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    April 12, 2011

    Lynde Chunn: Hard Luck East Texas Woman Dies On Cusp Of Personal Rebirth

    Lynde Chunn: Sing a sad song​(Be warned. In ten years here at the Houston Press, we've seldom come across a story sadder than this one.) Lynde Chunn had a tough row to hoe for many of her 28 years. The Houston-born Caney Creek High School graduate was mentally challenged but had long lived al ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2011

    Prized Possessions

    Homeless in Houston share their most important objects.

  • Music

    January 6, 2011

    The Devil in DMX

    Can the celebrated rapper get out of trouble long enough to top the charts again?

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    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.

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    Backlash Upon Backlash at HISD

    The uproar you hear is screaming parents

  • Music

    August 25, 2005

    Coal Miner Mother of a Mess

    In which we call bullshit on J.T. LeRoy's "essay" in the Oxford American's music issue

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Life on the Sunny Side

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

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    After Oprah

    Ted Poe got the spotlight for a shame-based sentencing -- the victim says it was a sham

  • Music

    June 24, 2004

    Cowboy Johnson

    A Grain of Sand (MoonHouse Records)

  • Culture

    November 29, 2001
  • Music

    September 27, 2001

    Famous Potatoes

    Idaho's Built to Spill survives the indie-to-major metamorphosis with its street cred intact

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Billy Joe's Blues

    Billy Joe Shaver has known great blessings and great curses

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Street Scenes

    A Leisure Learning class discovers the truth about homelessness: It's no place for the uninitiated.

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Livin' Large

    Carlos Sosa promised to sell seized goods from the Port of Houston on the cheap. Many believed him. Until they learned he was a Customs Service snitch, and perhaps a con man on the side.

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Placed in the Discard Pile

    About to be booted from the Fourth Ward, poor people are being told they are too poor to qualify for public housing in Houston

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Bum Deal?

    Politics plays an uncertain backup to this "Gimme Shelter"

  • Culture

    October 10, 1996

    Wins and Losses

    Guys and Dolls gets a respectful revival, while Our Town is sent to its grave

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Lenwood Johnson's Last Stand

    APV is more than his home. It's his life. No wonder he can't let it go without one final struggle.

  • News

    February 23, 1995

    Sold!

    Houston is the epicenter of Texas' auction world. But buyer beware -- some auctioneers may only be selling a bill of goods.

  • Calendar

    December 15, 1994

    Press Picks

    Houston is the epicenter of Texas' auction world. But buyer beware -- some auctioneers may only be selling a bill of goods.

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