City Limits?

Living in the Sprawl: What Counts as Houston?

From Montrose to Katy, the question of where Houston begins—and ends—has never been harder to answer.

12/18/2025 By Erica Cheng

City of Philanthropy

How Houston Became One of America’s Most Generous Cities

Houston’s resilience and diversity fuel a culture of giving that touches every corner of the city.

11/24/2025 By Erica Cheng

Boomtown

Houston’s Growth by the Numbers

We look at the stats that define the city's relentless expansion.

06/12/2024 By Emma Balter

Kinder Land

How the Philanthropy of Nancy and Rich Kinder Has Shaped Houston

The couple is worth an estimated $8.1 billion, and they’re giving almost all of it back to their adopted city.

06/03/2024 By Daniel Renfrow

Very Houston News

Questionable Ranking Lists, Houston's Most Eligible Dog, and Spaceships

It's been a doozy of a week.

07/23/2021 By Catherine Wendlandt

Plant On

Here’s What Achieving "Tree Equity" Could Mean for Houstonians

Houston’s wealthier neighborhoods have about 14-percent more tree cover than lower-income neighborhoods.

07/23/2021 By Laura Furr Mericas

Glowing Review

Have You Been Inside the Kinder Yet?

The many dreamy design details of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, the MFAH’s game-changing new space

04/08/2021 By Dianna Wray

Knock, knock

The Initial Results Are in for the Health Department's Citywide Antibody Testing Study

By September about four times as many people had Covid-19 as the number of people who actually got a positive test by September, according to the survey.

12/14/2020 By Catherine Wendlandt

No more handshakes

The Future of Work in a Post-Pandemic World

We talked to three local experts about what the workplace is going to look like after the coronavirus crisis.

06/09/2020 By Catherine Wendlandt

Pop Culture Handbook

The Great Houstonian Movie Has Yet to Be Made

The Bayou City is about more than cowboys, politicians drenched in oil money, and NASA. So when will the silver screen reflect that?

06/21/2017 By Gwendolyn Zepeda

Stats on Stats

Top 5 Takeaways from the Latest Houston Area Survey

For starters, public opinion on HERO doesn't match the way Houston voted.

04/25/2016 By Roxanna Asgarian

California Seeming

Houston and L.A.: More Alike Every Day?

Between all the Newstonians and the new development, some think our city’s character is changing.

03/01/2016 By Steven Devadanam

Urban Planning

Cornering the Futures Market

Four of Houston’s think tanks square off.

05/31/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Discovery Green

Celebrate Houston! Celebrate Klineberg!

This year, Stephen Klineberg's annual area survey rates a downtown party

04/19/2013 By Eric Harrison

Houstonia Magazine

Kinder Institute for Urban Research