Censorship

Donnie Speaks!

Hell to the Chief!

Making the Banned

Violence, TV and Demagoguery

Congressional attempts to ax TV violence may put the First Amendment under the gun

Matter of Convenience

Congressional attempts to ax TV violence may put the First Amendment under the gun

Letters

Congressional attempts to ax TV violence may put the First Amendment under the gun

Letters

Congressional attempts to ax TV violence may put the First Amendment under the gun

Local Guy's Suit Against Pat Robertson Helped By Racism From Pat Robertson's Students

New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

The Geto Boys Reunite

New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

Everything’s cool

Global warming never seemed so funny

Mail Call

Under His Skin

Racism Goes Unchecked at Regent University, Meanwhile the Melanin-Challenged Turn Out to Protest... Something.

Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

Go, Baby, Go

Behind the barricades with the Pro-Life Cougars and their dead-fetus pictures

Best Activist

Tom Bazan

Letters

Tom Bazan

(Cl)ass Warfare

Forget the fig leaf and the banished art. Now the censors are after student T-shirts.

Prose and Cons

Crusading convicts turned the docile Echo newspaper into a voice for prison reform. Fellow inmates cheered, but alarmed TDCJ officials preferred silence.

Tuning Out the Static

Protesters scream about censorship. The board denounces potentially crippling boycotts. Will the two sides in the Pacifica conflict ever learn that, beneath their shrill cries, they're on the same team?

The Russians Are Melting

You want oligarchs? We got oligarchs!

Murals and the Mind Police

William Steen started a youth project for East End artists. And an HPD cover-up ended it.

Porn Again

Larry Flynt the movie does something Larry Flynt the man wouldn't: It fails to go all the way

Banning Books in HISD... Plus: Metro cop involved in fatal shooting kills himself

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If Halloween Is Coming, So Are Offensive Costumes

​The "Illegal Alien" costume causing uproar amongst immigrant rights activists, anti-immigrant supporters and free speech advocates is the first major faux pas of this Halloween season. While anti-immigrant supporters are scrambling to find the costume, immigrant rights activists are calling for ... More >>

Ellen Hopkins: Young Adult Author Gets Uninvited To Book Festival, Igniting Protests

Ellen Hopkins: Humble doesn't want you​The Teen Lit Fest in Humble is a huge deal for renowned writers of young adult fiction and the kids they're writing for. Which is why it's a huge deal that half of the authors have dropped out of the January 2011 festival. It all started when an Humble ISD l ... More >>

THX 1138

First there was Viagra, now there's this?

Banned Books: HISD Goes From Worst To First

Denene Miller's Hotlanta: Banned in Cy-Fair​Banned Books Week begins Saturday, and the ACLU of Texas has put out its annual report on censorship in the state's schools.One highlight: "[W]e were pleased to see that Houston ISD, the largest school district in the state and the one with the most chal ... More >>

Ameriville

Universes uses the stage as a platform to grapple with serious issues

This Year's Banned Books of Texas

Don't read that, kids.​The ACLU of Texas has released their annual report on books banned by the state's school districts. Among the usual suspects this time around: R.L. Stine, a Gossip Girl novel and the ever-popular gay penguins tale And Tango Makes Three. Another highlight: An elementary ... More >>

Five Reasons Why Perry's Attempt to Block Negative Social Media Content is a Bad Idea

Web users can be psycho. Don't sink to their level.​Controlling negative publicity is tough business in the modern world. Virtually everything is caught on tape -- good and bad -- and the internet provides the ideal place for opposition. From anonymous commenters to bloggers to people on socia ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse

Web users can be psycho. Don't sink to their level.​Controlling negative publicity is tough business in the modern world. Virtually everything is caught on tape -- good and bad -- and the internet provides the ideal place for opposition. From anonymous commenters to bloggers to people on socia ... More >>