Signs across the Houston Public Library system now inform users that they can still access printers if the new cashless system proves difficult.
Maggie Gordon
Maggie Gordon is the Landing's senior storyteller who has worked at newspapers across the country, including the Stamford Advocate and the Houston Chronicle. She has covered everything from the hedge fund industry and education to craft beer and alligator hunting. No matter the topic, Maggie’s favorite stories combine quirky characters, adventure and humanity. Bonus points if she can find a love story. Maggie grew up on a cow farm in upstate New York, and graduated from nearby Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. These days you can find her at her home in Houston’s East End – or on Twitter.
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Can we just say it? Resilience in Houston is exhausting.
Tax Day Floods. Hurricane Harvey. Winter Storm Uri. The COVID-19 pandemic. Houston is constantly recovering from disasters. There must be a better way.
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A reader told us the Houston library’s new cashless system left many users out. We asked why.
When the Houston Public Library moved to cashless copies and printing this June, unbanked Houstonians were left without options. That’s changing now.
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Is ‘workforce housing’ affordable enough for Houston’s East End and Fifth Ward residents?
East River Development in Houston’s East End raises equity concerns for longtime residents of historic neighborhoods around the Midway project.
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Not so elite: Supreme Court’s student loan decision affects many Houstonians’ finances
Houstonians are coming to terms with the recent Supreme Court ruling, striking down President Joseph Biden’s plans to forgive student loans.
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I’ve gone to look for America. Forty-nine states later, here’s what I’ve found.
There are certain sounds that will forever pull me back to the passenger seat of my parents’ truck, like a magnet clicking me into place. Windows cracked as a cigarette burns in my mother’s left hand, dark roads ahead. The seat changes — from our old Ford pickup we drove down the East Coast every […]
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Designed to divide: LGBTQIA+ Houstonians deserve better than county commissioner’s misinformation
At a Commissioners Court meeting this month, Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey falsely linked the LGBTQIA+ community with grooming behavior.
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Slow down and smell the sunflowers as we walk the length of Houston’s Chimney Rock Road
It took five hours to walk Chimney Rock. But slowing down was the whole point. Here’s what we found in Meyerland, Gulfton, Bellaire and more.
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Affordable day care is hard to find. A new Harris County program could help fix that.
Greater Houston is a day care desert, meaning there are not enough seats for local kids. Here’s how a new program could help to fix that, and how to apply.
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Houston received $37 million to curb stopped trains in the East End. It’s a start.
The grant to fix railroad issues should help address some traffic problems, but legislation to curb stopped and too-long trains must follow.