I asked Lucy McBath to tell me about her son, Jordan Davis. She welcomed the opportunity. “Thank you for asking,” she says. “Some people say ‘Oh, I’m afraid to ask,’ I’m like ‘No, ask me about him.’ It helps keep him alive for me.” Jordan was a really, good kid — thoughtful and kind. Raised…

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On Tuesday morning, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced plans to wind down former President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Announced in June 2012, DACA was implemented to give undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children some peace of mind while Congress worked on a longer-term solution to the country’s immigration woes.…

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Early man. A proud, chiseled, oil-chested warrior who roamed the land, hauling boulders to build his boulder house and punching mastodons in the throat. Early woman. A helpless homemaker who to tended her 15-37 children and gathered grapes from the local grape bush. It’s an enduring image, oft repeated in literature, film, and car insurance…

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A truck driver estimates the depth of the water surrounding him near an abandoned truck. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. With President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown looming and Hurricane Harvey’s devastating effects still unaccounted for, many undocumented Houstonians were left to wonder if it was safe to leave their homes and seek help during the…

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