How did shy, sweet Edie Brickell become America’s hottest new performer? By sticking to her vision—and doing what the record company told her.

Two nice guys with financial troubles thought they found the perfect solution to the bust. Well, it seemed like a good idea at that time.

Kids in T-shirts bearing political slogans, ideological confrontations in the supermarket, skirmishes at the PTA. Welcome to the battle between moms who work and moms who don’t.

Jim Wright’s attorney Steve Susman is living proof that clients may lose, but lawyers don’t.

In downtown Mexico City are the ruins of the great Aztec pyramid, the site where one empire ended and a new world began.

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A fresh look at the U.S. war with Mexico shows that the effects of this forgotten conflict are still being felt today.

Heroes in the shade.

Having a billion dollars isn’t everything, unless you’re Harold Simmons.

Dallas’ KERA discovered that music that’s good for you doesn’t have to be boring.

A Texas Novelist Finds Favor in Washington.

Sharing our treasured spots

Texas cleans up its act with natural gas.