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  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Houston 101: The Assassination of O.P. Dewalt, Black Leader and Lincoln Theatre Manager

    On this date in 1931, Olen P. Dewalt was gunned down in the Lincoln Theatre, the city's first black-run movie palace. Dewalt, a leader in the Independence Heights community and a charter member of the local chapter of the NAACP, was the theater's manager and had his real estate office upstairs. Som ... More >>

  • News

    February 10, 2011

    Getting Past the Bouncer

    Local nightclub door policies aren't always black and white

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    Russell Pearce and Other Illegal-Immigration Populists Rely on Misleading, Right-Wing Reports to Scapegoat Immigrants and Terrify Penny-Pinched Americans.

  • News

    November 25, 2010

    2010 Turkeys of the Year

    Metro chief Frank Wilson is our biggest gobbler.

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Rock Stars' Troublesome Family and Friends

    ​Wednesday, the NAACP released an extensive, in-depth study of the main six groups which provide the lion's share of support for the infamous Tea Party movement, and the results of their study are not encouraging. It chronicles a great deal of cross-pollination between Tea Party and white supr ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    O'Brien's Song

    After years of fighting everybody and anybody, now the ornery, annoying civil rights activist has to concentrate on fighting for his life.

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    Quanell X

    The Houston activist says he's dumped the hate

  • News

    January 1, 2009

    Tale of the 12-Year-Old

    The Houston activist says he's dumped the hate

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    Quanell X Joins the Chuck Rosenthal Ouster Party

    The Houston activist says he's dumped the hate

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2005

    The Brutal Truth

    Author Patricia Bernstein recalls a grisly, hate-fueled murder in The First Waco Horror

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Total Contempt

    He cheated a family out of $120,000. It took four years in jail to make him the victim.

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    A Closer Look at Dillard's

    He cheated a family out of $120,000. It took four years in jail to make him the victim.

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Letters

    He cheated a family out of $120,000. It took four years in jail to make him the victim.

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Tee Time

    Lee High School dropped football, deciding golf was a better sport for its kids, no matter how poor or new to this country they might be

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Herding Cats in District 5

    An effort to sort out black council candidates backfires

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Rockets My-Nority Tryouts

    Potential partners face a steep ante

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Les's Lost Weekend

    Minorities' suit against the Rockets revs up, with a mayoral hopeful caught in the fray

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Mayoral Field of Dreams

    If you pay them, they will come

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    Breaking the Mold

    Plus: Bias -- By Whom?, No Alternative, South Park Fallout

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    Vanguard Battles

    Plus: All in the Family, Slam Dunk, Car Killer

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Leaches in the Mist

    Plus: Percentile Dysfunction, More Math Wrath, Double Dribbles

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    Lay Down

    Plus: No Apologies, El Paso's Best

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    Hounding Hardeway

    A judicial candidate's petition signers get investigated -- or intimidated

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Raw Roots

    Excavations for plantation artifacts - and the real truth - are unraveling the genteel gloss covering Texans' old notions about the slave era here

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Child's Play

    Hitting marks. Learning new steps. There's little kidding around at HITS.

  • 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

    January 11, 2001

    Working Stiff

    Glenda Turner wrestles with ways to regain a normal life -- as others beat on her to break the grip of the bizarre syndrome racking her body

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Back at the Trough

    The politics behind the new arena

  • Music

    November 9, 2000

    A Newer, Hipper Gospel

    Yolanda Adams gives us gospel with R&B grooves

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    She Doth Protest Too Much?

    A veteran activist says police targeted her for jail

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    GOP Inc.

    How "Scary" Gary Polland turned his party apparatus into a political slot machine

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Pulling the Strings

    Politically connected Golden Eagle claws a critical TCADA inspector

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Adding It All Up

    What does it really mean to pass the TAAS?

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Book of Love

    William July wrote about achieving great relationships. Then he had one.

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Letters

    William July wrote about achieving great relationships. Then he had one.

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Stirring the Pot

    An interloper tries to inject a little color into Shepherd Plaza's floundering nightclub scene and pays the price.

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Letters

    An interloper tries to inject a little color into Shepherd Plaza's floundering nightclub scene and pays the price.

  • News

    August 21, 1997

    What Went Wrong at the Rice School?

    The Rice School/La Escuela Rice was a much-touted experiment by HISDand Rice University. So far, the results haven't been encouraging.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    Trawling in Deep Water

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    Letters

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • Film

    February 6, 1997

    The Man Behind Andy

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    January 9, 1997

    The Insider

    Peary Perry's lawsuit against the city may indeed have implications for the November mayoral election -- but perhaps not the ones Perry and his lawyer have in mind

  • News

    November 14, 1996

    Gayland's Choice

    Gayland Randle was there the night Paul Broussard was murdered, but he never laid a hand on the victim. So why is Randle doing 15 years in prison?

  • Film

    July 25, 1996

    Black, White and a Few Shades of Gray

    A Time to Kill does John Grisham proud

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    Bitter Lesson

    For 27 years, math teacher Phyllis Landes had a spotless record. Then the Texas Education Agency accused her of making racist remarks, and nearly ruined her school and her life.

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    Swinish Behavior

    Texas A&M's attempt to push an animal research center on a black neighborhood has raised a sour smell in College Station

  • News

    August 24, 1995

    Party Pooper

    The Democratic chairman takes a power struggle personally

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    Third Ward Rising

    One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

  • Calendar

    June 15, 1995

    Press Picks

    One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

  • News

    March 16, 1995

    The Battle Over Brentwood

    To one side, it's a question of power; to the other, it's a question of homophobia. For both it's a question of whether a community, once sundered, can ever be bound together again.

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