“And experts said that they never heard of a public school district giving away its curriculum, developed with district experts and tax-payer resources, for free to another school system.” Great reporting by @nusaiba.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

“Anyone can impose mandates, especially with practically a free hand by the state. Only leaders can get others to follow and sustain changes long after the change agent is gone.” www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

HISD’s takeover superintendent Mike Miles is using an unfinished, unvetted curriculum in virtually all of the district’s 274 campuses. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Mike Miles says the 'science of reading' justifies limiting books in HISD. Experts say no. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Wonderful to join my former Houston Chronicle team last night to accept the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing! Congrats Sharon Steinmann, Raj Mankad and Leah Binkovitz!

‘I feel like a spy.’ In Mike Miles’ HISD, teachers and students say reading books is a secret plot www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Arnold Schwarzenegger told me we’re getting the redistricting battles in Texas and California all wrong www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Exclusive: Hidalgo staffer says he was ‘blindsided’ by the use of children in chaotic meeting www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Texas Democrats fleeing Trump’s redistricting didn’t abandon us. Gov. Greg Abbott did. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Trump’s Texas redistricting power grab makes Tom DeLay’s look tame www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Column: So many didn’t have to die. Texas must fix the failures the Hill Country floods exposed www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Thank you @lisafalkenberg.bsky.social for this much-needed piece.

Camp Mystic families are hurting enough. Stop the hate, hoaxes and rumors www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

“The real America, especially these days with our discord and distrust, our families divided by politics, our universities under siege, our peaceful protests attended by the National Guard, our Home Depots the targets of ICE raids, is more like the national anthem performed by Jimi Hendrix.”

This July 4th, I’m honoring two national anthems — one hopeful, one haunting www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

It’s a bittersweet tale. John Sharp would have made a great Texas governor but our political system wouldn’t let him because he was a Democrat. So he became a great chancellor instead. Chancellor John Sharp's legacy shows Texas' loss was A&M's gain www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

New column. Could FEMA’s chaos trigger another Hurricane Katrina? ‘Ain’t happenin’ in Texas,’ says top official www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

My column: Houston's No Kings protesters gave Trump hell, not help www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

New column. Exclusive: RFK Jr. ousts a respected Houston doctor from CDC vaccine advisory committee www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Banning THC in Texas? The issue isnt as simple as you’d think. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

This didn’t have to happen. When will Houston leaders demand Union Pacific curb train traffic when kids are trying to get to school? Student killed crossing tracks near Milby High www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden will justify Trump's authoritarian impulses | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Whitmire must save Houston from a California-style homeless crisis. Give us shelter | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Mike Miles shamed voters after bond failure. Kids deserve better. (Editorial) www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Mike Miles shamed voters after HISD bond failure. Where’s the critical thinking? | Editorial  www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

‘I have a house.’ The Sheri Macek who lived under a bridge for years never imagined having a home again | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Is Houston’s housing-first program for the chronically homeless worth saving? Ask Sheri Macek. | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

Welp. Here’s one idea. Let the Astrodome crumble. Then people will come. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/lett...

Is Houston’s housing-first program for the chronically homeless worth saving? Ask Sheri Macek. | Editorial www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...