Hispanics have made up a disproportionate level of COVID deaths in Texas, comprising 41 percent of statewide deaths. Still, about 35 percent of Texas Hispanics have yet to get a single dose of a vaccine. A new project from researchers at Texas State University studied the most effective ways to reach the population.
Also: Texas Republicans, at their convention in Houston, approve a platform including the false claim that President Joe Biden's election was illegitimate. We'll have more from that event. And: Reflections on Juneteenth and the progress and perils in the pursuit of racial justice. The comments of UT scholar Peniel Joseph and much more today on the Texas Standard: