Tag Archives: East Texas
Steve King Has a Friend in Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert
The East Texas tea partier came to the defense of white nationalist Steve King, underscoring the Iowa congressman’s deep ties with Lone Star conservatives.
When Iowa Congressman Steve King wondered out loud last week to the New York Times, “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did th...Read More
East Texas Photographer Captures 50 Years of Haunting, Ordinary Magic
Over and over, Keith Carter finds transcendence in scenes of everyday East Texas life.
Ordinary Magic Over and over, Keith Carter finds transcendence in scenes of everyday East Texas life. – by Michael Hardy December 12, 2018 Photographer Ke...Read More
The View From Louie Gohmert-Land
Fear and loathing on one side. Hope and inspiration on the other. East Texas is a microcosm of Beto-Cruz race.
The View From Louie Gohmert-Land Fear and loathing on one side. Hope and inspiration on the other. East Texas is a microcosm of Beto-Cruz race. – by Justi...Read More
Women’s Work
Lessons from my great-aunt, an East Texas original.
Women’s Work Lessons from my great-aunt, an East Texas original. I was a child in a magical place, in a house my father built in the piney woods of East T...Read More
Citizen Group Promises to Be ‘Thorn in the Side’ of New East Texas Factory Farm
Big chicken gets bigger in East Texas.
One of the world’s poultry heavyweights is expanding in East Texas, and rural landowners concerned about the stench and pollution have a message for the compa...Read More
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
Energy Transfer Partners May Have Misled State to Secure Tax Break
Energy Transfer Partners, the oil and gas giant under fire in recent months for trying to build a pipeline through sacred Native American land in North Dakota, ...Read More
Fungi Town
Taking a mushroom census in southeast Texas.
Fungi Town Taking a mushroom census in southeast Texas. – by Leah Caldwell December 8, 2016 David Lewis makes the occasional pilgrimage to Sand Ridge Cemetery...Read More
Why My East Texas Neighbors are Voting for Trump (It’s Not Because They’re Stupid Rednecks)
East Texas voters aren't going for Trump because they're stupid, writes Joe Lansdale, but because they like the fear-based mythology of the Trump show....Read More