Texas Republicans’ Pandemic Performance Is True to Form

Dan Patrick performs for Fox News; Greg Abbott dithers; and John Cornyn defiantly refuses to log off.
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Features

  • Horses graze in front of the Polunsky Unit, outside of Livingston in East Texas. by
    Criminal Justice

    A Solitary Condition

    Texas has banished hundreds of prisoners to more than a decade of solitary confinement. Many of these prisoners aren’t sure how—or, in some cases, if—they will ever get out.
  • Bar-G Feedyard near Summerfield is part of a vast constellation of feedlots that dot the western Panhandle. by
    Environment

    Something in the Air

    In the Texas Panhandle, which produces a fifth of the U.S. beef supply, communities are being choked by fecal dust from nearby feedlots. The state’s regulatory agency isn’t doing anything about it—and it’s about to get a whole lot worse.
  • Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., conducts a news conference after the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol on March 13, 2018. by
    Politics

    Who Is John Cornyn Serving?

    The senior senator from Texas has mastered the art of political subservience, making him very powerful—and perhaps vulnerable.
  • A gentrified street in East Austin. by
    News

    The Gentrification of Texas

    As the cost of housing skyrockets, Texans are getting pushed out and left behind. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
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