ICE Keeps Using the Same Justification for Killing Drivers – Mother Jones

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead by immigration agents while on his way to work. DHS claims he was using his vehicle as a weapon...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/ice-houston-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-renee-good-killed/

Boy, 11, shot dead after playing doorbell-ringing prank in Houston, police say

Boy struck several times as he and friends played 'ding-dong ditch' which involves ringing doorbell and running…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/01/houston-boy-shot-doorbell-ringing-prank

 

Trump’s tax bill would send an iconic Smithsonian spacecraft to Texas - The Washington Post

Texas lawmakers say the move would honor Houston's role in NASA history. Critics say the price, which could exceed $300 million, is wasteful...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/03/space-shuttle-texas-smithsonian-congress/

Bodycam shows Houston area cop threatening to kill driver

"They told me to put my hands up, I put my hands up. Then they hit me, put me in a full nelson. The officer ran around the car, put the gun to my head, said 'I'll kill you,'" Royal said during a press conference with activists recorded by KHOU on Wednesday...

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-police-body-cam-footage-17801395.php

Can Houston’s policy to address homelessness work in other cities? - Vox

Earlier this year, researchers in California announced results from a seven-year randomized trial of chronically homeless individuals in Santa Clara. The study found those in the housing-first group spent 90 percent of their nights housed on average since the study began, and made less use of psychiatric emergency services and more use of outpatient mental health services compared to the control group. "The experiment intentionally sought to try housing first for the very most complicated patients — those who society says are most hard to house — and it worked," said study co-author Margot Kushel, who directs UCSF's Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. 

But in recent years, conservative think tanks like the Manhattan Institute and the Heritage Foundation began ramping up their criticisms of housing first. Although Trump's HUD Secretary Ben Carson praised the model publicly on multiple occasions, Trump's Council of Economic Advisers released a report on homelessness in 2019 casting doubt on its effectiveness...

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23504323/housing-first-homelessness-houston-homes

Houston is under federal investigation over whether its response to illegal dumping reports harmed Black residents | CNN

…She and others in her neighborhood have sent countless photos of the debris to the city's 311 system but tired of not getting help, they filed a federal complaint in December accusing the city of prejudice and discrimination about its response to illegal dumping complaints in this majority Black and Latino area. 

Now, the Department of Justice is investigating how city officials respond to those calls and whether their response discriminates against Black and Latino residents across Houston…

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/us/houston-illegal-dumping-doj-investigation-reaj/index.html

Houston police chief responds to Trump advice on protests: 'Keep your mouth shut' | TheHill

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said Monday that President Trump should remain silent on the protests over the killing of George Floyd if he has nothing “constructive to say.” ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500780-houston-police-chief-responds-to-trump-advice-on-protests-keep-your

Trump Song Parody Blasts the President’s Many Misdeeds | NowThis

‘He’s a thug, he’s a crook, he’s our president. Crime after crime.’ — This scathing song parody by Jen Houston lists Trump’s many transgressions.
https://youtu.be/gnFQ4s5MQzY

John Denholm, Houston prosecutor, accused of not filing sex assault charges over victim's immigration status - The Washington Post

The cry for help came from a holding cell. A Houston police officer heard the plea on Nov. 1, turning to find an inmate standing while handcuffed to a chair and pointing to the prisoner next to him, Karl Bonner. The officer rushed into the cell and separated the two men — only to learn that Bonner had allegedly exposed himself and attempted to force the man’s face into his crotch, according to the Houston Police Officers’ Union.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/08/john-denholm-houston-prosecutor-illegal-immigrant/

"Joel Osteen" - a Roy Zimmerman song parody - YouTube

Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXY7-XyfBvs

‘Trump’s deporting your illegal cousins today!’ man shouts at mother who was on her way to vote - The Washington Post

While headed to the polls for early voting with her infant daughter in the back seat, Houston resident Janet Sabriu faced a racist, verbal assault from a man at an intersection. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/29/trumps-deporting-your-illegal-cousins-today-man-shouts-mother-who-was-her-way-vote/

‘Those Motherf**kers Are Dead Meat’: Far-Right Militia Threatens Muslims on Leaked Audio - The Daily Beast

Members of the radical Texas Patriot Network talked about attacking people outside a Houston Islamic convention and boasted of links to law enforcement, leaked audio reveals. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/those-motherfkers-are-dead-meat-far-right-militia-threatens-muslims-on-leaked-audio

Top Texas paper tears apart 'abysmally ignorant' Trump over his bizarre claims about Hurricane Harvey - Raw Story

The Houston Chronicle's editorial board on Monday slammed Donald Trump for his "abysmally ignorant" response to last year's hurricane season, pointing to the president's claim last week that up to "sixteen thousand people … went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey in 2017. .....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/top-texas-paper-tears-apart-abysmally-ignorant-trump-bizarre-claims-hurricane-harvey/

Everyone knew Houston’s reservoirs would flood — except for the people who bought homes inside them -- ProPublica

When Jeremy Boutor moved to a master-planned community in Houston’s booming energy corridor, he saw it as idyllic. Lakes on Eldridge boasted waterfalls, jogging trails and a clubhouse. It was upscale, secure and close to the office. A bus even picked up his two young sons in front of their house and took them to a nearby international school. “This neighborhood was a paradise,” said Boutor, who moved to Houston from Paris two years ago after his employer, a French-based energy company, asked him to relocate.

Then, Hurricane Harvey changed everything....
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/harvey-reservoirs#135561

Fake Texas Facebook group created by Russians stir up hatred in Houston

Fake Texas Facebook group created by Russians stir up hatred in Houston
http://cw39.com/2017/10/07/fake-texas-facebook-group-created-by-russians-stir-up-hatred-in-houston/

Organizers behind armed white supremacist protest in Houston revealed as Russian – ThinkProgress

"It really gives an indication of the extent to which there must be a major Russian apparatus."...
https://thinkprogress.org/armed-white-supremacist-protest-organized-by-russians-d730f83ca275/

Trump Can Say Whatever He Likes: He’s Made Rebuilding a Safe Houston Much, Much Harder – Mother Jones

He weakened an important federal standard 10 days before the storm.....
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/08/trump-can-say-whatever-he-likes-hes-made-rebuilding-a-safe-houston-much-much-harder/

There are no sharks swimming in the streets of Houston or anywhere else | PolitiFact

A viral photo being spread online in the wake of Hurricane Harvey of a shark swimming down a Houston street is actually a hoax that has been passed around for years....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/aug/28/blog-posting/there-are-no-sharks-swimming-streets-houston-or-an/

Warmer waters are fueling Hurricane Harvey’s power -- ThinkProgress.org

The strongest storm to hit the coast of Texas in 47 years is barreling toward Houston and is expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday morning. ...
https://thinkprogress.org/warmer-waters-fueling-hurricane-harvey-80c10a5e5c3a/

Houston man arrested and attacked by police dog for mowing lawns while black

Many college students work during the summer for extra cash. Marlin Gipson, of Houston, Texas, is no exception. The 20-year-old student has a side business mowing lawns in his neighborhood. Now, as anyone who owns their own business can attest to, advertising is key to getting customers. So Gipson was with his brother, working on building his client base by placing his business card in the doors of homes when he was stopped by a police officer. That’s when he was harassed by the officer, which he caught on tape....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1684581