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East Texas

A Love Letter to the Black Woodswomen of Deep East Texas

Where I’m from, the Afro-Texans who made me know our lives are forever woven into the ecology of the Thicket.

by DaLyah Jones

Keep Reading

From the Plantation to the Thicket: Juneteenth, Black Freedom, and ‘Marronage’ in Texas

by DaLyah Jones

East Texas Hit Hard by Gun-Related Suicides

by Sandy West

At the Texas AFL-CIO, a Changing of the Guard in a Time of Growth

by Josephine Lee

Chris Crawford speaks at a memorial for Sandra Bland Jul 11, 2016

Friends and Poets Remember Sandra Bland on the Anniversary of Her Arrest

by Patrick Michels

July 2016 strangest state Jul 07, 2016

Strangest State: Pet Bison, the Yeti Bandit, and a Selfie Statue

by Patrick Michels

June 2016 The Interview Jun 20, 2016

The Interview: Frank Jackson

Prairie View’s longtime mayor on Sandra Bland and Texas’ legacy of racial trauma.

by Patrick Michels

Mary Lou Bruner May 19, 2016

Mary Lou Bruner’s Say-Anything Strategy May Finally Have Turned Off Texas Voters

A tea party group has pulled its endorsement of the SBOE candidate over her inaccurate claims about Texas schools.

by Patrick Michels

flooding in uncertain, texas Mar 22, 2016

Photo Essay: Floods Drown ‘High Ground’ in Uncertain, Texas

by Jim Gary

Mary Lou Bruner Mar 17, 2016

Texas’ Most Notable Creationist Says Mary Lou Bruner Will Be a ‘Great Asset’ to Ed Board

Bruner, who believes President Obama was once a gay prostitute, also says teaching evolution causes mass school shootings.

by Patrick Michels

William Goyen — Texas writers Oct 13, 2015

Texas’ Strangest Son: The Exile and Creativity of William Goyen

A new book explores the unconventional life of a writers' writer.

by Amy Gentry

Jul 23, 2015

Greater State: The Racism of States’ Rights

by Bob Ray Sanders

Saddled with hundreds of thousands in debt, Jeffrey Holliman escaped into the wild in rural Nacogdoches County, living out a childhood dream. Jul 02, 2015

How the Law Finally Caught Up with East Texas ‘Survivalist’ Jeff Holliman

by Patrick Michels

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