Nine Texas Faith Leaders on How to Find Hope and Fight Injustice
We asked leaders from across the state and the religious spectrum to share their best words of wisdom.
Articles by Robyn Ross
The Power Issue: Michelle Tremillo and Brianna Brown Are Waking the “Sleeping Giant” of Texas Politics
How the Texas Organizing Project is transforming the electoral landscape.
Critical Mass
An Austin church remakes Catholicism without the Pope, celibate priests, or most of the other rules.
Takin’ It to the Streets
Even in the age of Trump, a get-out-the-vote canvasser knows that Hispanic residents are thinking local.
The Newer Testament
How a computer-loving Texas Tech grad launched one of the fastest-growing megachurches in the country.
The Google of Texas
Answers to all of Texas's most pressing questions can be found in the brand-new edition of the Texas Almanac.
The Next Picture Show
By reviving a small-town movie theater, can a Lubbock businessman revive a small town too?
An Order Takes on Texas and Attracts Youth
The average age of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, an order based in Michigan, is thirty and the location they've chosen for their expansion is central Texas.
A Live Action Comic Book Brings Zygon to Life
A sci-fi radio play performed against a backdrop of comic book illustrations and enlivened with homemade sound effects (like a rattling box of mac and cheese) takes the stage.
GL&KG
Pride in Lubbock
Kat Cade, a Texas Tech student, founded a pride festival tailored to the largely conservative community of Lubbock.
Remember the Alamo Party
A Shindig for Alamaniacs
Every March, Alamo obsessives—including historians, re-enactors, and collectors—flock to Joan Headley's annual Alamo party, now in its 17th year.
How Marshall’s Mayor Turned the Town Vegan
Ed Smith, the five-term mayor of a small city in east Texas, successfully treated his prostate cancer with an aggressive diet of plant-based, whole foods. Then he and his wife spread the word to the rest of town.