
Paxton Is Burning
Has accountability finally come to Texas? Don’t hold your breath.
Since 1954
Has accountability finally come to Texas? Don’t hold your breath.
Los planes del Departamento de Justicia para devolver el dinero robado del estado de Coahuila generan dudas sobre quién debería recibir el dinero.
The Justice Department’s plans to return money stolen from the state of Coahuila raise questions about whom should get the money.
Low-income Texans depend on family planning clinics. The clinics depend on a program that’s in trouble.
News ⋆
“I think protecting our silk is important because it’s produced differently than in other countries.”
A veteran NPR reporter tells all about his misadventures covering religion in America.
Politics ⋆
A year later, law enforcement has faced nothing approaching systemic accountability for failures at Robb Elementary.
An audio recording of trainings for unelected school managers paints a bleak picture of the Bayou City’s educational future.
The outcome of a fight to control a nonprofit group could shape the teaching of history in Texas.
After the passage of a road safety bill in 2021, proponents see another opportunity.
Recent “upsets” like tripped compressors, pressure loss and freezing weather resulted in thousands of pounds of illegal pollution but no fines or citations.
The industrial takeover of Freeport’s East End, a historically Black community, is almost complete.
The longtime Gulf Coast activist just won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.
The young hero in the new Disney+ show follows a familiar journey for colonized people, as predicted by theorist Frantz Fanon.
Although Jeffrey Toobin’s reputation has recently been tarnished by scandal, in Homegrown he has produced the definitive book on Timothy McVeigh’s continuing legacy.
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