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Constitutional Law

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Hand-Doctor Follies

    Brown continues to astound

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    The Ballad of Emmett Till

    Brown continues to astound

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Michael and Rachel Brown Divorce Court: Brown's CFO Takes the Fifth Over Questions About Alleged Embezzlement

    The chief financial officer for Dr. Michael Brown's various corporations invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during divorce proceedings Tuesday and Wednesday in response to a barrage of questions about whether Brown has been siphoning corporate funds to pay for a boat and home in Miami. Under questi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Redrawing Fiefdoms in Ye Olde HISD

    Margaret DowningGene Locke walked HISD trustees through redistricting, Chapter 1​The Hispanic population continues to boom, the Anglo drip-drip-drip away to suburbia continues, there's a small decline among African Americans in Houston ISD and the district's biggest gain percentage wise is in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Hairspray

    Margaret DowningGene Locke walked HISD trustees through redistricting, Chapter 1​The Hispanic population continues to boom, the Anglo drip-drip-drip away to suburbia continues, there's a small decline among African Americans in Houston ISD and the district's biggest gain percentage wise is in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    A Playlist For Our Wetbacks in Arizona And For All Who Pray For Them

    "It may well be that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition is not the glaring noisiness of the so-called bad people, but the appalling silence of the so-called good people."- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.​There's something so powerful about music. It gets us through life's bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Ever Been Fingerprinted? Well, You Might Just Be... I Dunno, Oh, SATAN!

    ​Pam McLaurin is a teacher in Big Sandy ISD in Polk County in deep East Texas. The Texas Education Association has asked her to submit to a background check. McLaurin, who has taught for 20 years, has complied with every part of the check save for the mandatory fingerprinting, which she opposes on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Jesse Lott and Javier de Villota

    Two artists who split their time between Houston and Spain share a vision

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    The DA Takes On Illegals, Because She Can

    Photo courtesy Pat Lykos for DANot content to throw two of her prosecutors into the blender last week, Harris County DA Pat Lykos has decided to turn her guns on yet another unimportant bloc of voters - illegal immigrants.The Chron picks up the tale:"Four senior assistant district attorneys, speakin ... More >>

  • News

    November 27, 2008

    Janet Napolitano = Homeland Futility

    Janet Napolitano’s sorry service in Arizona makes her a terrible choice for Homeland Security secretary.

  • Film

    October 30, 2008
  • Blogs

    May 25, 2008
  • Calendar

    October 18, 2007

    Jihad Abdulmumit

    Former Black Panther heads to Houston for lecture and dramatic performance

  • Film

    October 18, 2007

    Rendition

    It's not torture, but this latest Mideast thriller's as conventional as they come. We're (water) bored. (Sorry.)

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2007

    Re: In the Line of Fire

    It's not torture, but this latest Mideast thriller's as conventional as they come. We're (water) bored. (Sorry.)

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    Mind Reading

    Is Yvette Lacobie really a terrorist? Did legislators really mean to kick kids out for a butter knife? Is zero tolerance really stupid? (No, maybe and yes.)

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Court Ruling

    Is Yvette Lacobie really a terrorist? Did legislators really mean to kick kids out for a butter knife? Is zero tolerance really stupid? (No, maybe and yes.)

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Is Yvette Lacobie really a terrorist? Did legislators really mean to kick kids out for a butter knife? Is zero tolerance really stupid? (No, maybe and yes.)

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2004

    Drowning by Numbers

    Suzanne O’Malley authors a countdown to tragedy

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Lobbyist

    Bill Miller

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Politician

    Councilwoman Ada Edwards

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Polling Place

    Minute Maid Park

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Naked Shame

    Years ago, courts ruled that routine strip searches in jails were unconstitutional. But for Fort Bend County women, if you got booked, they took a look.

  • Dining

    March 22, 2001

    Feasted Upon

    A health food store and restaurant falls victim to the movement it helped create

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    From Cells to Souls

    Chuck Colson and his evangelical Christians team up with a local prison for a divine intervention program

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Rant

    Ray Hill

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Accidental Sexologist

    When he was young, William Simon wanted to change the world. The late University of Houston sociology professor changed the way we view sex instead.

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    No Secrets

    Health providers, insurance companies, researchers and government agencies all want your medical records. And it doesn't matter whether you want them released or not.

  • Film

    October 21, 1999

    Thelma Kills a Mockingbird

    Crazy's strong cast can't overcome a combo script

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Borderline Bond

    Local judges go anti-immigrant in bail policies

  • Culture

    April 29, 1999

    Drums of Injustice

    Ensemble shows civil rights era through mental patients

  • Film

    November 12, 1998

    American History Xploitation

    Nobody's clamoring to claim this uncertain neo-Nazi film

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    The More Things Change

    Nobody's clamoring to claim this uncertain neo-Nazi film

  • Music

    July 16, 1998

    Static

    Nobody's clamoring to claim this uncertain neo-Nazi film

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Final Down

    The Trophy Son's family not only loses in court, but will have to pay the school system's legal costs

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    The Insider

    The Trophy Son's family not only loses in court, but will have to pay the school system's legal costs

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    The Great Decolorizer

    As a student radical in the late sixties, Ed Blum fought for affirmative action. Now, as a middle- aged neocon, he wants to destroy it.

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    Lost in the Cause

    In the early 1960s, Eldrewey Stearns was a powerful force for integration in a segregated society. Then he forgot his way, and history forgot him. Until, that is, he met writer Thomas R. Cole.

  • News

    January 13, 1994

    Letters

    In the early 1960s, Eldrewey Stearns was a powerful force for integration in a segregated society. Then he forgot his way, and history forgot him. Until, that is, he met writer Thomas R. Cole.

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