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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

Keep Reading

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

The Texas Miracle podcast logo Apr 22, 2016

The Texas Miracle #4: How to Die in Texas

On this week's podcast: Tips for shuffling off this Texas mortal coil, a Trinity River showdown and a prairie defilement that's nothing to sniff at.

by Andrea Grimes

The Portico Tejas in Dallas' Fair Park. Apr 14, 2016

Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

by Steve Masker

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Nov 30, 2015

Greg Shames the Sheriff

by Andrea Grimes

Pro-choice activists march down Congress Avenue. Oct 05, 2015

Texans Wait Longer for Abortions as Clinics Close

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Dallas District Attorney Sep 30, 2015

Sexism, Stigma and Susan Hawk: Let’s Find a New Way to Talk About the Dallas DA

by Amy McCarthy

Donald Trump at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Sep 14, 2015

The Donald Does Dallas

by Christopher Hooks

Janette Tovar Sep 14, 2015

No Justice for Janette? Dallas Man Sentenced to Probation in Fatal Assault of Trans Woman

by John Wright

Trans Lives Matter Sep 10, 2015

Dallas Trans Activists and Allies Plant Seeds of Remembrance for ‘Miss Shade’

by John Wright

same-sex marriage Aug 26, 2015

About Those Nondiscrimination Ordinances…

by John Wright

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