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Something in the Air

by | Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 6:00 CST
In the Texas Panhandle, which produces a fifth of the U.S. beef supply, communities are being choked by fecal dust from nearby feedlots. The state’s regulatory agency isn’t doing anything about it—and it’s about to get a whole lot worse.
Horses graze in front of the Polunsky Unit, outside of Livingston in East Texas. by

A Solitary Condition

Texas has banished hundreds of prisoners to more than a decade of solitary confinement. Many of these prisoners aren’t sure how—or, in some cases, if—they will ever get out.
Tue, Jan 21, 2020 |

The Prison Inside Prison Texas has banished hundreds of prisoners to more than a decade of solitary confinement, an extreme form of a controversial punishment l...Read More

Texas Tech professor Katharine Hayhoe was named a U.N. Champion of the Earth in September for her work communicating the effects of climate change. by

How Katharine Hayhoe Stays Hopeful as the Planet Warms

The Texas Tech professor and lead author on the last three National Climate Assessments wants you to talk about how to live in a warming world.
Mon, Dec 9, 2019 |

Katharine Hayhoe loves talking to her Uber drivers—it’s one way she practices finding common ground on climate change with just about anyone. A Texas Tech p...Read More

Carole Ward, a former nurse practitioner, ran the Memphis health clinic until she retired in 2017. by and

The Last Nurse in Memphis, Texas

Carole Ward, a former nurse practitioner, ran the only health clinic in a small town in the Panhandle until she retired in 2017.
Mon, Dec 2, 2019 |

This story is part of “Critical Condition,” a series investigating Texas’ rural health care crisis. Read Part 1 here. Carole Ward, a 66-year-old nurse p...Read More

The North Mopac Luby's cafeteria in Austin. by

A Chain Reaction

Luby’s is in trouble. Can the iconic cafeteria chain endure?
Mon, Nov 25, 2019 |

A Chain Reaction Luby’s is in trouble. Can the iconic cafeteria chain endure? * by Andrea Valdez November 25, 2019 A boilerplate business news headline trigge...Read More

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The Rural Health Care Crisis, Mapped

Texas is facing a rural health care crisis. How many doctors are in your county?
Wed, Nov 20, 2019 |

This story is part of “Critical Condition,” a series investigating Texas’ rural health care crisis. Read Part 1 here. Rural Americans bear the brunt of th...Read More

The Memphis health clinic shuttered in 2017, making it harder for Yolanda Narvaez, right, and her husband, Angel, to access care. by and

Driving My Life Away

As physicians leave small towns, rural Texans must travel farther and farther for health care.
Mon, Nov 18, 2019 |

Critical Condition: Part 2 Driving My Life Away As physicians leave small towns, rural Texans must travel farther and farther for health care. + + + by Christop...Read More

The now-vacant hospital in Mount Vernon. by and

A Dying Town

When a rural hospital dies, the community around it starts to follow suit.
Mon, Nov 4, 2019 |

Critical Condition: part 1 A Dying Town When a rural hospital dies, the community around it starts to follow suit. + + + by Christopher Collins and Sophie Novac...Read More

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