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Cover Story: Glenbrook Valley's Historic Preservation Fight

​Robert Searcy and Joe Ablaza have something in common: They each think they're doing good things for their neighborhood. And that's about it. Real estate agent Searcy and working professional Ablaza live in Glenbrook Valley, the southeast Houston subdivision that's striving to become Texas' ... More >>

School Bans Christian Group in Order to Keep Out Gay Group

We let you in, we have to let EVERYBODY in​A Corpus Christi-area school district is so determined to keep a gay student group from forming that they're kicking the Fellowship of Christian Athletes off campus. The Flour Bluff ISD is making the move so it can say no groups not directly tied to ... More >>

Juan Quintero: Sale of Cop Killer's T-Shirts Being Reconsidered

Part of Juan Quintero's T-shirt design​Last week we told you about fund-raising T-shirts being sold by GRACE, the Gulf Region Advocacy Center. They featured a design by Juan Quintero, who is on Death Row for killing a police officer, and someone had started anonymously faxing copies of the fun ... More >>

George W. Bush's River Oaks Book Signing: In The Belly Of The Beast

Photos by Brittanie SheyGeorge W. Bush signs copies of his memoir, Decision Points, at River Oaks' Barnes & Noble. See more photos of the booksigning and small protest in our slideshow.​By 5 a.m., more than 100 people were already camped outside the Barnes & Noble in River Oaks for a chance to ... More >>

Sub-Prime Beef

Readers give props for calling Obama to task.

Domy Movie Nights: The Bible Tells Me So

News flash: God doesn't hate gays and lesbians

Rally Tomorrow At Mason Park For The DREAM Act

Photo courtesy of Marina Castillo-KnutiKeep the DREAM alive. That's what community activists in Houston are trying to do tomorrow at Mason Park when they hold a rally in support of the DREAM Act, a piece of federal legislation that would allow certain undocumented immigrants to earn citizenship. ... More >>

Amnesty International Begins 200-Minute Vigil Against The Death Penalty

Amnesty International has just begun a 200-minute vigil outside the Harris County Criminal Courthouse to protest the upcoming 200th execution under Governor Rick Perry.The original rally title, "Help Rick Perry Win The GOP Primary," was apparently discarded.But holding an anti-death-penalty vigil in ... More >>

The Rally at City Hall to Protest Proposition 8

Hundreds of people gathered on the steps of Houston City Hall this afternoon to protest the passing of Proposition 8, California's constitutional amendment taking away the right to marry for same-sex couples. Along with the passing of other anti-gay measures across the nation, Prop. 8 made Novembe ... More >>

Keep Your Hands Off My Copy: Cauldron Advisor Nicole Causarez Resigns

Hundreds of people gathered on the steps of Houston City Hall this afternoon to protest the passing of Proposition 8, California's constitutional amendment taking away the right to marry for same-sex couples. Along with the passing of other anti-gay measures across the nation, Prop. 8 made Novembe ... More >>

Drenched in Blog: My Day of Outrage

Hundreds of people gathered on the steps of Houston City Hall this afternoon to protest the passing of Proposition 8, California's constitutional amendment taking away the right to marry for same-sex couples. Along with the passing of other anti-gay measures across the nation, Prop. 8 made Novembe ... More >>

A Dispatch from the Streets of Houston

Hundreds of people gathered on the steps of Houston City Hall this afternoon to protest the passing of Proposition 8, California's constitutional amendment taking away the right to marry for same-sex couples. Along with the passing of other anti-gay measures across the nation, Prop. 8 made Novembe ... More >>

Woodwind Lakes: County Gofers

With a lot of prompting, HCAD files a lawsuit the neighbors never did

Un-Happy Hour

With a lot of prompting, HCAD files a lawsuit the neighbors never did

What Happened?

We were promised killer hurricanes!

"Peace" Out

We were promised killer hurricanes!

Letters

We were promised killer hurricanes!

Love It, Fear It

A Brit flourishes by studying Houston

Party Train

Janis, the Dead, the Band and others take the happiest trip of their lives

A Spirited Defense

Dragon boat races breathe fire into Buffalo Bayou

Off to the Front

Plus: Peacemakers, Crying for Space

Overthrow the Revolution

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Not in Kansas Anymore

Factory Direct might be the Next Big Thing

The More Things Change

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Judicial Arts Endowment

Devine converts plaintiffs' lawyers' cash into a courtroom gallery