Featured Stories
Raising the Bars
Out of Reach
Forgotten by East Texas courts, a woman is left in the care of a husband her family says is abusive.
Forgotten by East Texas courts, a woman is left in the care of a husband her family says is abusive....Read More
Lining Up a Conviction
A suggestive photo lineup put Juan Balderas on death row. Experts say he may have been wrongfully convicted, but will he get a new trial in time?
A suggestive photo lineup put Juan Balderas on death row. Experts say he may have been wrongfully convicted, but will he get a new trial in time?...Read More
Barging In
How a felon with a fake name convinced a federal agency and the Texas General Land Office to fast-track a controversial project in Port Aransas.
BARGING IN How a felon with a fake name convinced a federal agency and the Texas General Land Office to fast-track a controversial project in Port Aransas. When...Read More
Call Them Refugees
As political leaders argue over the crisis at the Texas-Mexico border, local communities and nonprofits carry the weight.
Busy obsessing over border security, Texas have ignored the humanitarian crisis in the Rio Grande Valley, leaving cash-strapped charities to do the work....Read More
Mine Games
With little more than a promise, the Texas Railroad Commission is trusting a struggling coal industry to pay for the cost of cleaning up old mines.
In mid-2014, Texas’ biggest utility, Energy Future Holdings, was about to file for bankruptcy, and Texas regulators suddenly had a big problem on their hands...Read More
The Last Days of Tent City
As authorities prepared to evict its residents, a reporter spent six weeks in Dallas’ biggest homeless camp.
As Dallas authorities prepared to evict Tent City's residents, a reporter spent six weeks living among those who are being shuffled from one camp to the next....Read More
Texas Families Talk Back On Trans Discrimination: Kat, Christina and Ryan Smith
"We want her to be just like every other kid."
Katherine “Kat” Smith, 10 Christina, a registered nurse, and Ryan Smith, product marketing manager Lovejoy ISD, Allen *** Christina Smith: The story...Read More
Texas Families Talk Back On Trans Discrimination: Alex Kinmore and Laurie Johnson
"Where do they think trans people have been going to the bathroom for years?"
Alex, a high school senior in El Paso, says his school doesn't have official protocols for how to accommodate trans students like him....Read More