The Burning Question

Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists joins Houston Chronicle editorial board members Monica Rhor and Harold Jackson to talk about the controversy following President Trump's...

On August 31st, a man armed with an AR-15 rifle went on a shooting spree in the Midland-Odessa area, killing seven people and injuring 25, including three police officers and a 17-month-old girl who had her teeth knocked out by a bullet. On the heels...

In this edition of "The Burning Question," we ask why we are not taught the full history of our country and the impact created by those gaps in knowledge. Join Deputy Opinion editor , editorial writer , and our guest, as they debate this week's...

It's the question many people were asking in the wake of a mass shooting that left 22 people dead and more than two dozen injured: Why El Paso? In this week's episode of The Burning Question, we discuss the terrorist attack that targeted the Latino...

Two years after Harvey, six Houston libraries and one Harris County library damaged in the storm remain closed. That got us to thinking about the role of libraries and what they mean to communities. How have libraries changed? Do libraries still...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before two congressional committees Wednesday, mostly underlining the conclusions that were present in the 448-page report made public in April: Investigators did not find evidence pointing to conspiracy...

There is little doubt that President Trump’s latest comments, telling four Democratic congresswomen of color to “go back” to their countries, were racist. But is the president an opportunist exploiting racist sentiment or a racist himself? And...

Of course a mermaid can be black — a mermaid can be any color. But you wouldn't know it from some of the response online to the casting of 19-year-old Halle Bailey as the lead character in Disney's live-adaptation of "The Little Mermaid."...

No, America isn’t full. But is the president on to something when he plays to the fears of his most loyal voters. Michael Lindenberger, the Chronicle’s deputy opinion editor, and editorial writer Luis Carrasco discuss the changes that have left so...

Special prosecutor John Raley spent 10 months investigating whether former death row inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown needed to be re-indicted or whether he was "actually innocent" in the 2003 murder of Houston police officer Charles R. Clark. Raley tells...