Roy Knight Jr. was killed in action in Vietnam, and his remains were missing for decades. Now his family has finally found closure.
All the news from the “Dallas suburb” of Marfa and the “adjacent” regions of El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley.
We put out a call for stories about Texans memorializing the Mexican holiday.
Ray Gene, proprietor of Longview’s singular It’ll Do Tavern, passed away last weekend.
The rapper continues to lift up those in need in his hometown.
Plus, two Amazon drivers were accused of stealing a dog in Parker County.
Not many people will drive the mail to places the U.S. Postal Service won’t. Seventy-one-year-old Gilbert Lujan is one of them.
After the longest summer we can remember, the seasons are finally changing.
I left Texas after the brutal summer of 2011, only to return in time for the hottest September on record.
He’s good at everything!*
The institution has changed its mission to also acknowledge traumas experienced by other groups.
An unnamed person from an unspecified place has an unsavory point of view.
The storm’s consequences have been serious, but people affected by it have found ways to be joyful nonetheless.
The Austin author on his fascination with H.L. Hunt, his inability to hate Santa Anna, and how he met the challenges of writing a history of Texas for the twenty-first century.
Small-town papers often serve as bearers of civic pride. But the former owners of Marfa’s Big Bend Sentinel and Presidio’s International learned long ago that writing the news meant looking out for their neighbors.
Stephen Harrigan’s ’Big Wonderful Thing’ sweeps away decades of mythmaking. Are we ready to remember the Alamo—and the Texas Rangers and the Civil War—differently?
Plus, a school district accidentally auctioned off its students’ private information.
In the early twentieth century, long-simmering tensions in South Texas erupted into a grim and brutal race war.
After breaking away from Mexico, the combative Republic of Texas took its fight against Native Americans to the heart of Comanchería, led by a group of militiamen who called themselves Rangers.
As the Civil War violently divided the nation, Texan turned against Texan.
For years, the great folklorist convinced many scholars and activists that the vaunted “Texas Man of Letters” was an anti-Mexican racist. Maybe it’s time to reconsider that judgment—as Paredes himself eventually did.
While a new generation of scholars is rewriting our history, supporters of the traditional narratives are fighting to keep their grip on the public imagination.
An Austin couple debates the culinary worthiness of the crusty little ferrule beloved by many State Fair of Texas-goers.
Those wistful end-of-summer photos on Instagram have us deeply envious.
A Dallas man vacationing on the Jersey Shore is discombobulated by a discombobulated Lone Star Flag.
A new study finds the Lone Star State lagging behind in backbreaking labor.
A Southlake transplant falls hook, line, and sinker for the lie aquatic.
A brief history of one of our most beloved (and endangered) cultural institutions.
Plus, an escalated karaoke squabble and a Little League embezzlement.
We traveled 3,000 miles to find the state’s best little country joints. Welcome to neon nirvana.
A reflection on the recent shooting that left 23 people dead.
Over the weekend, she became the first person ever to perform two gymnastics moves.
An El Paso man wasn’t impressed by his recent viewing of the West Texas phenomenon.
After last weekend's mass shooting, Ruben Martinez created the viral #ElPasoChallenge to inspire random acts of kindness.
A Houston man wants to know if our columnist would be happy in another of Texas's many wonderful locales.
Why is New York trying to steal Texas’s most Instagrammable puppy?
A British man is feeling guilty about walking around in exotic animal hide.
“Coach Tim” has a nice ring to it.
Plus, a larcenous middle school band director, and a CBD-packing grandma.
Ten years ago, my wife and I saw a listing on Craigslist for an 18-month-old Siberian husky. Within a few seconds of meeting Dio, I knew he was our dog. In the years since, we’ve cared for him in little ways (a grain-free diet that agrees with his sensitive stomach!)
A pair of Austin birders think it’s time to replace the Northern mockingbird with something more . . . Texas-y.
A San Antonio woman is looking for some liquid relief from the heat. The Texanist has a deluge of options.
This week: Topless man on heedless car trip!
The Fort Davis historian and raconteur knew and loved Texas and its people like no one else.
This summer marks the fiftieth anniversary of the trip that changed the world: the Apollo 11 moon landing. Texas Monthly has written about Texas’s role in the space program for decades, and our July collector’s issue combines the best of our archives with new perspectives on the final frontier.
Fifty years after man walked on the Moon, mankind is still stranded on Earth. That’s not the way it was supposed to be.
The shuttle age commences, becomes routine, and draws to a close, while Mars beckons.
America finds inspiration and salvation on the moon—and then keeps going.
The Red Headed Stranger honors his fellow Texas troubadour with two tracks on his new album.
Descendants of slaves who escaped across the southern border observe Texas’s emancipation holiday with their own unique traditions.
