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    August 4, 2011

    Two Star Symphony

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    January 14, 2010

    R.I.P. Laura Tyler, Who Fought Cancer Through Art

    Love and Light Reverberated by Laura Tyler.​Laura Tyler, a Houston artist we wrote about in October of 2009, passed away last Friday at about 1:30 in the morning after a seven-year battle with synovial sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. The death was relatively sudden and unexpected, according to her ... More >>

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    January 4, 2010

    Urban Harvest's 10th Annual Fruit Tree Sale

    Photo by chotda​I had a hard time choosing between kumquat, grapefruit and Meyer lemon when I decided to plant a citrus tree last month. I guess I should have taken a class or something. Houston is a great place to grow citrus trees, and this week is a great time to plant one. Tomorrow (Tuesd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Dastardly Plan To Make Poor Put Money Into Banks Apparently Working

    The Bank on Houston program, founded by City Controller Annise Parker in conjunction with area banks, credit unions and nonprofit organizations, says it's boasted early success. In three months 10,264 new accounts were opened; the goal for the entire first year was 10,000.People putting their money ... More >>

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    March 19, 2009

    Houston's Working Class Gets Bumped into Homelessness and Poverty by the Crashing Economy

    An already strained system struggles to accommodate a new breed of homeless.

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    January 22, 2009

    Beware Metro's Ninjas

    They will mess you up

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Obama's Check Was In The Mail For The Galveston Relief Fund

    Kenna Bush, the executive director of the United Way of Galveston, was opening the mail recently, looking for checks made out to the Galveston County Recovery Fund.She found several. Including a personal check from some guy named Barack Obama."We all kinda went 'This can't be real, right? Someone's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2007

    Time for a Little House Cleaning

    Kenna Bush, the executive director of the United Way of Galveston, was opening the mail recently, looking for checks made out to the Galveston County Recovery Fund.She found several. Including a personal check from some guy named Barack Obama."We all kinda went 'This can't be real, right? Someone's ... More >>

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    April 20, 2006

    Money for Nothing

    Hopeful beggars shake their virtual cups online

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    February 9, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Hopeful beggars shake their virtual cups online

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    December 8, 2005

    System Failure

    Tropical Storm Allison destroyed houses that never quite got fixed, thanks to bureaucratic bungling and cheaters

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    November 10, 2005

    Road Trip

    How a mid-list band spent six weeks in an RV, fueled by chili

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    September 8, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    How a mid-list band spent six weeks in an RV, fueled by chili

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Fool's Gold

    Desperate clients hand over thousands of dollars for a chance at a job

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Letters

    Desperate clients hand over thousands of dollars for a chance at a job

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    June 26, 2003

    Paying Their Way

    Desperate clients hand over thousands of dollars for a chance at a job

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    What's Wrong with This Picture?

    MFA director Peter C. Marzio gets a bonus of $1.7 million while front-line museum employees say they have trouble paying their rent

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Letters, Week of November 8

    Down on the Matt, High-Water Woes, Reaching the Pentacle

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    October 11, 2001

    Return to Normalcy

    The Chronicle gets back to business as usual

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    An Early War Casualty?

    Mayoral challengers find money, attention and time dwindling

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Beating the Bush

    Take one tax rebate, a Houston man advises, and apply liberally

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2000

    Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Globetrotters

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    October 28, 1999

    Downing

    Survival Skills. The Star of Hope women's shelter puts on a new face in the wake of a shooting attack

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    Getting Out the Vote

    Survival Skills. The Star of Hope women's shelter puts on a new face in the wake of a shooting attack

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    The Yenta

    The nice Jewish boy of my mom's dreams-for a hundred bucks?

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Pyramid Scheme

    Two, four, six, eight.Come and watch us levitate!

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    April 30, 1998

    Letters

    Two, four, six, eight.Come and watch us levitate!

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    All in a Day's Work

    Lockheed Martin's welfare-reform efforts have cost taxpayers across the country millions. So naturally, Lockheed Martin has been hired to train and find jobs for the poor in Houston and Harris County.

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    The Insider

    Lockheed Martin's welfare-reform efforts have cost taxpayers across the country millions. So naturally, Lockheed Martin has been hired to train and find jobs for the poor in Houston and Harris County.

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Letters

    Lockheed Martin's welfare-reform efforts have cost taxpayers across the country millions. So naturally, Lockheed Martin has been hired to train and find jobs for the poor in Houston and Harris County.

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    The Insider

    Lockheed Martin's welfare-reform efforts have cost taxpayers across the country millions. So naturally, Lockheed Martin has been hired to train and find jobs for the poor in Houston and Harris County.

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    Entry Level Movie

    In a cineplex world ruled by mega-corporations, how much damage can one man do?

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    Variety Club Follies

    How the curtain came down -- for the time being -- at the "show biz" charity

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Home Economics

    How the curtain came down -- for the time being -- at the "show biz" charity

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Homeboy

    Stephen Fairfield's restless spiritual journey brought him to the Fifth Ward, where he found true deliverance while helping to rebuild the neighborhoods

  • Culture

    June 13, 1996

    Shiny Happy Creatures

    Stephen Fairfield's restless spiritual journey brought him to the Fifth Ward, where he found true deliverance while helping to rebuild the neighborhoods

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