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Agenda-setting opinions. Winner of 2022 Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing. Send letters to [email protected] and submissions to [email protected].
Houston, TX
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Vote no on HISD's $4.4 billion bond. Mike Miles hasn't earned our trust yet.
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The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board recommends Beto O'Rourke for governor. (@BetoORourke #BetoORourke)
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When he appeared on SNL, Dan Crenshaw looked into the camera and said, "We can remember what brings us together as a country and still see the good in each other.". Why isn't he following his own advice now?.
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Our Editorial Board recommends Beto O’Rourke in the Democratic primary for Governor. @BetoORourke #BetoORourke #TexasPrimaries
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Five years ago, on May 18, ten people died in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School. On May 24, Uvalde will be holding its own one-year anniversary vigil to honor the 21 killed at Robb Elementary School.
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"If enough [Texas voters] decided they’re tired of corruption, tired of an AG who flouts the laws the rest of us have to follow, tired of a politician beholden only to the billionaires, they can do what the House couldn’t do." TX would be a different state.
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Editorial: Resign, Senator Cruz. Your lies cost lives.
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The Editorial Board recommends Joe Jaworski for Texas attorney general in the Democratic runoff. (#TexasPolitics @JaworskiForTX.)
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What we saw wasn't the G-7. It wasn't even the G-6 plus 1, says the editorial board. it was G-6 plus Trump. And if our allies want to keep the U.S. strong, they should aim their trade ire at the Trump Organization.
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The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board recommends Mike Collier for Texas lieutenant governor. (@CollierForTexas) .
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#LettersToTheEditor: Regarding #Abbott, "Texas should be embarrassed and ashamed of allowing this type of man to serve in office." - Jerry Poscovsky
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.@AlexMealerTX Op-Ed: "Even if Hidalgo returns in time for Sept. 19 meeting, it is 100% unacceptable for our county judge to appear just in time to vote to raise taxes on our already financially strapped community. Hidalgo must return or should resign."
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Op-Ed by @tedcruz: "The border crisis is so bad that it’s affecting the entire country — as Democratic mayors such as @ericadamsfornyc and @LondonBreed can attest — but #Texas bears the brunt of it."
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"@RobertFKennedy stands to gain from going up against a well-known, respected scientist. @PeterHotez, on the other hand, only stands to lose time & energy (& dignity) attempting to debate a person dedicated to bunk science." - Regina L., Asst. Op-Ed Editor
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The Houston Chronicle recommends Alexandra Mealer for Harris County Judge. (@AlexMealer4HCTX) . Read our full endorsement and watch out video here:
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Op-Ed by @tedcruz: "The border crisis is so bad that it’s affecting the entire country — as Democratic mayors such as @ericadamsfornyc and @LondonBreed can attest — but #Texas bears the brunt of it."
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Hurricane Harvey hit during A'Lyssah Lee's first semester of law school. Houston pride is real, but she needed more. The Astros were waiting in the wings to provide that hope during one of the most stressful times of her life. [Gray Matters].
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The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board recommends Susan Hays for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. (@hays4ag @TexasDeptofAg)
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A Houston lawyer, political activist and former Beto O’Rourke adviser, Sima Ladjevardian gives Democrats a fighting chance to flip this seat. [Editorial Endorsement].
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Editorial | Let us raise a toast to Houston, the Shithole City.
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The Editorial Board recommends Joe Jaworski for Texas attorney general in the Democratic runoff. (#TexasPolitics @JaworskiForTX.)
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Our Editorial Board recommends Joe Jaworski for Texas attorney general in the Democratic primary. @JaworskiForTX @TXAG #TexasPrimary .
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You may not agree w/ @MattressMack's politics, including his decision to bankroll @LinaHidalgoTX's challenger @alexmealer, "but set that aside for a min. & look at what he’s arguing in his lawsuit against the Harris Co. Elections Administrator's office."
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"People make mistakes, and elected officials are certainly no exception. But typically, when people make mistakes they apologize; they don’t use sexism as a way to dodge accountability for their actions." - @cjblain10 (@urbanreformorg)
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.@PeterHotez: "We are entering a reality in which catastrophic pandemics could become our new normal."
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.@JoeBiden has the moderate, pragmatic track record that originally led us to endorse Klobuchar, who suspended her campaign. The former VP has the experience to hit the ground running and to fill an administration with bright, capable people. [Editorial].
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Opinion: I am a Hindu displaced from Kashmir and India’s reforms have brought a dawn of new hope.
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If an individual is proven to be a danger (think drunk driving) they should lose the right to drive. Why then is the right to bear arms considered to be inviolate, asks Lynetta Campbell of Kingwood.
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The #Harvey recovery still isn't finished, writes @tedcruz and @JohnCornyn. But together we’ve made progress. #Harvey1YearLater.
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Since day one of his campaign for president, #DonaldTrump has linked illegal immigration with crime.But there is no link between illegal #immigration and crime — even in a border state like #Texas. #Houston #TX.
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Via @nytimes: "National security and public safety require far more than a good guy with a gun," writes Mary B. McCord, executive director of @GeorgetownICAP. "They require effective regulation over access to these weapons."
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Editorial | Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Trump's new DHS secretary, continues to spread border paranoia and bizarre mistruths about Texas.
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⭐ENDORSEMENT FOR MAYOR: “It will take a leader guided by data, strategic thinking & common sense — not unbending ideology — to address crime, shore up $$ & get our trash picked up on time. We believe that leader is @whitmire_john.”
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Op-ed by @PeterHotez on #BirdFlu: TX is highly urbanized, but we still host vast herds of livestock & b/w 2M- 3M feral hogs. We're at risk for animal/human illnesses. "We must ensure our self-sufficiency for preventing these 21st-century disease threats."
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As lawmakers come to #Houston "to kiss the ring & pay their dues to an organization hell-bent on flooding our streets with guns and destroying our public safety, we’re taking notes," writes @shannonrwatts, founder of @MomsDemand & Norri Leder.
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"You really don’t have the choices you ought to in American democracy, because of decisions made without your consent by people of wealth and power behind closed doors." .@ebruenig did not come to play.
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Editorial: This moment, this unfathomable degree of loss, deserves more. An official day of mourning. A resolve — from the president on down to every single one of us — to follow the public health measures that can help contain this deadly virus.
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.@AlexMealerTX Op-Ed: "Even if Hidalgo returns in time for Sept. 19 meeting, it is 100% unacceptable for our county judge to appear just in time to vote to raise taxes on our already financially strapped community. Hidalgo must return or should resign."
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Via @opinion "The pattern is clear. At some point, even sky-high prices won’t be enough. Then, a blackout would belatedly lay bare the consequences of our under-investing ways." - @JavierBlas
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Acevedo: We need a national commission to investigate the failure of law enforcement during Capitol riot.
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If Republicans cared about any principle they have ever defended before today, they would put Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings on hold, writes @RadioFreeTom .
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Opinion | Joe Straus says: Go register to vote!.
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The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board recommends Mike Collier for Texas lieutenant governor. (@CollierForTexas) .
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This is it. This is the race. The election for attorney general offers the single best reason for a Texas Republican to cross over and vote for a Democratic candidate.
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"There's a reason this is so hard. It's clear that, after decades of bipartisan rejection, Texans don't want this voucher scheme," writes the editorial board.
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Washington DC is being turned into a cesspool by president and his family members and by those hovering around the White House like highway vultures, eyes peeled for self-aggrandizing opportunity, says the editorial board. #trump #corruption #draintheswamp.
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Endorsements | There's going to be a runoff in the TX-07 Democratic primary, and it should be between Jason Westin and Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
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We usually like incumbent Mike McCaul, but he's disappointed us over the past 2 years. Mike Siegel, on the other hand, impressed us with his ability to fight for voting rights.
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"From Tibetan, Uyghur, and Hong Konger activists, to reporters, to Members of Congress, some have already spoken out against the CCP’s genocide #Olympics2022," Amb. @NikkiHaley & @RepMcCaul write. "The rest of the United States should join the fight."
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Hoping the chairman reads our series on voter suppression before the big vote on HB6 tomorrow. Thanks to everyone in Austin who stopped and chatted with us today.
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.@DrJasonWestin: Our long-term goal should be a program like #Medicare for all. This is not a gov't takeover, but rather a system that provides basic coverage to all, including the 10 essential health benefits outlined in the #ACA. #healthcare #Obamacare.
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Given that Trump's a con artist who has spent decades shucking, jiving, deflecting and blustering his way past every moment of accountability. The man with no answers naturally fears the man asking questions.
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"We disagree on a lot of issues, but on this one we agree: Burdensome regulations should not put homeownership out of reach for hard working Texans." - @micah_erfan (@Grow_OurCity) & @ZackAbnet .(@ACC_national)
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Endorsement | Sarah Davis fights wants better ethics in government. Susanna Dokupil wants to build floating cities in French Polynesia. Good luck to Dokupil in all that, but you should vote for Sarah Davis.
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"Expanding access to more sustainable, healthier transportation modes is an attainable goal. State agencies’ budgets shouldn’t be arbitrarily constrained and predetermined by a law that’s no longer working." - Harrison Humphreys (@airallianceHOU)
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The economic pain and individual inconvenience of these orders will be great. But the alternative is even bleaker. No one wants to be Italy in this scenario. [Editorial].
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From 2013: Before "Houston" was the first word uttered on the moon, before we were the Energy Capital of the World, the #Astrodome made #Houston a city of the future. By saving the Dome, we can save that future. #Domecoming.
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The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board recommends Janet Dudding for Texas comptroller. (@Janet4Texas) .
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The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board sat down with Harris Co. Judge candidates @LinaHidalgoTX & @AlexMealer4HCTX to discuss several issues affecting our community. Here's a sneak peak of that meeting. Stay tuned for our endorsement & full length video with them tomorrow morning.
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⏯️During the pandemic, @PeterHotez became one of the U.S.'s most trusted voices on the virus & vaccines. On October 2 at @RiceUniversity's @BakerInstitute, @HoustonChron op-ed editor @LisaGray_HouTX sat down w/ Hotez to discuss the rise of anti-science.
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"People make mistakes, and elected officials are certainly no exception. But typically, when people make mistakes they apologize; they don’t use sexism as a way to dodge accountability for their actions." - @cjblain10 (@urbanreformorg)
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ICYMI. I’m a sheriff. Don’t flood this country with 3D-printed guns.
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@PeterHotez @SylvesterTurner @houmayor @HoustonHealth Congratulations @PeterHotez on YOUR day! 🥂🗓️ Very well-deserved. 👏🏻👏🏻 We are grateful for all of the work you've done - and continue to do - for our community.
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"Failing to care about #climatechange is a failure to love," writes @KHayhoe. "And what is more Christian than to be good stewards of the planet and love our global neighbor as ourselves?"
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Don't look for "Abbott supports pay raise for teachers" headline here. We know better. Editorial | | @HoustonChron.
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"That we have removed some of the Confederate cause's most potent symbols is not a hollow victory, but it is an incomplete one," writes The Editorial Board. "Are we dismantling the forces that put them there?"
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The consequences of @BetoORourke 's race, both this year and in 2018 when he took on Ted Cruz, will be with us for a long time yet, writes @richardparkertx
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Op-Ed by @steve_vladeck: "[@GovAbbott's arguement is not] a claim about the right to “engage in War” (which, notably, #Texas is not doing); it’s a claim about the right to resist federal policy not just in the short-term, but indefinitely."
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.@whitmire_john has already removed medians/curbs on Houston Ave & ordered a review of bike lanes/features of the new 11th street redesign in the Heights. Is he rolling back progress? He invited the Ed Board to his neighborhood to share his vision.
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Op-Ed by @PeterHotez (@bcmhouston @TexasChildrens @bcm_tropmed): "COVID-19, with all its waves and variants, won’t be our last major coronavirus pandemic. Another is probably on its way."
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As lawmakers come to #Houston "to kiss the ring & pay their dues to an organization hell-bent on flooding our streets with guns and destroying our public safety, we’re taking notes," writes @shannonrwatts, founder of @MomsDemand & Norri Leder.
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#Harvey flooded 204,000 homes+apartments in #HarrisCounty. Many are back on the rental market. In #Texas, landlords don't have to tell tenants about a unit's flood history. This is wrong, and #Houston Council Members must fix this, the Ed Board writes.
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Houston after Harvey should have been a national priority. Trump made us a punchline. He'll do the same after Florence.
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Come on, @DanPatrick, debate @CollierForTexas. @GregAbbott_TX agreed to debate @LupeValdez. Heck, @tedcruz proposed five debates with @BetoORourke. C'mon. Do it.
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Arrested for attempted forcible entry. Arrested for DWI. Elected to Congress. Fighting to change the criminal justice system. More people deserve the same second chance that I got, writes @BetoORourke .
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It is time that gun owners be at the forefront of these conversations so we are not legislated out of the process," writes @XtinaD81, a member of @GiffordsCourage of TX.
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Editorial | White supremacist protests show why we need to reject open carry of firearms.
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Op-Ed by @PeterHotez (@bcmhouston @TexasChildrens @bcm_tropmed): "COVID-19, with all its waves and variants, won’t be our last major coronavirus pandemic. Another is probably on its way."
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"Failing to care about #climatechange is a failure to love," writes @KHayhoe. "And what is more Christian than to be good stewards of the planet and love our global neighbor as ourselves?"
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The Houston Chronicle recommends Mike Collier for Texas lieutenant governor. (@CollierForTexas) .
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Via @opinion: BP is trading at about 5x compared to the eight to nine times of Exxon and Chevron. "The company, handicapped by the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill and a traumatic exit from Russia, is a shadow of its former self." - @JavierBlas
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"I’m a sheriff. Don’t flood this country with 3D-printed guns.".
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