Priced Out in the Shadow of Downtown Austin
by Hannah Carney / Posted on | No CommentsOn a warm Friday night in Austin, people stroll down Rainey Street, heading to a handful of bars and restaurants, mindful of the stream [...]
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Party Time in McAllen
by Roberto Ontiveros / Posted on | No CommentsWHEN I WAS 15, WEARING EYELINER and dressing like The Cure, I used to go to “Mex” (Mexico) on Friday and Saturday nights. A [...]
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Cuero Bets on Fracking
by Saul Elbein / Posted on | No CommentsIn 2008, Petrohawk Energy sank an oil well on Charlotte Krause’s land in the green fields north of Cuero. Drillers bored into the shale [...]
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Jordan’s Jasper
by Kalyn Belsha / Posted on | No CommentsIt’s a clear February morning in the small East Texas town of Jasper, and the Rev. John D. Hardin is looking for something he’s [...]
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Killing the Blues
by Joe England / Posted on | No CommentsIt’s kind of painful to admit, now that I’ve come to appreciate the late, great blues master. One night in the early ’80s, I [...]
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