Small-Town Politics, National Consequences
The Supreme Court takes up a Texas power struggle involving allegedly retaliatory arrests of two councilwomen.
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The Supreme Court takes up a Texas power struggle involving allegedly retaliatory arrests of two councilwomen.
Books ⋆
A new book seeks to paint a more measured portrait of the oft-mocked Texas politician.
Books ⋆
A well-known warrior in the #ChurchToo movement reveals in a new book how she escaped from an abusive Texas home and an abusive Southern Baptist church.
Culture ⋆
The new Alliance for Texas History calls for working everyone’s stories “into the fabric of Texas history.”
From Joe Biden to Colin Allred, Democrats are flip-flopping on an issue at the heart of the American experiment.
Threats to deploy U.S. troops to Mexico ignore an appalling reality that has already been a disaster for both nations.
The Texas senator’s iHeartMedia deal, which sent over $600,000 to an aligned super PAC, may have broken campaign finance laws—or exploited a new loophole.
Threats to deploy U.S. troops to Mexico ignore an appalling reality that has already been a disaster for both nations.
A new investigation of a deadly fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked detention cell in Mexico shows that keys and fire extinguishers were readily available, but withheld.
Robie Flores’ “The In Between” is a love letter to la frontera—and a humanizing refutation of GOP fear-mongering.
A literary website that has connected bookish Texans since 2015 nearly closed this year. Then one of its readers saved it.
Texas highways have destroyed and dominated our built environment. Megan Kimble’s book “City Limits” offers a new vision.
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