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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

Jun 02, 2015

Strangest State: On the Lookout for Black Helicopters and Falling Prices

by Patrick Michels

Apr 08, 2014

East Texas TV Station Airs Bizarre Global Warming Rant… Oh, and It’s Plagiarized

by Forrest Wilder

Jeffrey Holliman Feb 05, 2014

Into the Pines

No one guessed how far Jeffrey Holliman would go to leave his troubles behind.

by Patrick Michels

The search for Alfred Wright seen from the air Nov 21, 2013

A Missing Man and Familiar Old Wounds in Jasper

by Patrick Michels

Aug 09, 2013

Whistleblower, Landowners: TransCanada is Botching the Job on Keystone XL Pipeline

by Priscila Mosqueda

A protest tree sit in East Texas. Oct 29, 2012

The Keystone XL Battle Comes to East Texas

Landowners join environmental protesters to block the Canada-to-Texas pipeline.

by Priscila Mosqueda

James White visiting locals during the Lufkin Juneteenth Celebration, 2010 Oct 27, 2010

Who Will Control East Texas?

by Jen Reel

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