Introducing Our November/December 2026 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
The Issue
Editorial: Even ‘Turning Texas Blue’ Won’t Fix Us If We Don’t Face Some Hard Truths
This year has shown us that the way we care for one another, or for some and not others, isn’t about who we are as Democrats or Republicans but about what we believe as people.
Eye on Texas: On the Road
Photographer Tomas Muscionico captures a moment of Americana on a trip through West Texas.
Loon Star State: Insurrection Infection
It never ends.
Waves of Abandonment
The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells.
Texas Activists Took Their Fight Against a Natural Gas Project Abroad—And They’re Winning
The Texas Railroad Commission’s about-face on natural gas flaring can be partially linked to pressure from European companies concerned about Texas’ dirty gas.
A New Group of Sexual Assault Survivors in Texas is Seeking Systemic Reform
“To make change we have to sit in that trauma and feel like it just happened, [revisiting times] we could have been helped by someone, but we were just let down by the system and by others.”
Captivity Narrative
"News of the World" unsuccessfully tries to redeem the Western at its most harmful.
Strangest State: A Mysterious Monolith and a Fat Cat
The latest from far-flung Texas.
Editorial: Defund the Constables
The office of constable may have made sense back when Texas was a sprawling frontier. Instead, constables basically now run their own little personal fiefdoms.