Posted on · Nearly a hundred unmarked graves in Sugar Land will be exhumed so Fort Bend ISD can build a new student facility. Houston Matters learns about the process and the concerns of one local anthropologist.
Posted on · On this date in 1832, the Turtle Bayou Resolutions were signed, establishing some of the key players in the more famous Texas events that would follow.
Posted on · A new children's book tells the story of Sam Houston State through the eyes of its numerous campus-dwelling chickens.
Posted on · Meacham's latest book, The Soul of America, examines some particularly trying times in our nation's history when presidents and ordinary citizens came together to overcome fear and hate.
Posted on · On the 64th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Houston Matters discusses how the case has affected local schools.
Posted on · Historian Paul Galvani reminisces about the significant restaurants that have disappeared from Houston's food scene in his new book, Lost Restaurants of Houston.
Posted on · Amanda Danning is reconstructing the faces of Mexican soldiers who died at the Battle of San Jacinto. She tells Michael Hagerty what their skulls tell us about how they died.
Posted on · The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., and includes monuments for victims of lynchings. Organizers say it's time "to confront the brutality."
Posted on · Houston Matters learns about efforts create the Sam Houston Republic of Texas Presidential Library at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We learn about an HISD board meeting that got unruly. We discuss the environmental clean-up after Harvey. Our political experts discuss the latest national, state, and local political stories. And we learn about efforts to create the Sam Houston Republic of Texas Presidential Library.
Posted on · Historian Dr. Nancy Beck Young talks with Houston Matters about how the former First Lady connected with Houstonians and the American people.
Posted on · We examine the backstory of perhaps the most memorable uniforms in professional sports – and explains how the uniforms could’ve been even more sensational.
Posted on · As New Orleans celebrates its 300th birthday, Houston Matters discusses that city's connections with Houston.
Posted on · With the Houston Live Stock Show and Rodeo underway, we look at the history of cowboy culture in our city.
Posted on · Join Ernie Manouse from NRG Park for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo! Monday, March 5th we celebrate First Responders Day at the Rodeo.