What the New Climate Change Report Means for El Paso and the Southwest
The 2021 findings displayed a damning picture of results scientists warned of 30 years ago.
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El Paso Remembered
A year after racism turned lethal for 23 people in El Paso, a veteran journalist looks back on what’s become of her Texas border city, the victims’ families, and survivors of the hateful shooting.
Strangest State: Bear With Us
Weird news from far-flung Texas.
Eye on Texas: How COVID-19 Emptied the Texas-Mexico Border
Scenes from the closed border.
7 Texas Arts and Culture Causes to Consider on Giving Tuesday
Today is #GivingTuesdayNow. If you’re looking for causes to donate to, consider supporting the individuals and organizations that make Texas’ art, culture, and media great.
Strangest State: Dispatch From the Great Candy War
Weird news from far-flung Texas.
Eye on Texas: Border Tuner
In November, a massive public art project lit up the sky over El Paso and Juárez, prompting conversations both funny and serious, political and personal.
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An Incendiary New Book Reveals How Politics in El Paso Are Rigged
Who Rules El Paso? shows how a coterie of rich, primarily white Republicans control local government.
He May Not Be a Candidate, but Beto O’Rourke is Rebuilding His Texas Organizing Machine for 2020
O’Rourke’s 2018 Senate campaign was fueled by an organizing network of 20,000 volunteers. Can he harness that energy again without being on the ticket?
Strangest State: 18-Hole Hog, Spike the Poodle’s Big Adventure, and Fowl News
Weird news from far-flung Texas.