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After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
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Guardian of the Guard
Jason Featherston, who has devoted more than half his life to the National Guard, is now the leading critic of Governor Greg Abbott’s border surge, Operation Lone Star.
Loon Star State: Another Monument Toppled
In the latest Loon Star State, Texas Republicans take down our democracy.
Troubled Water
Four days after 9/11, a towing barge crashed into the Queen Isabella Causeway, killing eight people. Twenty years later, the fishermen who saved three lives are telling what really happened that night.