Law Professor @stcl_Houston I write about art, antiquities and the law; I teach Legal Research & Writing, Art Law, & Copyright
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Derek Fincham retweeted
Houston is home to an estimated 70,000+ refugees from more than 78 countries, making it one of the top resettlement destinations in the nation.
Refugees bring strength, resilience, and hope to our city, rebuilding their lives while enriching Houston’s culture and community. I'm honored they chose Houston as home and stand with them as they continue writing their next chapter here.
Derek Fincham retweeted
Dolly Parton on her Imagination Library program that Republicans defunded:
"[My daddy] was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew [...] his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission."
Derek Fincham retweeted
From @JRDNLTHMS: Whitmire balances his budget on the backs of Houston’s most vulnerable 3/
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Derek Fincham retweeted
"It's all sprawl!" It's certainly a lot, and hey, that's how cities always and everywhere boom. But it's also a lot of infill. It's a lot of everything, because Houston defaults to "let people do things," warts and all. This is what real, existing American abundance looks like.
Derek Fincham retweeted
It's funny, Houston is this supernova of growth, the rare place in the US that is absorbing millions of domestic and international migrants and making them richer, but if you say anything nice about it, e.g. maybe non-zoning is fine, people have a meltdown.
Derek Fincham retweeted
All the City of Houston has to do on the matter is follow the City of Austin's policy.
Instead the mayor and chief of police are holding pressers blaming "young officers" instead of owning the fact that the mayor's policy is designed to foster maximal collaboration with ICE.
Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz announced Wednesday that federal immigration officers will be given a 30-minute window to respond to calls from city police officers about people they encounter who have administrative immigration warrants. 🔗 bit.ly/4s2hQ6f
Derek Fincham retweeted
There have been 15 Top 10 games at Allen Fieldhouse where Kansas wasn’t the higher ranked team in the Bill Self Era.
Bill Self’s record: 15-0.
Derek Fincham retweeted
The #Olympics2026 curling arena is amazing. An outdoor wooden structure built as the main arena for the 1956 Olympics. A roof was built to cover the rink in the 1980’s but it remained open air. For these games, it’s been completely enclosed with a new structure fit into the old.
Derek Fincham retweeted
This is a lie.
Even if I had ordered this, the MPLS police department would never follow an order from me.
Do better. Go fuck a couch.
Derek Fincham retweeted
Joint statement on Houston’s ongoing collaboration with ICE from Houston City Council District C candidates Joe Panzarella and Dr. Audrey Nath.
Derek Fincham retweeted
Two Rice University freshmen created a website mapping ICE incidents, as @TheRiceThresher chronicles here.
This is great college journalism highlighting the best and brightest at @RiceUniversity .
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Derek Fincham retweeted
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Derek Fincham retweeted
Every Democratic member of Congress should be on a plane to Minneapolis right now to join the people protesting in the streets. Federal elected officials should physically place themselves between the public and these dangerous thugs sent to terrorize this American city.
Derek Fincham retweeted
Protester: "They say they're coming in to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who bake for us, who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. I can't stop thinking of Mr Rogers. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, and right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
