Vivian Stephens helped turn romance writing into a billion-dollar industry. Then she got pushed out.

What happens when a wealthy patron wears out his welcome in the “strangest, most conflicted place in all of Texas”?

World-famous Houston surgeon Bud Frazier spent decades developing a revolutionary device that could save millions of lives.

Outside a cookie shop in Houstons, a council member spied Trump’s name on a teenager’s shirt and yelled a few of the president’s worst words at her. Then the internet found out.

Inside the political battle over reproductive rights in Texas.

Inside the world of underground sex trafficking in Houston.

A decorated college track coach, forced to resign because of an affair she had with a athlete 10 years before, fights back.

Two Houston performance artists faux-marry an oak. Controversy ensues about the live installation’s relationship to the gay marriage debate.

On therapists who help people stay in the closet.

John Friend, who founded a new school of yoga, says the practice should be about both exercise and spirituality. Oh, and making money.