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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.

by Sam Karas

Keep Reading

Deaths Uncovered in Laredo Show the Ongoing Toll of Border Militarization

by Jason Buch

In Laredo’s Last Stand Against Trump’s Border Wall, Are City Leaders Making a Deal with the Devil?

by Jason Buch

As World Cup Unfolds, Immigrant Rights Organizers Seek a Reckoning over Dallas’ Relationship with ICE

by Emily Markwiese

A cartoon of Texas with the words "Loon Star State" inside its outline. The "L" in "Loon" is wearing a hat that's part cowboy and part dunce cap. Apr 10, 2024

Loon Star State: Cult of the All-Powerful Orange Czar

by Ben Sargent

A composite image. At left, the cover to Jonathan Blitzer's Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here. At right, A child is being picked up off a crowded trailer covered with migrants. Jan 22, 2024

What Does the United States Owe Central America?

A new work of nonfiction revives a history that some would sooner see forgotten.

by Gus Bova

May 16, 2022

The San Antonio Border Security Expo Is Decadent and Depraved

Robot dogs, cocktails, a shooting competition, and more taxpayer money than you can shake a drone at.

by Gus Bova

Jan 06, 2022

Inside the U.S. Capitol Insurrection

A Texas photographer finds himself shoulder to shoulder with rioters on January 6, 2021.

by Christopher Lee

Sep 01, 2021

To the Right, to The Right

Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton both won Donald Trump’s coveted endorsements. But their 2022 primary battles are just beginning.

by Justin Miller

Nov 08, 2018

Trump’s Sabotage of ACA Enrollment Is Particularly Dangerous in Texas

The attacks on enrollment outreach come as Texas’ uninsured rate increased last year to more than 17 percent — the highest since 2014.

by Sophie Novack

ice Jun 22, 2018

Agentes de E.U. Impidieron Asilo a esta Familia. Después, Fueron Detenidos en México.

Parece que las autoridades mexicanas se han sumado a los esfuerzos de inmigración de Trump al impedir que migrantes no mexicanos busquen asilo en Estados Unidos.

by Gus Bova

ice Jun 21, 2018

U.S. Agents Blocked This Family from Seeking Asylum. Then Mexico Detained Them.

Mexican authorities appear to have joined in Trump’s immigration crackdown by blocking non-Mexican migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.

by Gus Bova

Jun 13, 2018

Why Some Baptists Weren’t Happy with Mike Pence’s Stump Speech at Texas Gathering

Mike Pence’s visit to the national meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas highlights an identity crisis among members.

by David R. Brockman

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