Homelessness

That New HIV Drug is Great (if You Can Afford it)

The Food and Drug Administration's approval Monday of a pill shown to reduce the risk of contracting HIV is a "game-changer," according to AIDS Foundation Houston's director of prevention services. The pill, Truvada, was shown to "cut the risk of infection in healthy gay and bisexual men by 42 perc ... More >>

Tyler Gleason: The Messianic Facebook Manifesto of the Man Who Allegedly Left His Baby in the Sun on FM 1960

Along with his wife Tonya Gleason, Houstonian homeless advocate Tyler Gleason was arrested yesterday and charged with child endagerment. Harris County Sheriff's deputies say that the couple left their five-month-old son in a car-seat in the median of FM 1960 near Kuykendahl while they solicited fu ... More >>

MFAH Film Special Presentation: A Conversation with Author Nick Flynn

Healthcare for Homeless Head Meets Michelle Obama, Gets Big Surprise Check

As founder and president of Healthcare for the Homeless -- Houston (HHH), Dr. David Buck is a busy man. So busy, in fact, he was taken aback when his office got a voice message from U.S. Representative Gene Green's wife Helen saying that she would like Dr. Buck to attend the Centennial First Lady's ... More >>

Midtown to Get 192-Unit Housing Unit for Homeless Vets

Groundbreaking is scheduled for tomorrow on an $18 million Midtown project that will include 192 housing units for homeless vets. Near the old Days Inn on Travis next to the 59 underpass, the Travis Street Plaza will include housing and support services for homeless and disabled veterans. The locat ... More >>

An Apple from Some Teachers

Editor and Houston Press earn the TCTA Silver Apple Media award for education coverage

Lost Boys

New research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker — and sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide.

SYDTHEMAN: Don't Get On This Guy's Nerves

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​This is SYDTHEMAN. (Or h ... More >>

Crazy8 Giving Back With New Release

Photo by Clyde Grant​t.h.e. MisFit Crazy8 has often been labeled as unconventional and even "insane" for his socially conscious, occasionally sarcastic brand of hip-hop. Some have also criticized his direct contributions to the homeless in Houston. The altruistic rapper is attempting to help " ... More >>

Houston's Bustling Downtown Now Has Guides, Who Will Also Deal With Panhandlers & the Homeless

Downtown DistrictThe new downtown guides will also "discourage aggressive panhandling"​Downtown Houston has apparently been suffering a specific problem, and it's not that it looks like a ghost town after 5 p.m. No, apparently the downtown area is filled with confused, overwhelmed tourists w ... More >>

Cover Story: Prized Possessions

Video by Daniel Kramer and Monica Fuentes In this week's feature on the homeless and their prized possessions, we speculated that some, though certainly not all or even most of them, might subscribe to Kris Kristofferson's dictum: "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose." How else to ... More >>

A Thousand Cranes: Philosophical, Confessional And Loud

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Before you get into thi ... More >>

HPD: There Might Be A Serial Killer Downtown. Or Maybe Not.

Raquel Munday: Aggressive towing policy left her helpless​Over the summer and fall, three black women have been found strangled in and around the streets of downtown Houston.While some are starting to speculate that a serial killer is on the loose, at a news conference this week at HPD headquarter ... More >>

Are The Homeless Ruining Midtown?

It's a different kind of panhandler in Midtown​Midtown, that instant nightclub spot that emerged a few years ago near downtown, has enough to worry about right now, with Washington Avenue grabbing all the hip, trendy vibe.Now there may be something else to cause concern: Are the homeless getting a ... More >>

The Dynamo Stadium Plan Is Magic

​The greatest plan ever has been unveiled.Using absolutely no public funding, the city, by April 1, 2012, will get a 20,000 seat, $80 million Dynamo soccer/Texas State Southern University football stadium that will create a new section of downtown, which will undoubtedly boom with economic growth, ... More >>

Tracy Kidder

The author of Strength in What Remains discusses his relationship with his most famous subject, Deogratias Niyizonkiza

The Country Playhouse New Play Reading Series: Curbs by Dennis Porsnuk

Catch some new work by a Houston playwright

Houston's Craziest: The 30 Worst

The troubled people whom Houston police officers hate to see headed their way.

You Don't Like Our Homeless? We'll Up The Ante!!

​Christ Church Cathedral launched another round of heavy artillery in its ongoing battle with disgruntled neighbor Harry C. Arthur on Saturday afternoon, in the form of carrying out as usual its annual holiday luncheon for the homeless and otherwise needy.Arthur recently sued the church in an effo ... More >>

Saying Goodbye: A serial killer's victim is finally buried and Metro kicks the homeless off the light rail.

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Metro Vice President To Homeless: Stay Off Our Train

​Todd Mason is the vice president of real estate services for Metro. At the time of his hiring, there was some concern that by hiring Mason and dabbling in big-time real estate development at and around Metro properties, the transit organization was extending itself far beyond its mission statemen ... More >>

The End Of The Road For J. Will Jones Elementary's Success Story

Photo courtesy savejwilljones.com At J. Will Jones Elementary, workers are busy retrofitting, and the staff is getting ready to leave for good. "It's sad to walk through the building and see all the rooms empty, the library stripped clean," Brian Flores, the former principal, tells Hair Ball ... More >>

Houston Homeless Get Their Own, Unofficial Library

Photo courtesy CHOMThe people at the Beacon can use a good distraction. Since the start of the new year, the homeless day center has seen a 20 to 30 percent increase in clients as more people fall victim to the worsening economy. Tracy Burnett, the director at Cathedral Health and Outreach Ministr ... More >>

After Three Tries, Homeless Advocate Gets His Day In Court -- And Loses

It was the trial of the century! Well, err, maybe not ... but to Nick Cooper it felt like it took that long to finally get the right to fight a traffic ticket in Houston's municipal court.In early May 2007, Cooper was handing out apples to a group of homeless people in an alley near the 2000 block o ... More >>

From Homelessness to Wine Snobbery

Weighing In Across the Board

Houston's Working Class Gets Bumped by the Crashing Economy: Hardcore Homeless

Recycling in and out of shelters and programs, they always seem to land back on the streets.

First Thursday @ Dean's: Houston filmmaker Van Blumreich

Filmmaker Van Blumreich gives us the skinny on his Fury

John McCain's Neglected Veterans

The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

Slideshow: New York Dolls in Dallas

Walking to Los Angeles

We Hear Houston Is Lovely. Have You Tried There?

Choose Your Own Press Cover

Show God the Money

Time magazine's star speaks out

Sloppy Seconds

It's off to war with the Food Fight Lunch Mob

Dyde in the Wool

Giving Moore

Art Lite

At two new shows, it's half the substance, all the style

Life on the Sunny Side

A lucky few homeless people experience life ten miles out from the Pierce Elevated

No Way Out

How can homeless sex offenders comply with the registration laws?

Signs of Struggle

Two new installations at the Galveston Arts Center explore the darker sides of life

Love Hurts

Locked in a labyrinth of codependency, Lolly and Roger spend their days warily together

A Bevy of Benefits

Saturday, December 20

Watershed Election?

A new group wants to push an anti-flooding agenda

Best Civil Judge

State District Judge Jane Bland

Sacred Blues

Blues 2 Joy writes a new testament for the devil's music

Out in the Street

Westheimer Street Festival and the TABC

Let the Games Begin

A lack of lodging. Snarled transportation. Searing summer heat. No matter. Houston boosters say the Bayou City will be unbeatable in the bidding for the 2012 Olympics.

The Larry David Show

The man behind Seinfeld moves to the big screen

Department of Self-Promotion

Houston's Housing

For years, the city has been promising housing for the poor. But those promises have been trampled by politics and a desire for quick profits.