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Poverty

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    April 21, 2011

    That SafeClear Tow Will Now Set You Back $50

    Got $50?​Mayor Annise Parker announced a new wrinkle to the city's SafeClear program this morning -- that forced towing of your stalled car from the highway, the one you can't refuse? It'll now cost fifty bucks. Roadside assistance, such as fixing a flat, will be $30. Parker said the city wi ... More >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2011

    Diana Ross

    Got $50?​Mayor Annise Parker announced a new wrinkle to the city's SafeClear program this morning -- that forced towing of your stalled car from the highway, the one you can't refuse? It'll now cost fifty bucks. Roadside assistance, such as fixing a flat, will be $30. Parker said the city wi ... More >>

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    September 30, 2010

    Ameriville

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

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    August 5, 2010

    "The Whole Shebang"

    These are works of outsider artists

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Head Start Enrolling Kids Too Rich To Qualify, Including In Texas, GAO Reports

    Get a Head Start, even if you're keeping a poor kid out​The problem with the Head Start program is that it's always been an exclusive, good-ole-boy club where only poor and disenfranchised kids can matriculate. The doors are flung wide open to ragamuffins, only to be slammed shut in the faces of e ... More >>

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    May 13, 2010

    The Man Without a Past

    Maybe life starts right now

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    April 1, 2010

    The Pot That Juan Built

    Don't worry about it - Target's picking up the tab for your tickets

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    September 10, 2009

    Mud

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  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Texas, Unfortunately, Leads The Country In Hungry Kids

    More than anywhere else the country, children in Texas don't know where they'll get their next meal.That's according to a recent study by Feeding America, the nation's food-bank network, which analyzed stats on "household food insecurity" published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    The Whole Wide World: Peter Tosh's The Ultimate Experience

    Peter Tosh The Ultimate Experience (Shanachie) www.shanachie.com More than 20 years since Peter Tosh's 1987 assassination, the Wailers co-founder's legacy (as well as Bob Marley's) live on around the world, but that rings especially true in his native Jamaica, where he burst out of poverty and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 15, 2006

    See Her Shine

    Peter Tosh The Ultimate Experience (Shanachie) www.shanachie.com More than 20 years since Peter Tosh's 1987 assassination, the Wailers co-founder's legacy (as well as Bob Marley's) live on around the world, but that rings especially true in his native Jamaica, where he burst out of poverty and ... More >>

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