Travel & Outdoors
February 15, 2024
This Park Boasts the Best Views of Houston’s Skyline
Up on the roof of the old Barbara Jordan Post Office, the five-acre Post Skylawn offers an outdoor respite that’s literally above it all.
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Politics & Policy
July 22, 2015
The Agitator
He wasn’t diplomatic and he wasn’t subtle, but Curtis Graves forged a political path for black Texans—and altered history forever.
Politics & Policy
July 22, 2015
Our Dignity, Our Destiny
The legacy of the Voting Rights Act.
Practice
April 2, 2014
Tips From the Great Debater
At 94 years old, debate icon Thomas Freeman has taught everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Barbara Jordan.
Politics & Policy
February 21, 2014
The Making of Barbara Jordan
A look back at the career of one of Texas's most remarkable politicians.
The Culture
January 20, 2013
51–75
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
The Culture
January 20, 2013
51–75
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
Film & TV
April 30, 1998
Getting Out
Now playing: Houston’s Fifth Ward.
Being Texan
April 1, 1996
Death and Texas
Here’s a World Wide Web page to die for. The Texas State Cemetery in Austin goes online (www.cemetery.statetx.us) late this month, thanks to the General Services Commission. You can scan a list of the more than two thousand luminaries buried there, from father of Texas Stephen F.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1996
Major Barbara
Barbara Jordan saw herself not as a black politician but as a politician who happened to be black—and that was one of the things that made her great.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
The Good Old Girls
At the National Women’s Conference, the feminists changed their sandals for pumps and embraced mainstream America.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1976
What Does This Woman Want?
Is Barbara Jordan really worth all the fuss?
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1976
The Making of Barbara Jordan
From poor black girl to presidential possibility, in ten not-so-easy lessons.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1976
All’s Fair in Love
Can Texas Democrats find happiness? In New York, maybe—
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1976
The Best, the Worst, and the Fair-To-Middlin’
Rating the Texas Congressmen from number one to, sigh, number twenty-two.