texas is Running Towards a Constitutional Crisis
Texas is Running Towards a Constitutional Crisis
‘I’m an advocate for my people’: Young Houston Poet Laureates in Conversation
‘I’m an advocate for my people’: Young Houston Poet Laureates in Conversation
University of Houston Student Speaker Calls for a Free Palestine, Congo and Sudan
University of Houston Student Speaker Calls for a Free Palestine, Congo and Sudan
Recording: UH Student Speaker Calls for a Free Palestine, Congo and Sudan
Recording: UH Student Speaker Calls for a Free Palestine, Congo and Sudan
Community Coalition Demands No New Jail at Commissioner’s Court
Community Coalition Demands No New Jail at Commissioner’s Court
Hundreds Demand Rice University Protect International Students
Hundreds Demand Rice University Protect International Students
Palestine Solidarity, Al Awda, and AARP Host “Safeguard the Flame”
Palestine Solidarity, Al Awda, and AARP Host “Safeguard the Flame”
Interview with “Safeguard the Flame” Organizers
Interview with “Safeguard the Flame” Organizers
A New Harris County Jail is Not the Answer
A New Harris County Jail is Not the Answer
New Voices Texas Organizes Lobby Day for Student Journalists’ Rights
New Voices Texas Organizes Lobby Day for Student Journalists’ Rights
Hundreds of Students and Advocates Testify Against School Choice Bill
Hundreds of Students and Advocates Testify Against School Choice Bill
The Ten Commandments Don’t Belong in Texas Classrooms
The Ten Commandments Don’t Belong in Texas Classrooms
Second Protest Against Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies Gets Creative
Second Protest Against Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies Gets Creative
Power, Potential, and a Funding Crisis: The Reality of Southern Youth Movements
Power, Potential, and a Funding Crisis: The Reality of Southern Youth Movements
University of Houston SJP: ‘Divestment is Inevitable’
University of Houston SJP: ‘Divestment is Inevitable’
Student Journalists in Texas Must Not be Censored
Student Journalists in Texas Must Not be Censored
Caney Creek Students Walk Out Against Immigration Policies
Caney Creek Students Walk Out Against Immigration Policies
Thousands in Houston Protest Donald Trump’s Immigration Orders
Thousands in Houston Protest Donald Trump’s Immigration Orders
Book Bans Silence Our Voices in the Fight for Intellectual Freedom
Book Bans Silence Our Voices in the Fight for Intellectual Freedom
Will Harris County Democrats Learn from Kamala Harris’ Loss?
Will Harris County Democrats Learn from Kamala Harris’ Loss?
Texas’s new Bluebonnet curriculum is religious indoctrination
Texas’s new Bluebonnet curriculum is religious indoctrination
Yes, Kamala Harris is gaslighting us
Yes, Kamala Harris is gaslighting us
I’m glad we disrupted Kamala Harris’s Houston rally
I’m glad we disrupted Kamala Harris’s Houston rally
Rice University is violating pro-Palestine students’ civil rights
Rice University is violating pro-Palestine students’ civil rights
Youth deserve national suicide prevention policies
Youth deserve national suicide prevention policies
Youth organize community discussion on political prisoners
Youth organize community discussion on political prisoners
Democracy requires digital rights, so we’re suing Texas
Democracy requires digital rights, so we’re suing Texas
Cy-Fair ISD is Censoring Climate Change Education
Cy-Fair ISD is Censoring Climate Change Education
Houston, Where is Our Pride?
Houston, Where is Our Pride?
Kamala Harris hasn’t won over all Gen Zers
Kamala Harris hasn’t won over all Gen Zers
Summer to Prison Pipeline: How Houston ISD Funds Policing, Not Summer Programs
Summer to Prison Pipeline: How Houston ISD Funds Policing, Not Summer Programs
My Katy ISD board member thinks undocumented students are a burden. Here’s why she’s wrong.
My Katy ISD board member thinks undocumented students are a burden. Here’s why she’s wrong.
Internet Access is Vital for Houston’s Well Being
Internet Access is Vital for Houston’s Well Being
The Harmful Impact of SB4 on Immigrant Youth: An Urgent Call for Change
The Harmful Impact of SB4 on Immigrant Youth: An Urgent Call for Change
Mike Miles Reminded Me That Schooling Isn't About Listening To Students
Mike Miles Reminded Me That Schooling Isn't About Listening To Students
Community members defend DEI, free speech at Texas Senate hearing
Community members defend DEI, free speech at Texas Senate hearing
Rice Students Demand a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction Vote
Rice Students Demand a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction Vote
Texas Students For Justice In Palestine Respond To Abbott’s Executive Order
Texas Students For Justice In Palestine Respond To Abbott’s Executive Order
The University of Houston is ‘Ramadan-Washing’ a Genocide
The University of Houston is ‘Ramadan-Washing’ a Genocide
End Houston's complicity in the Palestinian Genocide
End Houston's complicity in the Palestinian Genocide
Don’t replace counselors with religious chaplains.
Don’t replace counselors with religious chaplains.
University of Houston: Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel
University of Houston: Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel
Katy ISD’s Book Bans Alienate Students
Katy ISD’s Book Bans Alienate Students
Mental health and student success: Why Texas needs more school counselors
Mental health and student success: Why Texas needs more school counselors
We must defend intellectual freedom in Texas
We must defend intellectual freedom in Texas
A broken system, silent suffering, and how self advocacy saved me
A broken system, silent suffering, and how self advocacy saved me
Students Disrupt “Israel at 75” Conference at Rice University
Students Disrupt “Israel at 75” Conference at Rice University
Houston's youngest poet laureate recognizes the importance of language justice.
Houston's youngest poet laureate recognizes the importance of language justice.
Talking Houston ISD Takeover with Cassandra Jones
Talking Houston ISD Takeover with Cassandra Jones
My mom almost died, but Roe v. Wade saved her life
My mom almost died, but Roe v. Wade saved her life
The Hypocrisy of The ‘Right to Life’ Argument in Texas
The Hypocrisy of The ‘Right to Life’ Argument in Texas
‘Enough is Enough’: Hundreds march for gun safety laws
‘Enough is Enough’: Hundreds march for gun safety laws
‘We won’t remain silenced.’ Six Houston youth on school gun violence
‘We won’t remain silenced.’ Six Houston youth on school gun violence
We’ve had enough. We demand gun reform.
We’ve had enough. We demand gun reform.
Aris Kian - In Texas We Pop Prayers like Pills
Aris Kian - In Texas We Pop Prayers like Pills
Houston’s Climate Coalitions Stand in Solidarity with the Karankawas
Houston’s Climate Coalitions Stand in Solidarity with the Karankawas
City Council approves over $1 billion budget for Houston Police Department without proper public engagement
City Council approves over $1 billion budget for Houston Police Department without proper public engagement
University of Houston Student Body Divestment Resolution Continues to Gain Traction
University of Houston Student Body Divestment Resolution Continues to Gain Traction
Student Coalition Urges University of Houston to Divest From War Profiteers
Student Coalition Urges University of Houston to Divest From War Profiteers
The Sleeping Shrimp: The Origins of the Latinx Political Mindset
The Sleeping Shrimp: The Origins of the Latinx Political Mindset
“In The Sun” Uplifts Stories of Oppressed Peoples Amidst Institutional Erasure
“In The Sun” Uplifts Stories of Oppressed Peoples Amidst Institutional Erasure
Malaika Bergner - "Eviction in Heaven"
Malaika Bergner - "Eviction in Heaven"
Aris Kian - "my grandmother say, inside or outside"
Aris Kian - "my grandmother say, inside or outside"
Houston Youth Organize Protest in Solidarity with Palestine
Houston Youth Organize Protest in Solidarity with Palestine
Outgoing Director of Education Juliet Stipeche Reflects on Career with Youth (Part 3/4)
Outgoing Director of Education Juliet Stipeche Reflects on Career with Youth (Part 3/4)
Outgoing Director of Education Juliet Stipeche Reflects on Career with Youth (Part 2/4)
Outgoing Director of Education Juliet Stipeche Reflects on Career with Youth (Part 2/4)
Outgoing Director of Education Juliet Stipeche Reflects on Career with Youth (Part 1/4)
Outgoing Director of Education Juliet Stipeche Reflects on Career with Youth (Part 1/4)
The Time Warp: A Story About Covid-19 & Teenagers
The Time Warp: A Story About Covid-19 & Teenagers
Skinfolk ain't kinfolk: representation won’t save us
Skinfolk ain't kinfolk: representation won’t save us
‘No justice, no sleep’: Houston youth advocate for climate justice
‘No justice, no sleep’: Houston youth advocate for climate justice
Dear HISD: Fund counselors, not cops
Dear HISD: Fund counselors, not cops
Texas exploits imprisoned people
Texas exploits imprisoned people
Pain and Perseverance in Fifth Ward
Pain and Perseverance in Fifth Ward
Young people can’t move justice without a bus
Young people can’t move justice without a bus
Resources for Houston refugee youth strained by COVID-19 pandemic
Resources for Houston refugee youth strained by COVID-19 pandemic
“My disdain for Trump is in no way an endorsement of President-Elect Biden.” | 2020 Election Vibe Check
“My disdain for Trump is in no way an endorsement of President-Elect Biden.” | 2020 Election Vibe Check
“I’m Not Eligible To Vote Until 2021. I’m Worried.” | 2020 Election Vibe Check
“I’m Not Eligible To Vote Until 2021. I’m Worried.” | 2020 Election Vibe Check
Is The Houston Police Department Dodging Reform?
Is The Houston Police Department Dodging Reform?
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