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by Chris Kromm
From Facing South, the online magazine of the Institute for Southern Studies. On July 1, a video appeared on BP's website featuring renegade scientist Ivor van Heerden -- a marine specialist who, as Facing South… Read more
by Dave McNeely
A long standing argument is that the lieutenant governor of Texas is more powerful than the governor. It’s that way by design. During the Reconstruction period after the Civil War, Texas had to endure the… Read more
by Texas Observer Staff
Dept. of Homophobia It's been just over a year since Fort Worth police, with Texas Alcohol and Beverage Control agents in tow, stormed into the Rainbow Lounge, a gay bar. They arrested seven patrons for… Read more
by Sue Sturgis
From Facing South, the online magazine of the Institute for Southern Studies. Controversy erupted this week after Shirley Sherrod -- a black U.S. Department of Agriculture official in Georgia -- was fired after conservative pundits… Read more
by Melissa del Bosque
Carlos Roybal always thought of himself as an American. Born in Chile, he’d lived in the United States legally since he was five months old, growing up in a middle-class Miami neighborhood. In 2006, Roybal… Read more
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  • Hit 'Em Where They Live When it comes to Texas politics, Billy Lee Brammer wrote the book.
    by Michael May

    Hit 'Em Where They Live Texas politics often inspires bursts of cursing, but for this issue we’ve taken a more deliberative approach. With the campaign in full swing and the legislative session around the corner, this issue focuses on the latest crop of books about Texas politics. Robert Green asks what the latest literature tells… Read more...