Shell Reed spends time with her children at Cuney Homes in Houston’s Third Ward, where several past government anti-poverty initiatives have failed to alleviate longtime ills.
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From left: Anna Zaragarian, Lauren Miller, Lauren Hall and Amanda Zurawski sued the state of Texas after trying to get abortions following medical complications that in some cases threatened their lives. Montinique Monroe/19th News
From left: Creatives Dantrel Boone, Cherry Meekins, KaDavien Baylor, Reginald C. Adams, Samson Bimbõ Adenugba and Joshua Bennett in front of their Juneteenth mural in Galveston, Texas on May 5, 2021. Montinique Monroe/NYT
Trish W. at Canyon Lake in Austin, Texas on April 13, 2021. Trish earns too much to qualify for Medicaid in Texas but too little to afford her own health insurance. Montinique Monroe/The Texas Tribune
Joyce at Givens Park in Austin, Texas on Sept. 4, 2020.
From left: Junior, Tayvon, Lebron and Nathan at Givens Park in Austin, Texas on May 30, 2020.
Samuel Collins III, co-chairman of the Juneteenth Legacy Project, in front of a reflection of a mural commemorating Juneteenth in Galveston, Texas on May 5, 2021. Montinique Monroe/NYT
Deanna Shovan poses for a portrait in front of her home in Kingsland, Texas on March 25, 2021. Montinique Monroe/Texas Tribune
Community leader Cluren Williams in Austin, Texas.
Juanita Ramos helped detail how domestic and foreign investors, many with marijuana industry ties, seized upon the nation’s public health disaster to benefit from the sudden demand for masks. Montinique Monroe/The Texas Tribune
Tommy Wyatt, founder of The Villager newspaper, in Austin, Texas.
Lynn Bat Walker, 70, glances outside of the window of Sam’s BBQ on July 17, 2019.
Austin Justice Coalition team portrait
Tayhlor Coleman didn't know how hard Texas made it to vote, until she started living the van life. Montinique Monroe/Texas Monthly
From left: Hope, Maddox, Dante and Mia Cozart. Maddox’s school in the Troy Independent School District placed him in in-school suspension over his hairstyle earlier this year. Montinique Monroe/The Texas Tribune