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Free Tickets, Familiar Jokes, and an Unsettled Party Grasping for Unity—and a Fight

At the unusual midterm convention, Republicans pleaded with voters not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

by Eden Shamy

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A Texas Austerity Crisis Is Playing Out City by City, School by School

by Justin Miller

As World Cup Unfolds, Immigrant Rights Organizers Seek a Reckoning over Dallas’ Relationship with ICE

by Emily Markwiese

The Great Wilonsky Returns to the Newsroom

by Craig Lindsey

August 2016 interview Michael Sorrell Aug 15, 2016

The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

The president of Paul Quinn College on bringing a historically black institution back from the brink.

by Patrick Michels

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The Texas Miracle #17: Killer Robots and Taco Horses

What the future might look like now that the Dallas police force has experimented with a killer robot, plus Texas trivia with a French twist.

by Andrea Grimes

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The Last Days of Tent City

As authorities prepared to evict its residents, a reporter spent six weeks in Dallas’ biggest homeless camp.

by Dick J. Reavis

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The Texas Miracle #13: Would Jesus Say Black Lives Matter?

This week on the podcast: Our resident theologian unpacks the Beatitudes for the 'Blue Lives Matter' crowd, while Prairie View remembers Sandra Bland on the anniversary of her death.

by Andrea Grimes

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The Texas Miracle #12: Whose Lives Matter?

This week on the podcast: In the wake of official responses to the Dallas attacks on police, whose lives really matter?

by Andrea Grimes

Donald Trump at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Jun 17, 2016

The Trumpist Revolution Rambles Its Way to Dallas

by Christopher Hooks

Jack Finger Jun 16, 2016

Dallas LGBT Advocates Eye Ban on ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy

by John Wright

Cathy Allen Rude Jun 01, 2016

Strangest State: Inflatable Rescue Swan, Prairie Defilement and a Tiger on the Prowl

by Patrick Michels

Earth Day Texas Apr 26, 2016

Mainstream Groups Heat Up Over ‘Racist’ Anti-Immigrant Orgs at Earth Day Texas

by Naveena Sadasivam

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