March 2015
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Features
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To Love and to Cherish
In a 5-4 ruling on June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry across the country. Here is the story of two women who fought for that historic decision in Texas—and helped to make it a reality.
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Origami Prunes
In this exclusive excerpt from Barefoot Dogs, a fiction debut by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, a woman fleeing terror in Mexico City finds escape in an Austin laundromat.
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Plains Sound
Twenty-year-old Hayden Pedigo is making the most innovative, audacious music in the country. So why is he still in Amarillo?
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The Ultimate Real Housewife of Houston
Last summer, Theresa Roemer’s three-story closet made her the country’s most famous social climber. But she was only getting started.
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Columns
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Remember the Long Rifle
The most effective weapon of the Texas Revolution, even if it couldn’t save the mission’s defenders.
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Consider the Chicken
The competition at the Big Bend Livestock Show is fierce. But treat your animal right and you might get to be number four with a pullet.
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The Texanist
Our estimable advice columnist on Texas brag, the limits of speed limits, the intoxicating appeal of his alma mater, and just who, exactly, was going to Luckenbach, Texas, with Waylon and Willie.
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The White Stuff
The secret history of cotton, the crop that transformed the global economy—and kept Texans in poverty for generations.
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Torn on the Bayou
Mimi Swartz on what Houston’s fractious mayoral race says about the city.
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Reporter
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SXSW Everything
Festival managing director Roland Swenson reflects on a difficult year.
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Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down last month. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
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The Checklist
What to hear, read, watch, and attend this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
The Flower Man House, RIP.
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Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
Crossing the Rio Grande in one’s undergarments.
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McMurtry and Son
A memorable evening with James and Curtis McMurtry, the son and grandson of Texas’s most-beloved living author.
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Next Up: Repealing the Tax on Steam-Powered Cotton Gins
Congratulations to new ag commission Sid Miller.
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She Got Game
Becky Hammon didn’t get hired as the Spurs’ assistant coach because she’s a woman. She got the job for the same reason everyone gets a job with the Spurs: to keep the team winning.
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The Oscar Boys
Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, and their near-identical path to Oscar glory.
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Touts
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Come and Make It
Factory tours: a tour.
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Chicken-Fried Steak
These days, a good one is rarer than hen’s teeth—but a whole lot tastier.
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Strip Tease
Braised oxtail comes to the strip mall.
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El Berrinche
From Anvil Bar & Refuge, Houston.
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Elefant Press
Keeping movable type alive in the age of laser printers.
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Miscellany
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Capitol Gains
A new era for the Capitol—and for Texas Monthly’s Capitol bureau.
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Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to the February 2015 issue.
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