by Janet | May 19, 2016 | Nature, Politics, Safety
Once is a freak occurrence. Twice is a trend. Twice in less than a year, catastrophic flooding of our city has taken lives, paralyzed us, and cost untold millions in damage to lives and property. As the City and County worked to clear debris and stagnant water, as aid...
by Janet | May 3, 2016 | Culture, Demographics, Economy, Education, Immigration, Science, Urban Affairs
It’s become tradition at this point, something as much a part of the landscape of Houston as barbecue, the Rodeo, and the Astros. This year marks the 35th annual Houston Area Survey, the yearly inquiry into the minds and the lives of our fellow Houstonians by Rice...
by Janet | Jul 15, 2015 | Education
Texas textbooks are causing a stir again over State curriculum standards. These standards act as minimum requirements for what the textbooks have to cover and at this time they do not require teaching of the Jim Crow laws. When Texas rewrites requirements for a...
by Janet | Jun 25, 2015 | Business, Economy, Politics
By Mustafa Tameez Originally published on TribTalk, a publication by the Texas Tribune. On Nov. 3, Texans will go to the polls to vote on whether the state should dedicate $2.5 billion in sales tax revenue to the state highway fund to help build and maintain roads....
by Janet | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture, Politics
The Sons of Confederate Veterans filed a lawsuit over the rejection of a confederate flag license plate design. The US Supreme Court ruled that Texas has a right to reject designs because a license plate is classified as government speech. Was this a fair decision?...
