Houston is among the cities included in ICE’s proposed expansion of its intelligence operations. Before anyone tells us that only undocumented immigrants need to worry, I have a few questions.
I have put on my Hawaiian shirt, pulled up a chair, and consulted the crystal ball. The future of news looks considerably different from the newspaper business I grew up
I have had enough of the pity parties for people who insist there is no opportunity while refusing to consider going where opportunity might be. A town can lose jobs.
>/center> New York Times report says man ICE was targeting in West Harris County operation had been dead for 9 years | khou.com https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/ice-pursuit-houston-dead-man.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFE.X0t3.2KRdxCogyNbb&smid=url-share Does ICE Lie? Is Water Wet?
Why Crime Suddenly Becomes an Election-Year Emergency By Manuel Barrera — Opinion An election approaches, and suddenly crime is presented as the emergency that should determine our vote. The advertisements
Texas Republicans Were Warned. Minority Children Are Still Paying the Price. By Manuel Barrera — Opinion Years ago, when school discipline increasingly became police business, I warned people where this
Will John Whitmire again be the mayor with more bodies in the bayou? We will have to wait till the end of the year. Four more bodies were found in
We Warned About Houston’s Finances. City Hall Still Owes Us Answers. I am going to bang our own drum, because we have been asking these questions for weeks. Houston’s latest
Texas Polls Show Openings for Democrats—and a Close Election Ahead The newest Texas polls give Democrats encouraging numbers, particularly in the U.S. Senate race. James Talarico leads Ken Paxton in
Trump’s Growing Culture of Corruption: When Loyalty Becomes Protection Corruption grows when public officials begin to believe that consequences are negotiable. A conviction becomes something a powerful friend can rescue
Police Discover Privacy—When the Cameras Watch Them A Canadian software engineer has found a remarkably effective way to explain the problem with surveillance: point the camera in the other direction.
. A Person’s Actions Can Reveal Intent Did the ICE agent run over the man on purpose? You be the judge. I had not paid much attention to this story
Houston City Council’s October 7 approval of a $2.6 million car-wash contract raises a question much larger than the cost of washing city vehicles: Why is Mayor John Whitmire’s administration
Camargo, Revilla, Mier, and Laredo were among the original Settlements on the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande borderlands. The Families of Camargo: The 1757 Census Households, named residents, and the mission community
Billionaire Money Meets the Blue Wave The Republican billionaires are piling up money like sandbags against a rising blue wave. My reading is that it may already be too late
Corpus Christi, Texas, and Chihuahua, Mexico. Seagulls need more than the ocean’s misty, salty spray; they need fresh water falling from the sky. Two for two. By the Rain Man’s
Shattered Ribbons: Forced Partition Along the Starr County Riverlands In the arid brush country of Starr County, survival has always depended on access to the Rio Grande, where 18th-century Spanish
If the Trump administration goes through with its proposed execution livestream, America will adopt a practice it has condemned abroad: making a person’s death a public spectacle. The Pentagon announced
For those searching for ancestors. I have spent about 15 years researching ancestors; information is hard to find. So I hope this helps a few of you. But if nothing
I am not endorsing Steve Radack, but I have written that I do not plan to vote for Leslie Briones. In one four-year term, she has accumulated over $4 million
