NAFTA

Immigration, Immigration, Immigration

Meat Market

You'll probably be paying more for your rib eyes and Whoppers thanks to the great Texas drought of 2011.

Comment of the Day: Back to the `50s, But All The Way

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Return to Sender

What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

Third World

Problems n a First World country

Children in Hiding

Juarez kids surrounded by violence, dead bodies.

SPECIAL LABOR DIA EDITION

La Migra, NAFTA and one piece at a time

The Crucifixion of Juarez

On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death.

Talking About NAFTA and Mexico

On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death.

Hamburguesa Estilo Monterrey

What exactly is a hamburguesa estilo Monterrey? I visited the Hamburguesas Del Rio location at Avenida Constitucion 1121 Pte. Centro in Monterrey, Mexico to seek the definitive answer to that question. I had long assumed that the term described a specific Mexican-style set of garnishes, namely the ... More >>

Thin Steak and Samuel P. Huntington

What exactly is a hamburguesa estilo Monterrey? I visited the Hamburguesas Del Rio location at Avenida Constitucion 1121 Pte. Centro in Monterrey, Mexico to seek the definitive answer to that question. I had long assumed that the term described a specific Mexican-style set of garnishes, namely the ... More >>

Illegal Immigrants and Sealed Documents

The DREAMers

Cantinflas and Fence Hoppers

The DREAMers

What Happened to Honky Tonk in Houston

Turn out the lights, the party's over

No Mexicans in Detroit? What about Fairies?

Turn out the lights, the party's over

Straight Talk with World Net Daily

Turn out the lights, the party's over

Truckers without Borders

Turn out the lights, the party's over

Shorthanded

Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

SPECIAL FOUR-PART EDITION

Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

Cantinflas He's Not

Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

Just Say No Más

In which we examine Cancuntry music

"I Raq and Roll" vs. "We Can't Make It Here"

Two Houston-connected musicians offer up different takes on the war. One veteran tells Racket which he thinks is better and why.

Los Skarnales

Pachuco Boogie Sound System

Double-Wide Divide

Critics say Perry's turnpike plans will take a terrible toll on Texans

Hard Time

Ray Hill's tips for surviving prison

The Mixmaster

County Judge Bob Eckels, the Doc Ock of transportation, is busy planning more roads

Ringing from the Rooftops

Microcinema International gets political

Death of the Party

Celebrate life on the Day of the Dead

Tresspassers Will Be Prosecuted

Ranch Rescue's Jack Foote swears he just wants to mend fences. Is pseudomilitary secrecy, right-wing rhetoric and an armed vigilante militia the best way?

Betti's Last Stand

Why couldn't she just say no?

Rocky Landing

Residents of this seaside neighborhood are about to be joined by a 1,000-acre port facility

Blowing Smoke at Hotel Six

If Betti was Dorothy, and the FBI was the Wizard, who was Toto?

Letters

If Betti was Dorothy, and the FBI was the Wizard, who was Toto?

Before You Go, One Last Kiss

If Betti was Dorothy, and the FBI was the Wizard, who was Toto?

See Juarez

From a forthcoming book by Charles Bowden and the street shooters of Ciudad Juarez The photojournalists of the border are capturing the grisly face of the future. And it's a lot closer than you think.

East End Transit

Why have bus lines to Mexico bloomed all across the East End? Maybe because it's a family affair.

Great Brown Hope

Why have bus lines to Mexico bloomed all across the East End? Maybe because it's a family affair.

Brothers of the Road

'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.

Crashing the Grand Old Party

Dolly McKenna is the GOP candidate for the 25th District. But will Republicans vote for her?

The Insider

Dolly McKenna is the GOP candidate for the 25th District. But will Republicans vote for her?

Shutterbug

Dolly McKenna is the GOP candidate for the 25th District. But will Republicans vote for her?

God, Guns & Kombucha

Is Steve Stockman a committed crackpot, or just a hapless goofball?

Twilight of El Jefe

Is Steve Stockman a committed crackpot, or just a hapless goofball?

Press Picks

Is Steve Stockman a committed crackpot, or just a hapless goofball?

The Menu from Hell

A retrospective of the dishes that made us shudder, not salivate

Faded Love

When romance wanes, the politics can turn really personal

Hard Labor

The employees of Allied Fibers came to America looking for work and freedom. They found work.

Trashing Houston

To a world worried about waste, Houston may offer an answer -- or at least a place for the garbage to go

The Poison Connection

A "gas leak" in a Matamoros chemical plant wafts a poison and paper cloud toward a corporate office in Houston

Congressman Bill Archer Greets the Rotarians

A citizen among the up-treading