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Wrestling with the American Dream

Afghan refugees find a home on a San Antonio high school athletics team.

by Brant deBoer

Keep Reading

Abbott’s Border Standoff Fueled by a Climate Crisis He Helped to Create

by Greg Harman

The Pandemic Is Just the Latest Threat Refugees in Abilene Face

by Jessica Goudeau

Fort Worth Professors Fight to End Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Against LGBTQ Couples

by Michael Barajas

Par Meng and her toddler, Peter Lien, are Burmese refugees who've lived in Amarillo for two years. Local leaders and conservative activists have pressured resettlement groups to bring fewer refugees like them to the city. Apr 22, 2016

Amarillo Refugees Back in the Spotlight at Capitol

by Lorenzo Holt

Par Meng and her toddler, Peter Lien, are Burmese refugees who've lived in Amarillo for two years. Local leaders and conservative activists have pressured resettlement groups to bring fewer refugees like them to the city. Apr 11, 2016

The Strangers Next Door

How Amarillo became a safe haven from violence across the world — and Ground Zero in the backlash against refugees.

by Patrick Michels

Ted Cruz campaigns in January at Penny's Diner in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Mar 22, 2016

Ted Cruz’s Plan to ‘Utterly Destroy’ Terrorism Will Utterly Encourage It

by Andrea Grimes

Ben Sargent's Loon Star State cartoon. Jan 15, 2016

Loon Star State: Greg’s Campfire Stories Were Legendary

by Ben Sargent

State of Texas: How to Get Asylum or Become a Refugee Jan 14, 2016

State of Texas: How to Get Asylum or Become a Refugee

by Patrick Michels

Donald Trump at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Jan 02, 2016

Refreshingly Fascist

It's easy to avoid hypocrisy when you don't have any principles in the first place.

by Andrea Grimes

Don't worry Governor Greg, Kevin McAllister was scared, too. Dec 22, 2015

The Things We Feared, 2015

Before we hurtle into 2016, let’s take a look back at everything, and everyone, that terrified us — or was supposed to.

by Forrest Wilder

Iyad Al-Afandi (center), with his wife Lina (far right), daughter Noor and sons Nawar (far left) and Homam at their house in North Texas. Dec 14, 2015

Closing Our Doors, Closing Our Minds to Syrian Refugees

by Christopher Hooks

Iyad Al-Afandi (far right) with his wife Lina (second from left), daughter Noor and sons Nawar (center) and Homam at their home in Richardson. Dec 08, 2015

‘Refugees Are Victims of the Very Thing You Are Afraid Of’

Despite an uncertain welcome in Texas, these Syrian families are trying to rebuild their lives after fleeing civil unrest and violence half a world away.

by Alex Hannaford

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