Regina Lankenau

It's musically difficult and the words are hard to remember. But the U.S. national anthem also does what no other anthem dares to do: it asks a question, writes Chronicle columnist Regina Lankenau.

From Maria Jimenez to the women in taquerias, the East End is built on female labor. It’s time the street signs — and the process to change them — reflected it.

We can and should swap his name for Dolores Huerta’s, but what happens to that other, more slippery thing – to the memory, the legacy, the history we already so poorly tell? asks Regina...

"They set out to defend the Dream Act. That's what they've done," writes columnist Regina Lankenau. "David, they still believe, can beat Goliath."

Mari has hope for Venezuela. Stubborn, defiant hope — even as she sees echoes of Maduro's playbook here in the United States.

Imagining 2050, columnist Regina Lankenau conjures Houston as a Luddite, Human-First city where physical media gets priority over AI-created content.

What sane person would want to attend every City Council meeting? Emily Hynds does it so we don't have to, writes columnist Regina Lankenau.

This show of force in a suburban strip-mall wasn't just about political ambition. It was a desperate sprint to rescue three GOP-endorsed candidates running in the Cy-Fair ISD school board election.

Houstonians' "Bayou Serial Killer" theory may be unfounded, but their fear? That’s real. When institutions dismiss those worries as a silly TikTok trend, the message is: Your fears aren’t a...

With Lina Hidalgo not running for reelection, Harris County may lose a much-needed Hispanic in a highly visible job. What a Pasadena politician teaches us about the future of Latino representation.