Jaden Edison, Author at The Texas Tribune

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Jaden Edison

Jaden Edison is the public education reporter for The Texas Tribune, where he previously worked as a reporting fellow in summer 2022. Before returning to the Tribune full time, he served as the justice reporter for The Connecticut Mirror, another nonprofit newsroom covering government, politics and public policy. He also interned at Poynter, a nonprofit media institute. Jaden has a master's degree from the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University and a bachelor's degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Texas State University, where he was editor-in-chief of the The University Star, the campus' student-run newspaper. Read Articles by Jaden Edison

Virginia Stewart Miller led people in singing “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black national anthem, at the Juneteenth celebration in St. John Colony on Saturday.

Demographics

In the shadow of Texas limits on voting rights and lessons about race in school, Juneteenth celebrates Black history, progress and families

By Jaden EdisonJune 19, 2022

Amid a rise in conservative efforts opposed to teaching the lingering impacts of slavery and racism, the descendants of formerly enslaved people are using the Juneteenth holiday to educate younger generations.

Pride flags, stickers, masks, pronoun buttons and other merch were handed out at the Austin school district’s “Pride Out!” event in March. Organizers of Pride events in Texas this month are trying to weigh a wish to celebrate their civil rights movement with fears for safety after extremists were arrested at a Pride event in Idaho this month.

Criminal Justice

After extremists’ arrests in Idaho, LGBTQ Texans and Pride organizers balance safety with desire to celebrate their identities

By Jaden EdisonJune 17, 2022

Some LGBTQ Texans are trying to navigate plans to commemorate the catalyst of their civil rights movement with concerns about safety after 31 members of a Texas-based hate group were charged with conspiracy to riot at a Pride event in Idaho.

Police officers guard a group of men who authorities say are among 31 arrested after trying to riot at a LGBTQ Pride event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Saturday. The men are affiliated with a hate group founded in Texas, officials say.

Criminal Justice

Texas-based hate group was behind attempted riot at Pride event in Idaho, authorities say

By Jaden EdisonJune 13, 2022

Authorities say the 31 suspects are part of an extremist group founded in Texas after the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Eight of those arrested Saturday are from North Texas, officials said.

A boy places a flower beside a memorial in honor of the 21 victims killed at a school shooting in Uvalde in May. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a bulletin that the shooting and other recent events could spur more public violence.

Uvalde school shooting

Feds warn that Uvalde massacre, impending abortion ruling and midterm elections could spur more acts of violence

By Jaden EdisonJune 8, 2022

In a bulletin, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that recent and upcoming events could be “exploited to justify acts of violence against a range of possible targets.”

Actor Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, spoke to reporters at the White House on Tuesday about the recent mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Uvalde school shooting

Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey visits White House to push for stricter gun laws and mental health reform

By Jaden EdisonJune 7, 2022

The Texas actor spoke at a press briefing Tuesday after meeting with President Joe Biden about responding to mass shootings. A Uvalde gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school last month.