What Is (and Isn’t) Happening with the Border Wall in Big Bend
Government flip-flopping and semantic ambiguity have led to premature declarations of victory over Trump's attack on my home region.
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With Gas Tax Holiday, Are Texas Dems Pushing ‘Irresponsible’ Policy for Political Gain?
For candidates like James Talarico, calling to suspend fuel taxes may be an easy way to sell “affordability” to swing voters. But it would come with its own long-term policy consequences.
Texas Is Cracking Down on Essential Immigrant Drivers
Professionals like me get Texas kids safely to school. We get food to grocery stores and medical supplies to hospitals. Until the government decides to throw us out of work.
Ruptured Families: The U.S. Citizen Children Left Behind by Deportations
More than 800,000 Texan kids with citizenship depend on an undocumented parent. Trump’s immigration crackdown is tearing their households apart.
Making Coffee with a Candle—and Other Notes from a Cuba Gone Dark
The Cuban government has been blaming the United States for its problems since 1959—sometimes rightly, sometimes not. At this point, my only position comes from seeing a grandmother's coffee contraption and a 12-year-old rationing his phone battery.
After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
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How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance
Last week's convictions related to a July 4 ICE detention center demonstration raise red flags about the right to protest. “This can happen to you, and if they can do it to you, they will.”
American Citizenship and Other Myths
We shouldn’t ignore the protofascism brewing on the JD Vance-aligned right. But the status quo ante isn’t good enough either.
Abbott-Endorsed Honey-Dealer Bids Sid Adieu
After more than a decade as the state’s farmer-in-chief, the ag commish saw his GOP primary opponent announce a rare toppling of a statewide incumbent, thanks to the governor’s kingmaking.