Latest News
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The State of Texas: Transgender Bathroom Battle Heads To Court
Plus: Houston schools named for Confederates are about to get some new names, the Alamo diggers discover a cool Mexican sword, and Texas A&M reaches a new ”12th Man” deal with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.
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Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself
Surveillance is part of daily life on the border. But how much do the people watching us know? What do they see? And how much of our privacy are we willing to sacrifice in the name of security?
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Horror Stories From Texas’s Jails and Prisons
Amarillo appears to be operating a debtors’ prison, rape victims jailed, and other dark tales from Texas jails and prisons.
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The State of Texas: Judge Officially OKs Changes To Voter ID Law
Plus: Galveston Bay makes the environmental grade, Dallas’s central library is preserving the stuff left behind to honor fallen officers, and there’s a warrant out for ex-Miss Corpus Christi Latina.
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Remember the Christian Alamo
Evangelist Lester Roloff drew a line in the dirt to keep the State of Texas from regulating his Rebekah Home for Girls. Years later, then-govenor George W. Bush handed Roloff’s disciples a long-sought victory. But this Alamo had no heroes—only victims.
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Art Briles Spotted On The Sidelines Of Several NFL Training Camps
The former Baylor coach, relieved of his duties after recommendations from a law firm hired to investigate his program’s sexual assault scandal, has been busy traveling lately.
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Gold Rush
She’s tiny, intense, explosive—and the most breathtaking Olympian you’ll be watching this summer. Meet Spring gymnast Simone Biles.
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It’s Time to Talk About Sixth Street in Austin
The recent shootings have generated a lot of talk about what’s happening on one of the nation’s most famous drinking drags.
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Austin’s Original Slacker
Rick Linklater appears in front of the lens in a new documentary being screened in Dallas.
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The State of Texas: Clinton and Kaine Set Sights On Texas
Plus: Zika claims its first Texas life, Art Briles thinks he’ll be back to coaching soon, and there is now a way to get around the line at Franklin Barbecue.
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A Baby In Harris County Died From Zika-Related Symptoms
It’s the second such death in the United States.
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On The Morality Of Steve Miller’s “Take The Money And Run”
Texas has long celebrated Bonnie and Clyde types, but Billy Joe and Bobby Sue don’t give us much to root for.
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Politics
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George P. Bush Faces the Trump Dilemma
Should Republicans support their party’s presidential nominee?
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Does The Green Party Matter?
After its Houston convention, the Green Party is aiming to gather the Bernie-or-Bust momentum.
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The Integrity of Our Elections
Why Republicans should stop fear-mongering about voter fraud.
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Long Time Gone
Thirteen years after they were banned from country radio, it seems that Texas is ready to make nice with the Dixie Chicks. But it wasn’t easy.
Food
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Planet Texas: The Search For Texas Food Abroad
The good, the bad, and the under-spiced.
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We Tried To Guess The State Fair Semi-Finalist Dishes Based On Name Alone
The State Fair of Texas broke from tradition in releasing the names of its 34 semi-finalists in the food competition, but details are scarce.
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The Greatest Burgers in Texas
What do the L.U.S.T., the Heisenburger, and the Squirrel Master have in common? They are among the best offerings to the food gods our state has ever produced.
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Patty Shack
My all-time favorite hamburger came from the Country Burger, my family’s beloved neighborhood restaurant in Plano.
Travel
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Taco-ing About Southmost
The beloved tradition of taquerias in Brownsville, on display for all to see.
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InstaTexas: Underrated Swimming Spots
Have tube, will travel.
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When Was the Last Time You Went to a Real, Live Séance?
A series of séances, events made popular in the Victorian era, is making an appearance in Austin through next week.
Current Issue
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Faith and Hope
The country’s largest group of Muslims live in Texas, yet many of them don’t feel welcome here. A few young and progressive leaders—like Irving imam Omar Suleiman—are working to change that.
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Memorial Day
Fifty years after the Tower shooting, the University of Texas is finally honoring the victims. What took so long?
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Countdown to Liftoff
Sleek, shiny rockets on sleepy, shifty sands: as SpaceX prepares to build in South Texas, I wonder if my old stomping grounds can handle the inevitable collision of cultures. I sure hope so.
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A Man of Letters
Our estimable advice columnist answers this burning question: What’s it like to be the Texanist?
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Texas Nexus
At Dallas chef Stephen Pyles’s Flora Street Cafe, Mexican, Southern, and cowboy foodways meet an internationalist sensibility.
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Electric Mayhem
Every month, the customers of the state’s smallest energy transmission utility open their bills—and can’t believe what they see.
Longform
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Whoever Said It Was a Grand Old Party
Elephants never forget, but Texas Reaganites wish they could.
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Countdown to Liftoff
Sleek, shiny rockets on sleepy, shifty sands: as SpaceX prepares to build in South Texas, I wonder if my old stomping grounds can handle the inevitable collision of cultures. I sure hope so.
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Faith and Hope
The country’s largest group of Muslims live in Texas, yet many of them don’t feel welcome here. A few young and progressive leaders—like Irving imam Omar Suleiman—are working to change that.
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The Murders at the Lake
In 1982 three teenagers were killed near the shores of Lake Waco in a seemingly inexplicable crime. More than three decades later, the tragic and disturbing case still casts a long, dark shadow.