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The Doctor is Out

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Features

by Christopher Hooks
Books
Turning Hard Right

Daniel Oppenheimer's 'Exit Right' looks at why some of the left's brightest lights gave up the cause.
by Scott Henson
Criminal Justice
Raising the Bars

What's next for Texas criminal justice reform?
by Patrick Michels
Education
Free Lunch

Forget about the governor’s slush funds. Texas’ biggest corporate welfare program is one you’ve probably never heard of — and it’s growing every year.
by Michael Agresta
Culture
Photos of Dystopia

FotoFest, Houston’s biennial art photography fair, bears witness to a planet in peril.

Culture
Rotten Apples in Donna ISD
by Emma Pérez-Treviño

Mar 9, 2016
Criminal Justice
The First Time Texas Killed One of My Clients
by Burke M. Butler

Mar 7, 2016
Culture
The New Migrants
by Sarah Smarsh

Mar 3, 2016
Health Care
How Will the Supreme Court’s ‘Swing Vote’ Judge Rule in Texas’ Abortion Case?
by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Mar 3, 2016
Politics
The Interview: Elliott Naishtat
by Andrea Grimes

Feb 26, 2016
Culture
How the 1% Gardens
by James E. McWilliams

Feb 22, 2016

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