Most Recent in Politics:

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Most Recent in Environment:

1As Speaker of the House, Will Dennis Bonnen be a Menace to the Environment?

2How Climate Change Is Driving Central American Migrants to the United States

3Audit Says State Windstorm Insurance Program is Failing… Again

4Trump Administration Report: Climate Change Is Hurting Texas

5In Texas, One of the World’s Oldest, Weirdest Fish Finally Gets its Due

6In East Texas, Chicken Plants are Polluting Rivers and Lakes with Oxygen-Sucking Contaminants

Most Recent in Border:

1How Climate Change Is Driving Central American Migrants to the United States

2Border Patrol Calls Cops on Lawyers, Activists Trying to Attend ‘Stakeholder’ Meeting

4Border Residents Protest Trump’s Wall in Hidalgo County

5AUDIO: Melissa del Bosque and Rachel Poser on Border Patrol’s Unchecked Mission Creep

6More Than 150 Families Separated at the Border Remain Locked Up in Texas

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1When Prison Reform Goes Bad

2John Guandolo is on a Crusade to Turn Texas Cops Against Muslims

3State-Sanctioned Secrecy Shields Texas’ Death Penalty Machine from Scrutiny

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5Ken Paxton’s Strange Quest to Execute an Intellectually Disabled Man

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Most Recent in Education:

1In Violation of Texas Law, Most High Schools Aren’t Giving Students the Chance to Register to Vote

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3Cash-Strapped Rural Texas Schools Look to Universities for Help

4What’s in a Name? Texas SBOE Tentatively Approves ‘Ethnic Studies: Mexican American Studies’

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5Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo on Sanctuary Cities, Police Unions and Tommy Guns

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2Our 10 Favorite Texas Books of 2018

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4Octavio Solis’ ‘Retablos’ Recounts a ‘Beautiful, Messy’ Youth on the Border

5‘When I Spoke in Tongues’ Chronicles a Long Walk Away from the Church

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2100 Ways to Draw a Line

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2Heads in the Mud

3The Day the Windows Shook

4Women’s Work

5I Grew Up on the Texas-Mexico Border, but Now I Barely Recognize It

6Somewhere It Hides a Well

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1Houston Poet Analicia Sotelo’s Debut Smashes Latino Stereotypes

2Parallel Planes

4Poem: ‘Resistance’

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6Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

Tag Archives: Eye On Texas

Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

Mon, May 15, 2017 |

I traveled to Big Bend Ranch State Park in October for the second-annual Trans-Pecos Ultra. This rugged ultramarathon spans 170 miles and 15,000 feet of elevati...Read More

by Ray Whitehouse

Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

Fri, Feb 17, 2017 |

Many attendees recognized Vaughan Neville as he walked around the festival with his headdress and custom-made ax. He said shooting "spreads some freedom."...Read More

December 2016 eye on texas photography by Michael Cirlos

by Michael Cirlos

Eye on Texas: ‘Normal Life’ in a Border Colonia

400,000 Texans live in 'colonias,' unincorporated border communities that often lack basic services.

Tue, Dec 13, 2016 |

San Antonio photographer Michael Cirlos captures a scene in the colonia of Pueblo Nuevo in December's Eye on Texas photo feature....Read More

wind turbines by gabriel cristover perez

by Gabriel C. Pérez

Eye on Texas: The ‘Bleached Sentinels’ of Nolan County

Mon, Oct 31, 2016 |

Austin photographer and multimedia producer Gabriel C. Pérez marvels at the towering wind turbines of Nolan County in October's Eye on Texas photo feature....Read More

August 2016 eye on texas photography

by Darren Abate

Eye on Texas: San Antonio Charro Ranch

Thu, Aug 18, 2016 |

San Antonio photojournalist Darren Abate says the San Antonio Charro Ranch is one of his favorite places to shoot when he's shooting for himself....Read More

july 2016 eye on texas jenny sathngam

by Jenny Sathngam

Eye on Texas: TX Open Swim

Thu, Jul 28, 2016 |

In July's Eye on Texas, Austin photographer Jenny Sathngam gives us a "peek at the faces of people at my favorite (sometimes secret) Texas swimming haunts."...Read More

June 2016 Eye on Texas by Scott Ball

Eye on Texas: Blessing of the Hands in San Antonio

Fri, Jun 24, 2016 |

Writes photojournalist Scott Ball, who shot a confetti-filled moment at a San Antonio church: "Nothing pulls me in quite the way religious rituals do."...Read More

little girl in flower dress

by Liz Moskowitz

Eye on Texas: Austin’s Chapels

Fri, May 20, 2016 |

In our May photo feature, Liz Moskowitz photographs the pastors and congregants at the small chapels scattered throughout swiftly gentrifying East Austin. ...Read More

The Portico Tejas in Dallas' Fair Park.

by Steve Masker

Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

Thu, Apr 14, 2016 |

In February's Eye on Texas feature, photographer Steve Masker captures the crumbling Art Deco glory of Fair Park's "Tejas Warrior" at the Portico Tejas....Read More

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