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Odessa

Katie Maxwell

Living With Discomfort and Ambiguity in ‘Finding Home in Boomtown’

A new documentary follows a couple’s winding path toward starting a tiny-home community for the homeless in West Texas.

by Glorie Martinez

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In a New West Texas Novel, Women Kick Ass and Take Names

by Mary Helen Specht

Joe Barton Resurfaces with a Blueprint for How to Bail Out the Oil Industry and Worsen Climate Change

by Justin Miller

Loon Star: Gun Crazy

by Ben Sargent

In this Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, photo Crystal Harris, George Guerrero, and Curtis Patterson light candles in the shape of a cross on the ground of UTPB's quad in Odessa, Texas, to remember those who were killed in a shooting Saturday. (Ben Powell/Odessa American via AP) Sep 04, 2019

After the Midland-Odessa Shooting, Texas Republicans Double Down on God and Guns Doctrine

After the second Texas mass shooting in a month, Democrats call for action while Republicans promise to protect the “God given rights” of gun ownership.

by Justin Miller

Tubers soak up some sun at the Schlitterbahn water park in Galveston, where nights are warmer than ever — literally. Jul 27, 2016

A Sweltering Summer in Texas, Courtesy of Climate Change

A weakening El Niño, assisted by climate change, is driving scorching temperatures in Texas.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Cathy Allen Rude Jun 01, 2016

Strangest State: Inflatable Rescue Swan, Prairie Defilement and a Tiger on the Prowl

by Patrick Michels

Children hanging out

Inside this month's print issue

Lost Children—A Texas Tragedy

A riveting new book about foster care and adoption exposes just how the state lost six kids to out-of-state mothers who murdered them.

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The Magazine

Jun 24, 2015

Wrong Side of the Tax

A meteoric rise in property assessments in a West Texas town wreaks havoc on low-income taxpayers.

by Patrick Michels

May 01, 2015

Strangest State: A Twelve-Foot Chair and a Trunk-Load of Shrimp

by Patrick Michels

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