The Weirdest News from Far-Flung Texas, June Edition
Strangest State: A drunken drive-thru, cocaine granola bars and pig-e-mon police officers.
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Rose Cahalan is managing editor at the Observer and also edits the magazine’s arts and culture coverage.
Strangest State: A drunken drive-thru, cocaine granola bars and pig-e-mon police officers.
John T. Edge’s new food history is an unflinching look at 60 years of racism and activism in the South.
One judge said, “This isn’t a story. It’s a saga — tough, graphic reporting that shows how privately operated prisons function.”
Weird news from far-flung Texas.
The Women’s Storybook Project of Texas is an Austin nonprofit that encourages incarcerated mothers to read to their children.
It’s all in good fun when rattlesnakes descend on the Capitol each February, but the way they’re hunted is no laughing matter.
As governor, Perry did favors for a nuclear waste company formerly owned by a top donor. Will he do the same on a national stage?