The Case for More Californians
They’re self-obsessed and believe themselves exceptional. In other words, they fit right in. Plus, Texas needs ’em.
Ben Rowen is a senior 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.
They’re self-obsessed and believe themselves exceptional. In other words, they fit right in. Plus, Texas needs ’em.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
He decided to mount a GOP primary challenge when COVID-19 policy was animating Texas’s right wing. But the governor stole his thunder.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
At the sprawling North Texas community college, four professors say they were let go for speaking their minds. They’re not going quietly.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
On top of Mt. Aggie, the only slope in the state, it’s all downhill from here.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Legislators and staffers have been cavorting in one of Austin’s most dimly lit establishments.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Booted from one locale amid outcry, the “Rally Against Censorship” proceeded—with an airing of familiar right-wing grievances.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
“Ain’t no laws when you’re drinking Claws” appears to hold up in court.
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Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
The lame-duck congressman looks to leave a mark, while his colleagues float a big border plan and do some culture warring.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Every two years the Democrats claim they will win by turning out new voters. Every two years they fail.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Texan legislators in Washington keep their eyes on the important things. Texas Monthly rounded up the latest.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
If nonvoters were a political party, they'd win every election in the state.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Texan legislators in Washington keep their eyes on the important things. Texas Monthly rounded up the latest.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Texans have stood by their attorney general through two criminal indictments and a host of other scandals. Is there any misdeed that might stick to his Teflon coating before the November election?
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Marco who? This is the ultimate water game.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
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 a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
At the sprawling North Texas community college, four professors say they were let go for speaking their minds. They’re not going quietly.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
On top of Mt. Aggie, the only slope in the state, it’s all downhill from here.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
He decided to mount a GOP primary challenge when COVID-19 policy was animating Texas’s right wing. But the governor stole his thunder.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
At the former president’s Saturday evening rally in Conroe, even candidates whose opponents he’d endorsed were out in full force.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Don Huffines, Chad Prather, and Allen West had plenty to say about the governor’s failings—all in perfect unison.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
They’re self-obsessed and believe themselves exceptional. In other words, they fit right in. Plus, Texas needs ’em.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
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.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
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.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
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.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
We surveyed a range of Texas politicians in competitive races to see how they’re addressing the demands of the movement.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
Social distancing mandates have been instituted to slow the pandemic’s spread—a necessity that also coincides with a loneliness epidemic.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.
The Legislature added an option for voters without valid IDs per a court order, but for the homeless population it might not be enough.
Ben Rowen is a senior editor at Texas Monthly for News & Politics.