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6How Christian Nationalism Moved from the Fringe to the White House

Most Recent in Environment:

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4In Big Spring, a Rural Community Braces for Another Oil Bust

5In Southeast Lubbock Neighborhood, Residents are Fed Up With a Feedlot

6With Coal Plants Offline, the Air in Central and East Texas Has Cleared

Most Recent in Border:

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2U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Trump Administration on ‘Remain in Mexico’

3Following a Protest, ICE Moves Asylum-Seekers For the Second Time in Two Weeks

4Trump’s Wall May Have to Avoid Multiple Historic Cemeteries

5Following a Protest, ICE Transfers Dozens of Asylum Seekers to an Isolated Laredo Facility

6In the Trump Era, Practicing Immigration Law is Like ‘Swimming in Molasses’

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Families of Sick Prisoners Plead for Compassionate Release as Coronavirus Spreads Behind Bars in Texas

2In a Pandemic, Poor Defendants Could Pay With Their Lives

3Some Texas Officials Want to Divert People from Jail Amid Coronavirus Scare

4Texas Prosecutor Races Offer Competing Visions for Criminal Justice Reform

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6Alec Karakatsanis on the ‘Usual Cruelty’ of the Criminal Justice System

Most Recent in Education:

1Tough Decisions Ahead for School Leaders in Rural Texas

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4The Cost of Carve-Outs

5Texas Legislature Improves Suicide Prevention in Schools, but Makes Little Progress for Adults

6Texas House Considers Free College For Students Experiencing Homelessness

Most Recent in Health Care:

1Scientist Peter Hotez on Why Vaccine Development is ‘Critical to the Security of Our Nation’

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4The COVID-19 Crisis Points the Way Toward a Better Texas

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4Why a Texas Gun Control Activist is Optimistic About the Chances for Reform

5American Health Care is Broken, Especially in Texas. What Can We Do About It?

6Thousands of Rape Kits in Texas Went Untested For Years. Lavinia Masters Is Ending That.

Most Recent in Books:

1A New Book on the Sutherland Springs Shooting Explores Resilience, Forgiveness, and Grace

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5Washington Crossing the Rio Grande

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2Loneliness in the Age of Coronavirus

3‘Cheer’ Takes an Overlooked Sport Off the Sidelines

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5Why a Small Offense Shouldn’t Have Life-Altering Consequence

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Most Recent in Poetry:

1Author Saeed Jones on Empathy, the Power of Memoir, and Growing up Gay in North Texas

2Remembering W.S. Merwin, Honorary Texan

3Lost in Limbo in the Hays County Jail

4Houston Poet Analicia Sotelo’s Debut Smashes Latino Stereotypes

5Parallel Planes

Slideshows

Eye on Texas: Bhutanese Refugees

by Mary Kang | Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 15:34 CST

State of Texas — solar power

by Forrest Wilder

State of Texas: The Future’s So Bright You Gotta Wear Shades

Thu, Aug 13, 2015 |

In the last decade or so, renewable power has become increasingly competitive with fossil fuels — and is even cheaper than coal and natural gas in many parts ...Read More

by Laura Buckman

Eye on Texas: Flex Time

Thu, Aug 6, 2015 |

Combining her own experience and the access she has as a photographer, Laura Buckman embarks on her dream assignment, depicting what it's like for inmates to pr...Read More

Eye on Texas: Light/Rain

Tue, Jul 21, 2015 |

Photographer Jay Lee captured this image of the evening rain that came in a torrent May 26....Read More

Eye on Texas: Hot Fun in the Summertime

Thu, Jun 25, 2015 |

As part of her series "Bitche$ on a Budget," Austin-based photographer Sarah Lim shows that one cheap way to beat the Texas heat is crashing apartment-complex p...Read More

by Joe Cutbirth

State of Texas: Who We Kill

Tue, Jun 23, 2015 |

According to data collected by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, an unsurprising trend has emerged among death row inmates, the majority of whom are bla...Read More

Eye on Texas: Cowboys & Cul-De-Sacs

Tue, May 19, 2015 |

In what began as an assignment for the San Antonio Express-News, “Cowboys & Cul-de-Sacs” tells the story of Helotes, a small town just outside of San...Read More

UT Austin Petawatt Laser

by Robert Shults

Eye on Texas: UT-Austin’s Petawatt Laser

Three stories beneath the University of Texas, the Texas Petawatt Laser produces the most powerful laser pulse anywhere in the world.

Mon, Apr 27, 2015 |

Once the most powerful laser in the world, the Texas Petawatt Laser lies beneath the University of Texas, and continues to awe scientists around the world....Read More

by Forrest Wilder

State of Texas: How Truancy Is Turning Kids into Criminals

Fri, Apr 24, 2015 |

The truancy system in Texas proves that sometimes the best intentions have the worst consequences. A law designed to keep kids in school is now responsible for ...Read More

by Patrick Michels and Forrest Wilder

State of Texas: Taking Stock of Prison Reform

Tue, Apr 14, 2015 |

While criminal justice reform efforts in Texas have gotten lots of positive press, incarceration trends are complex. ...Read More

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