Matt Sledge

The rapid-fire disasters raised a key question about the region's response to Hurricane Harvey: Have billions of dollars – and endless talk of resilience – help to better prepare Houston?

This article first appeared on Houston Landing and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.Houston leaders vowed to prepare for the next big storm after Hurricane Harvey flooded thousands of people out of their homes.When a rare derecho slammed the region earlier this month, however, of...

Montrose TIRZ board members this week expressed doubts about the $11.5 million plan, noting the library is not even inside the special taxing district.

A proposed settlement between Mayor John Whitmire and the city's firefighters union could result in major changes to the Houston Fire Department beyond the deal's $1.5 billion cost.

The budget vote is the most anticipated of the year, putting mayoral plans to the test and giving council members a chance to fund their own priorities.

Losing Black voters to Donald Trump, the Harris campaign has an idea for helping Black men. But what does it mean?

In Michigan, ads tout Harris's pro-Israel policies. In Pennsylvania, they claim Harris is “secretly campaigning for Palestine.”

In Philadelphia, organizers for the formerly incarcerated say people fear Project 2025’s plan to scale up attacks on reform prosecutors.

In conversations with two dozen Arab and Muslim voters in Michigan, many said they were voting for Donald Trump or third parties.

Matt Sledge The Intercept People touched by the justice system worry about the plan's call to scale up attacks on reform-minded prosecutors.