Whitmire Wants to Give Away the Goose for Eggs Houston Already Owns
Houston Mayor John Whitmire has found a way to make $50 million sound like free money. The problem is that […]
Unable to solve Houston’s problems, Whitmire turns to AI for advice.
What John Whitmire Is Doing to Houston John Whitmire became mayor promising to fix Houston’s problems. But some of the
Thinning the herd, making room for AI. Behind the sudden illnesses and deaths.
Are Trump and the Republicans trying to thin the herd to make room for AI? That is a harsh question.
El Paso, Early Sixties: Young, Mexican, and Just Across the River
Twenty years earlier, young Mexican-American men from El Paso had marched off to war with Company E of the 141st
Click2 Houston, inviting hate into its house.
Why Is Channel 2 Still Giving Hate a Comment Section? Houston’s major television stations all compete for the same thing:
While the media no longer uses the words, they still print them and spread hate.
Newspapers Have Always Helped Decide Who the Heroes Are Newspapers like to describe themselves as witnesses to history. Sometimes they
The Skinning War: When Being Mexican Was Enough for Them to Kill You
I started reading a new book, and when it mentioned the Skinning War, I was surprised to find a war
Houston, Your Share of Mass Deportation: About $3,683 per taxpayer
Washington likes big numbers because big numbers are difficult to feel. Congress can spend $100 billion here and $200 billion
You can sense it in their message; thus, the communists are coming
Republicans appear to have discovered that the surest sign of a healthy democracy is spending every election warning that democracy
Republicans May Have Misread South Texas
Immigrants built this country. Republicans looked at the 2024 election returns from South Texas and thought they had discovered something
Greg Abbott, “Socialism for Corporations”
For years, Texas told some of the richest companies in the world to come on down. Bring your data centers.
My Tia Juanita Garcia de la Cruz and her remarkable life
The Things They Refused to Leave Behind To my cousins, this is a little of what I have learned about
We Paid for the Cameras Watching Us. Now the Politicians Are Worried.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is suddenly worried about Flock cameras. He should be. DeSantis, hardly a politician normally accused of
Rosita Barrera: The Girl From Fronton Who Went to College
. . When we began looking closely at the 1940 census for Fronton, Texas, one thing stood out immediately: how
Houston as a friend and godfather to one of my sons recalls: Felix Fraga
Growing Up Mexican in Houston: Felix Fraga Remembers the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s Felix Fraga was born in Houston in
The Last One: Paula Garcia de la Cruz
A few days ago, my aunt Paula García De La Cruz died. She was 86 years old. She was also
ICE says DPS pointed the finger at a van with two Mexican-looking men, their crime being that they looked Mexican?
ICE Says DPS Gave Them the Tip. DPS Says It Didn’t. Somebody Has a Problem. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was not
