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News
July 8, 2010
What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?
It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.
Blogs
May 14, 2010
Five Graduation Speeches Better Than What You'll Hear This Year
It's Graduation Season, and that means it's time for commencement speeches.Usually delivered by someone you at best only vaguely have heard of, they all start with rueful self-deprecation about how "Once, long, long ago, I too sat at a graduation ceremony and listened to some long-winded boring spe ... More >>
News
March 6, 2008
A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
Culture
May 3, 2001
Beyond the Black Experience
TSU's survey of 20th-century works shatters the stereotype of African-American art
News
January 18, 2001
Left Return
Once burdened by debt and internal politics, a rejuvenated Texas ACLU is back mixing it up with those who dare to trample on the U. S. Constitution.
News
August 31, 1995
Gayle Force
A vigorous advocate for teachers and the bane of HISD administrators, confrontational union boss Gayle Fallon wields a growing power over the direction of Houston's public schools