AltWeeklies Wire
Podnographynew
The ease of making podcasts has opened the door to thousands of homegrown radio personalities, including many erotic storytellers.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
01-03-2006 |
Sex
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!new
Despite major opposition, construction has commenced on what could become North America's most dangerous airport.
Houston Press |
Ford Gunter |
12-29-2005 |
Policy Issues
A Vietnamese 'Village' Works to Fit Into Houstonnew
Catholic priest John Chinh Tran re-created Vietnam's Thai Xuan Village in Houston with an iron hand. These days his control is slipping away.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
12-19-2005 |
Immigration
Family Tiesnew
Ex-members of a cult that once advocated sex between adults and children want the group's leaders exposed and punished.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
11-22-2005 |
Religion
Tags: Texas, Houston, pedophilia, David, family, child, international, molestation, abuse, Sexual, Berg, cult, incest
A Bus That Runs on a Sweeter-Smelling Oilnew
Members of the Houston Global Awareness Network made it to the Republican National Convention last year without having to pay fuel costs because the bus they chartered ran on vegetable oil.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
11-14-2005 |
Environment
U.S. Computer Donors Add to Pollution in Africanew
Companies or agencies with obsolete computers often ship them to places like Nigeria under the guise of "bridging the digital divide," but that can be an excuse for dumping toxic waste abroad.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
11-14-2005 |
Environment
The 'A' Studentnew
A non-drinking student punished by her high school -- before having her day in court -- fights back with a lawsuit.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
11-07-2005 |
Education
Against All Oddsnew
A group of unsupervised mental patients running from Katrina made it from New Orleans to Houston. What happens next?
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
11-07-2005 |
Disasters
Switch Hitternew
Attorney Jim Blackburn has been the strong right arm of the environmental movement in Houston for decades. But a new book by Diane Wilson is dredging up a part of Blackburn's past in which his actions don't appear quite so noble.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
10-17-2005 |
Environment
Drawing Gets Owner Shut Out of Her Condonew
Since she drew a lemon on her window, Heather Mickelson has been barred from her home in Houston's Tremont Tower.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
10-10-2005 |
Business & Labor
Landfill Makes Its Northeast Houston Neighbors Miserablenew
When a Houston landfill announced that it wanted to take its mountain of trash up from 188 feet up to 316 feet, the Northeast Environmental Justice Association filed suit.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
10-10-2005 |
Environment
Houston Dodges a Bullet and Finds Traffic Hellnew
In the Week of Hurricane Rita, Interstates 10 and 45 turned into the Superdome, with 24-hour saunalike drives in cars filled with bitchy relatives.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly, Josh Harkinson, John Nova Lomax and Todd Spivak |
10-03-2005 |
Disasters
Astrodome Radio Station Silencednew
As activist James Ellinger imagined it, a community radio station would have helped reunite family members and link evacuees to jobs, schools and health care.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
09-21-2005 |
Media
Taking Drug for Parkinson's Disease Is a Gamblenew
The medication Mirapex is suspected of transforming some of its users into compulsive gamblers and sex addicts.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
09-20-2005 |
Science
Houston Gets Hit With Its Own Hurricane Surgenew
The people who found refuge from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in Houston's Astrodome brought with them countless stories.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly, Ray Hafner and Todd Spivak |
09-12-2005 |
Crime & Justice
