The Mayor & The Mogul
Bill White and Farouk Shami on why they're running for governor—and how they'd shake up Texas.
On Dec. 4, the day that three-term Houston mayor Bill White jumped into the race for governor, many Texas Democrats started dreaming big.
Their perfect scenario goes like this: Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay…
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Conversion Story
How Bryan's Planned Parenthood director became a pro-life celebrity.
Abby Johnson was the 29-year-old executive director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan when she resigned in October. A month later, she was on Mike Huckabee's FOX News show explaining why she had joined the Coalition…
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All Walled Up
How Brownsville's battle against the federal government's border fence ended in defeat and disillusionment.
In the early spring of 2008, the uniformed Border Patrol officers delivering condemnation notices door-to-door seemed surprised by the defiance they met from Brownsville landowners. The first time the officers came, it was with clipboards…
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Gone Baby Gone
The shocking case of Otty Sanchez exposes the holes in Texas' mental health care system.
The first police officers at the crime scene were so shocked they could barely speak. When they arrived at the white-paneled house on San Antonio's north side at 5 a.m. on July 26, officers found…
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Child X-ing
Del Rio's controversial crackdown on border-crossing students.
At first it looked like business as usual in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 9. The line of cars on the Del Rio International Toll Bridge stretched back toward Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, as…
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Blood and Treasure
Is Afghanistan worth the sacrifice?
Texans have paid dearly for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The highest cost is tallied in casualties. As this issue went to press, 467 Texas men and women had lost their lives since the…
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What Did He Die For?
Texans Mourn—And Wonder
Men in work boots laid their cowboy hats on the floor and snuggled beside prim women and impeccably suited Marines at the First Baptist Church in Smithville on Nov. 6. They had come to mourn…
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Post-Traumatic
Three Texas Veterans on the Road to Recovery
The following narratives were written by Texas veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition that affects a growing number of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. As part of their recovery process, they…
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by Renée Feltz
on 11.23.09
UPDATE 12/3/2009: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Bobby Wayne Woods that he should not be executed because he is mentally retarded. He was executed a short time later in Huntsville. The Associated…
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Deep East Texas
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Misty Keasler
"I've lived most of my life in Dallas but my family is all from East Texas. The differences in our lives and environment are fascinating…
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Full-Court Cyberpress
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Bill Minutaglio
LBJ once breezily put it this way: "The press helps me ... the press is one of the best servants I have." Rick Perry and…
