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2016 Presidential Election

Caddo Lake, Texas

Attica Locke’s New Mystery Novel Unearths East Texas Secrets

Heaven, My Home explores how black and white people can live almost entirely different experiences inside the same time and place.

by Mary Helen Specht

Keep Reading

Book Review: Scapegoating the Media Ignores Other Major Problems in American Politics

by Michael Hardy

The 10 Best Observer Stories of 2016: ‘The GOP is Gaslighting America’

by Forrest Wilder

Loon Star State: Trump and the ‘Rigged Election’

by Ben Sargent

Donald Trump supporters Oct 11, 2016

Why My East Texas Neighbors are Voting for Trump

It's not because they're stupid rednecks.

by Joe R. Lansdale

Hillary Clinton walks onstage to accept the party's nomination for president at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Sep 28, 2016

Hooks: Dems are Missing Their Chance to Give Obama His Transformational Legacy

In 2008, Obama said he wanted to create Reaganesque transformational change. Can Clinton do it?

by Christopher Hooks

Donald Trump Sep 20, 2016

Trump’s Twitter Account Alone Disqualifies Him for POTUS

The GOP nominee puts the incoherent ranting of a man with an outsized persecution complex online for all the world to see.

by Andrea Grimes

Sep 13, 2016

Tired of Trump, Can Latinos Learn to Love a Libertarian?

Republican political consultant Juan Hernandez is trying to woo Latino voters with 'option c' — Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson.

by Melissa del Bosque

Donald Trump supporters Aug 26, 2016

The Texas Miracle #19: Cocks, Glocks and Trump Across Texas

Unpacking the heat about guns on campus, plus Trump supporters explain their support for the Donald — or at least give it their best shot.

by Andrea Grimes

Donald Trump Aug 24, 2016

In Texas, Trump Signals a Plan for Victory in Defeat

If the real estate mogul loses, he’s the only one who will emerge unscathed.

by Christopher Hooks

Donald Trump Aug 24, 2016

Trump Takes Texas, in Photos

by Patrick Michels

Trump Houston Jul 20, 2016

The GOP is Gaslighting America — on National Television

Today's GOP leaders aren't playing politics as usual. They're using abusive tactics to manipulate the public.

by Andrea Grimes

Jul 08, 2016

Loon Star State: Donald’s Hair

by Ben Sargent

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