Texas is booming. Thank millennials and Gen Zers of color.
Jobs, relatively affordable homes, and a cheaper cost of living are luring young people of color to Texas, where the population is surging and the economy is taking off.
Yoonji Han
Voices of Color Reporter
I grew up in the West Bank under military occupation. Now I pay homage to my homeland through my fashion designs.
Rami Kashou has designed gowns for Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. He incorporates Palestinian embroidery and motifs to reconnect with his homeland.
My family was chased off our land in Texas by a racist mob. More than 80 years later, I own it again.
97-year-old Opal Lee remembers the night when a mob chased her family off their land. More than eight decades later, she has it again.
How unregulated radio stations out of Mexico fueled the country music boom in America
'Border radio' stations from Mexico brought country music greats like Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family to a wider audience in the 1930s-80s.
Chicago museum covers up Native American displays as new rules go into effect
New federal regulations require museums to obtain consent from tribes before displaying cultural objects.
Netflix removed an Indian film after religious viewers criticized meat-eating characters
A right-wing Hindu group filed a complaint accusing the film of "intentionally" hurting "Hindu sentiments."
Coco Gauff said she 'wasn't mad' about viral cartoon, but got 'left on read' by the USTA
The cartoon depicted Gauff and other American tennis players in the style of 'The Wild Thornberrys.'
Black taxi drivers helped fuel the Montgomery Bus Boycott, even as they faced arrests and police pressure
Taxi drivers provided alternate transport for boycotters, lowering their fares to match bus fares.
After racist threats forced a Southeast Asian restaurant to close down, the owner reopened a new restaurant as an homage to his immigrant parents
The stereotype of Asians eating dogs is rooted in outdated beliefs.
Former Lululemon employees call the company's response to founder Chip Wilson's comments on DEI 'a slap in the face' to people of color
Lululemon has long been plagued with diversity issues. Current and former employees are calling for change.
An 11-year-old was given an allotment of 'undesirable' land. Beneath the surface was millions of dollars worth of oil.
After oil was discovered under her land, Sarah Rector received marriage proposals for her wealth.
Century-old postcards capture the early years of San Francisco's Chinatown
In the face of anti-immigration laws and a devastating earthquake, Chinese immigrants built an enclave that became one of the most iconic Chinatowns in America.
In the Colombian town of Quinamayó, Christmas is in February
Enslaved Africans were barred from celebrating Christmas in December. Every February, their descendants parade in costumes and dance the fuga.
The eldest daughters of immigrants are exhausted. They're banding together for support.
Eldest daughters, who often have to take on parental responsibilities, are finding community online.
Pad thai was promoted by the Thai government as noodle 'propaganda'
After a coup in the 1930s, a Thai dictator called for the creation of a national dish to address a rice shortage and build the country's identity.
10 ancient artifacts that countries are still fighting over
Legendary objects like the Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon Marbles have long been the subjects of hotly contested disputes between countries.
After being bullied as a kid, I became the first transgender woman to compete at the Miss USA pageant
Enriquez was told not to play with her sister's toys as a child. She later made history as the first transgender woman to compete in Miss USA.
The WWII Tokyo firebombing was the deadliest air raid in history, with a death toll exceeding those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The US air raid killed up to 100,000 Japanese people, most of them civilians, signaling an escalation in WWII tactics.
My immigrant parents were scammed out of their entire life savings. I learned the hard way how it could have been avoided.
His elderly, Chinese immigrant father got a text from an unknown number. It was an investment opportunity that scammed his parents' life savings.
101 years before Rosa Parks, this woman integrated New York City's public transit
When Elizabeth Jennings was thrown off a streetcar for being Black, she took legal action, paving the way for the desegregation of NYC's public transit.