The Texas 100: Money Becomes Electra
As a bitter family feud drags on, Electra Waggoner Biggs if fighting to keep her fortune—and her ranch—intact.
Articles by Dana Rubin
What I Learned in The Bubble
Until I house-sat there last year, I thought I knew rarefied Highland Park. To my surprise, it was much more fragile and defensive than it had seemed.
Hoof in Mouth
The biggest brouhaha in Dallas isn’t about taxes, potholes, or garbage collection. It’s about seventy bronze steers.
Feats of Laredo
Trade with Mexico has made this onetime border pit stop Texas’ fastest-growing city.
Bob Crandall Flies Off the Handle
The boss of American Airlines is mad as hell at cut-rate competitors, selfish unions, and ignorant government regulators—and he’s not going to take it anymore.
Mayan Holiday
In Chiapas—Mexico’s wildes state—you can find cowboys, Indians, and ancient cities in the mist.
Power Flower
Mother Nature made it impossible to grow azaleas in Dallas’ alkaline soil—unless you mulch with money.
Focus: Roe Redux
A look back at Roe v. Wade on its twentieth anniversary—and at the key players in Texas who made it happen.
Lady or Tiger?
Flamboyant philanthropist Wendy Reves showered her hometown with money for a makeover—but she wanted to run the show.
The Lake No One Knows
From longtime locals to environmentalists, everyone has an opinion about the future of Caddo Lake—but the issues they’re debating are as murky as the lake itself.
To Ellum and Back
The face of Dallas’ most eclectic neighborhood changes every day, but its appeal remains familiar—and it keeps getting stronger.
Courting Costs
When millionaire tennis star Martina Navratilova and her lover went to court, it was the lawyers who won.
Alone With a Ghost
Carol Collins thought her ex-husband had been killed in Vietnam—until a mysterious photograph reopened old wounds and threw her life into turmoil.
The Real Education of Little Tree
An Alabama Klansman posing as a folksy Texas novelist almost pulled off the literary hoax of the century.
The Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of Marcy Rogers
When her charitable foundation collapsed amid allegations of mismanagement, the Dallas socialite did the unthinkable: She started a new one.
Paper Trail
Why isn’t the Texas state archives trying harder to recover rare historical papers?
Going by the Book
Under Jim Hightower, the agriculture department was liberal and loose. Under Rick Perry, it will be corporate and crisp.
The Ghosts of the Freedmen
Dallas is a city that has prided itself on having escaped the hostility of the civil rights years—until now.
Calm After The Storm
Stormie Jones’s historic transplant gave her four and a half good years. But at what cost?
Power Switch
Are customers of the Comanche Peak nuclear plant better off with safety advocate Juanita Ellis on the inside or the outside?
A Soldier’s Secret
In the farming town of Whitewright, stolen tenth-century illuminated manuscripts and ivory reliquaries weren’t all that Joe Meador had to hide.
Little House on the Plaza
John Neely Bryan’s cabin may be a fake, but as Dallas’ only claim to the past, it’s a beloved fake.
The All-American Crooks
Football players at Dallas’ Carter High had it all: god futures, a state championship, and the feeling that they could do no wrong. The trouble was, their favorite hobbies were guns and holdups.
The Day Leroy Died
When a small private bank was closed on August 7, depositors lost all of their money, a pillar of the community came tumbling down, and the town’s trusting way of life was shattered.