
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our January/February 2025 Issue
A note from the Editor-in-Chief
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A note from the new interim editor-in-chief
After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
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.
In the latest Loon Star State, Texas Republicans take down our democracy.
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.
The former state representative led a revolt against corruption in 1972—and is calling for action now.
As the unhoused population grows, cities like Austin turn to legalized camps, where community and calamity collide.
In Deer Park and other chemical corridor communities, the slow seepage of toxics can affect families like mine for generations.
Black musicians were already struggling for resources and recognition before the pandemic. Now, they’re back onstage, championing lasting reform in the live music industry.