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Articles tagged: Willie Nelson

by Michael Agresta

The Great Mellowing

God, Willie Nelson, and the increasingly thinkable pipe dream of marijuana reform.

Mon, Aug 10, 2015 |

Thanks to God and Willie Nelson, marijuana reform is an increasingly thinkable pipe dream....Read More

Texas LGBT Advocates Look Beyond Gay Marriage

Wed, Jun 17, 2015 |

When Republican lawmakers introduced more than 20 anti-LGBT proposals in the 84th Legislature, they may have unwittingly helped launch the next phase of the sta...Read More

How Texas Became a New Front in Marijuana Legalization Fight

Tue, Jun 2, 2015 |

With strong right-wing bonafides, state Rep. David Simpson and lawmakers like him are leading a liberty-based charge to legalize marijuana in Texas....Read More

by Michael O'Brien

Eye On Texas: Michael O’Brien Collects the Faces of Texas

Tue, Oct 28, 2014 |

Michael O'Brien's photography in "The Face of Texas" celebrates the spirit and individuality of the state with a human mosaic....Read More

Progressive Country

by Maurice Chammah

Jason Mellard’s Progressive Country Asks Where the Cosmic Cowboys Went

Wed, Feb 26, 2014 |

Jason Mellard tracks the changing face of Texas in popular culture in his new book Progressive Country....Read More

Willie Nelson

by Cindy Casares

One Nation Under Willie

Fri, May 10, 2013 |

In his music and in his life, Willie Nelson genuinely cares about the little guy in a way that never seems contrived like so many other country music acts. ...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

Dirty Dozen: Texas’ Most Memorable Quotes of 2012

Fri, Dec 28, 2012 |

Blessed with the gift of gab, Texans say the darndest things... especially our politicians who’ve been known to offer up an embarrassment of riches....Read More

The 2nd Biggest Mesquite Tree in Texas

by Wade Williams

Fri, Jan 26, 2007

Or maybe it was the country or even the world. I don’t remember, and what good would it do to look it up now? Sometimes my father, inexplicably, would pic...Read More

Save Family Farms, Save America

by Willie Nelson

Fri, Jun 30, 2006

Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of Waterkeeper, the official magazine of Waterkeeper Alliance. As one of the founders of Far...Read More

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