Sissy Spacek’s Long Walk Home

You can take the girl out of East Texas, but you can’t take East Texas out of the girl.

by Jan Jarboe Russell

Survivors

Portraits of the last of some exotic animals now sheltered in Texas.

by James Balog

More Precious Than Oil

Pipeline leaks, unplugged wells, toxic drilling materials, and a virtually unregulated oil industry are leaving a legacy of polluted groundwater.

by Robert Bryce

“I’m Not a Bad Girl. I Just Do Bad Things”

Kristin Bauman, the 21-year-old with a $1.2 million trust fund, learned early on that notoriety is far more seductive than propriety.

by Mimi Swartz

Sweet Hearts

Love at first bite: Valentine messages that are in good taste.

by Helen Thompson

Is the Legislature For Sale?

To reassure a skeptical public, members must pass an ethics reform bill this session. And here’s what it should say.

by Paul Burka

Behind the Lines

The biggest Bandits

by Gregory Curtis

Politics

The Old Soldier

In 1957 General Walker warned his troops of rampant communism and lost his job. Today the world has changed, but he hasn’t.

by Gary Cartwright

Business

Saving Face

Nearly two years after the Exxon Valdez relations gurus are busy telling industries how to avoid looking bad.

by Mark Dowie

Shopping

Barney’s Does Dallas

Love, love, kiss, kiss: New York’s hippest store meets Texas’ fashion capital.

by Mimi Swartz

Popular Music

Yo, Y’all

Carrollton’s Vanilla Ice is the country’s coolest rapper, and several other Texas acts are hot on his heels.

by John Morthland

Reporter

Nowhere to Run

Refugees from a polluted world do battle for a toxic-free zone in the Trans-Pecos.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Reporter

Power Trip

Bodybuilder John Jacobs wants to pump you up-for Jesus.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Reporter

Magnet Musicians

Singers Edie Brickell and Sara Hickman share a formula for success attend the right school and take up art.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Roar of the Crowd

Tales From the Oil Patch

State Secrets

High Water

Edited by Paul Burka

State of the Art

Atlas Moth

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State Wide Business

Question Authority

A tiny Houston delivery firm did-and now it has the broadest trucking rights ever granted in Texas.

by John Anderson

State Wide Business

Hock Treatment

With clean, well-lighted places-filled with bargains-Forth Worth-based Cash America is spiffing up the sullied image of pawnshops.

by John Anderson

East Texas Onion Pudding

State Fare

by Patricia Sharpe