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Last Sunday night in Irving, Texas, a 14-year-old boy named Ahmed Mohamed got bored. But instead of firing up his X-Box for a few rounds of Counterstrike or checking up on his fantasy football progress,...
Last Sunday night in Irving, Texas, a 14-year-old boy named Ahmed Mohamed got bored. But instead of firing up his X-Box for a few rounds of Counterstrike or checking up on his fantasy football progress,...
In a Facebook post earlier this month, the Waller County Sheriff’s Office expressed its “condolences to the...
In a Facebook post earlier this month, the Waller County Sheriff’s Office expressed its “condolences to the...
This week the Houston Police Officers’ Union invited controversial psychology professor ...
The 5th Circuit’s ruling on Texas’s voter ID law is welcome, but not enough.
It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times. It began slowly enough, with boycotts and bus rides and sit-...
The 5th Circuit’s ruling on Texas’s voter ID law is welcome, but not enough.
It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times. It began slowly enough, with boycotts and bus rides and sit-...
The most diverse city in the country needs an equal rights ordinance.
Houston is...
The most diverse city in the country needs an equal rights ordinance.
Houston is...
Now that the dust has settled and the hand-wringing over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges seems mostly to have subsided, it’s worth reflecting on what the case means. In the...
Now that the dust has settled and the hand-wringing over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges seems mostly to have subsided, it’s worth reflecting on what the case means. In the...
