Fort Worth’s Forgotten Lynching: In Search of Fred Rouse
Retracing the steps of a Texan lynched in 1921 requires a trip through dark days in state history.
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Retracing the steps of a Texan lynched in 1921 requires a trip through dark days in state history.
News ⋆
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.
News ⋆
Artificial intelligence technologies are all the rage at SXSW. Is our democracy prepared?
Culture ⋆
Raemonn James, better known as Hermajestie the Hung, teamed up with a filmmaker to tell a moving story of activism and queer culture.
Postcard ⋆
In San Antonio, a community coalesces around solidarity with Gaza.
Essays ⋆
A Texas federal court has struck down a 2023 law creating protections for pregnant state workers based on its paltry costs.
The heavily contested GOP primaries brought about ousters and uncertainty in the state’s lower legislative chamber and highest criminal court.
Meanwhile, a long-term incumbent who backed a controversial state school takeover easily secures renomination.
Challenger Sean Teare handily took out the embattled two-term incumbent Kim Ogg.
Blocked in Louisiana, Formosa Plastics looks to grow around Texas’ Lavaca Bay, but it and other industrial plants are waiting for water.
A report from the fencelines in the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor.
Too many U.S. workers still suffer and die from exposure to well-known toxic substances, a Texas investigative reporter’s new book says.
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