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Reclaiming ‘Friendship’ Across Borders

In reading U.S.-Mexico treaties, I trip over the word “friendship.” Ostensibly, it's like saying, “We are friends, so I’m taking your land.”

by Nicole Antebi

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The Fairies Fiasco

by Shelby Criswell

RGV Punk Rocker Makes It Big on the Silver Screen

by Gregory Wakeman

Jill Biden’s San Antonio Visit Highlights Childcare Challenges for Military Families

by Delger Erdenesanaa

messy hotel bed Oct 03, 2019

Short Story Finalist: ‘The After Party’

In Jess Smith’s tense and troubling story, a wedding party turns dark.

by Jess Smith

An aircraft hangar at the former Reese Air Force Base, now called Reese Technology Center, in Lubbock. Jun 19, 2019

Nearly 500,000 Texans Live in Communities with Contaminated Groundwater. Lawmakers Aren’t Doing Much About It.

Despite growing national concern about the health effects of “forever chemicals,” the state’s Congressional delegation has barely made a peep.

by Christopher Collins

Air Force Staff Sergeant Logan Ireland, right, during a deployment to Afghanistan Mar 14, 2018

‘TransMilitary’ Is the LGBT Advocacy Film Middle America Needs to See

The documentary shines brightest when it shows trans soldiers simply going about their lives.

by Rose Cahalan

Inside this month's print issue

Molly Ivins on School Vouchers (1997)

Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in your state? Come to Texas and see how it works out in practice.

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A man wearing a hoodie and a bandana over his face carries a knife. Oct 29, 2015

Strangest State: Mum Etiquette, an Unattended Hearse and a Mighty Handy Oreo Thief

by Patrick Michels

May 04, 2015

Bastrop Residents Say Abbott Playing Politics With Conspiracy Theories

by John Savage

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