All occupations have their own lingo and little habits. But newspaper traditions seem to have more emotional staying power than most.

What's the best way to die? Longtime Houston Chronicle columnist Mike Snyder reflects on the death of his friend, and contemplates his own.

The Houston mayor sought to push back activists who want the city to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict, but he couldn’t find enough allies on the city council. By the time the pro-Palestinian demonstrators showed up in front of…

Our culture has not caught up to the potential second (or third) chapters in Americans’ lives

“City controller” is not a sexy job title for an ambitious politician. It summons an image of a bean-counter in green eyeshades, poring over endless columns of figures, clutching a red pencil poised to slash at any perceived error. If the title is…

There's the "rule of thirds." There's "the bird and the worm." But mainly, there's the art of paying attention. The home screen on my iPad shows me a rotating collection of photos from my digital archive. The other day an image of a paddleboard…

Through almost three years of political and legal drama, allegations of partisan influence have hovered over an ill-fated initiative by Harris County officials to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19. In the first few months after the…

Mayoral candidate Gilbert Garcia answers a question during a forum for mayoral candidates in Acres Homes, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Houston. (Douglas Sweet Jr. for Houston Landing) Houston’s revenue cap was the topic of the second question posed…

Not long after Frances “Poppy” Northcutt started working in the U.S. space program in the 1960s, she experienced what she has described as her “big awakening” about the need for a social justice movement focused on empowering women. “About three…

This post is part of a series highlighting the findings from the 2023 Kinder Houston Area Survey. As it happened, the banner headline on the front page of the Houston Chronicle that day read: “Pfizer vaccine approved for kids 12-15,” a reference to…

By Mike Snyder / Contributing writer Published April 21, 2023 A dozen or so volunteers, sweating on a warm spring morning in southeast Houston, knelt at the base of a long row of tall, spindly plants known as common reeds, or Phragmites Australis.…

James Leveston has been fighting for more than 20 years to bring basic public services to the Montgomery County community of Tamina, where he’s lived for most of his life. Late last year, he went door to door asking his neighbors if they would…

In October 2010, city officials were poised to strengthen Houston’s historic preservation law by adding a provision that, for the first time, would empower the city to forbid the demolition of certain homes in designated historic districts.…

It’s really quite a lovely park, with features that check all the standard boxes: a playground, a gazebo with a big table, a soccer field, restrooms and water fountains, a paved trail that winds through the property, and lots of plain old green…

It’s really quite a lovely park, with features that check all the standard boxes: a playground, a gazebo with a big table, a soccer field, restrooms and water fountains, a paved trail that winds through the property, and lots of plain old green…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate During a recent move, my daughter deposited several boxes of books at my house for later retrieval. (I’m cheaper than a storage unit.) I took the opportunity to paw through them and borrow…

Lina Hidalgo had only a few miles left in her marathon training run one December day in 2018 when a phone call interrupted the music flowing through her headset. A month earlier, Hidalgo had surprised much of Houston’s political class by defeating…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate In October 2007, protesters marched up and down a well-off stretch of Bissonnet Street, many carrying signs depicting a “monster tower” with grasping arms and bared teeth, looming over…

The doorbell of Alex Triantaphyllis’s townhome in Houston’s Museum District began to ring repeatedly at 6:50 a.m. on March 11. So did his cellphone. When he opened his door he saw a Texas Ranger and two officials from the Harris County district…