A Texas Cop’s Indictment Made Him a Right-wing Darling. Will It Get Him Elected?
Justin Berry was running a sleepy state House race against Ellen Troxclair before his policing at George Floyd protests came to the fore.
Ben Rowen is an associate editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics. Before joining the magazine, Ben worked as an editor and fact checker at Pacific Standard and The Atlantic. In addition to Texas politics, he’s written about Californians, internet religions, and baseball.
Justin Berry was running a sleepy state House race against Ellen Troxclair before his policing at George Floyd protests came to the fore.
By Ben Rowen
At the sprawling North Texas community college, four professors say they were let go for speaking their minds. They’re not going quietly.
By Ben Rowen
On top of Mt. Aggie, the only slope in the state, it’s all downhill from here.
By Ben Rowen
He decided to mount a GOP primary challenge when COVID-19 policy was animating Texas’s right wing. But the governor stole his thunder.
By Ben Rowen
At the former president’s Saturday evening rally in Conroe, even candidates whose opponents he’d endorsed were out in full force.
By Ben Rowen
Don Huffines, Chad Prather, and Allen West had plenty to say about the governor’s failings—all in perfect unison.
By Ben Rowen
They’re self-obsessed and believe themselves exceptional. In other words, they fit right in. Plus, Texas needs ’em.
By Ben Rowen
In the beginning, Greg Abbott took a hands-off approach that kept Texas ahead of other large states in mitigating cases and deaths. But when he tried to appease right-wing Republicans, the story changed.
By Ben Rowen
As the president’s supporters launched a violent insurrection in Washington, D.C., about three hundred demonstrators gathered at the Texas Capitol to call for the election results to be overturned.
By Ben Rowen
A resolution calling on four other state legislatures to override the will of their voters passed after electors in those states had already confirmed Biden’s win.
By Ben Rowen
We surveyed a range of Texas politicians in competitive races to see how they’re addressing the demands of the movement.
By Ben Rowen
Social distancing mandates have been instituted to slow the pandemic’s spread—a necessity that also coincides with a loneliness epidemic.
By Ben Rowen
The Legislature added an option for voters without valid IDs per a court order, but for the homeless population it might not be enough.
By Ben Rowen