Here’s The Latest On The Sandra Bland Investigation
The purported suicide of Sandra Bland in Waller County jail has taken some new turns.
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. Dan started working with Texas Monthly as a freelancer in 2013 before becoming a staff writer, covering topics from the Baylor sexual assault scandal to the gentrification of Austin barbecue to the legacy of Texas outsider artist Daniel Johnston. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Fast Company, Billboard, and Deadspin.
The purported suicide of Sandra Bland in Waller County jail has taken some new turns.
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Becky Hammon coached the Spurs to a Summer League title, but some people seem surprised she wasn’t writing plays in lipstick.
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The country megastars announced their divorce today.
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Somehow, the video is safe for work.
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The ten-piece Austin band brings some stylish blue-eyed soul.
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The cold-blooded killer met its unceremonious end off of I-35 and was found early on Friday morning.
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Vandals leave racist messages and a Nazi symbol after breaking into a house, and the media fails to mention it. When can we talk about racism?
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Officials in Waller County say that the woman’s death was a suicide. Her friends and family don’t believe it. And there are 64 other deaths in Texas this year make it harder to trust the official story.
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A colorful man with a colorful bird had a hard time in the Tyler police station.
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Say what you will about her position, Joyce Lewis-Kugle displayed the courage of her conviction.
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If the Cowboys’ top receiver makes good on his threat to sit out the start of the season, where does that leave the team?
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Houston Dash players married two recent headlines: women’s soccer and same-sex marriage.
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The untold story of the underground rock scene that’s thrived in the Valley since the mid-sixties gets told in the voices of the people who were there.
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Talk about a Cowboys souvenir.
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What real Chicago-style pizza in Texas means to a non-native Texan.
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The beleaguered bar chain is now on a tight leash.
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This Houston-based synth-pop outfit brings a Wes Anderson-inspired aesthetic to the video for a song about plain old heartbreak but also the heartbreak of having your house broken into.
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We think that has something to do with Texas.
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The United States Supreme Court issued a stay preventing Texas from implementing the omnibus abortion bill HB2 on Monday afternoon. This sets up the court’s biggest abortion ruling in a generation.
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Straight couples were forced to wait for licenses, Texas’s attorney general captured the world’s attention, and a lot of gay couples got married.
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Next week: he makes a hole in one, beats you at Mario Kart, and bakes a better pie than your mom.
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This is how “religious freedom” actually works.
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The implications of the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling for the country are sweeping, but in Texas right now, there are still questions that need answering.
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As development threatens two mainstays of Austin’s Red River Cultural District, it’s time to start considering the unthinkable: What would Austin’s live music scene look like without Red River?
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The one presidential candidate who absolutely can’t make mistakes made a mistake.
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She was 45 years old when the Cowboys were founded, and Troy has always been the star quarterback of her heart.
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Long may Bella keep the grounds free of rodents.
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The high-profile lawyer is representing Tracey Carver-Allbritton, the white woman accused of hurling racial slurs at the children at the McKinney pool on June 5.
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Seems likely.
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The Browns’ #2 quarterback gave an on-field press conference this afternoon in which he retired the Johnny Football persona in favor of being plain ol’ Johnny Manziel, the NFL’s highest-profile second-string quarterback.
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Major League Baseball would like you to believe that it’s a low-level employee of the team looking for revenge against his boss, but the real story will be determined by the FBI.
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Spoiler: They’re both in the path of a tropical storm right now.
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Tropical Storm Bill is on his way, and the already-saturated state of Texas is doing all it can to get ready.
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And five of the Daily Meal’s picks are in Austin. Is that right?
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Time to double-check the locks on your barns.
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With massive flooding throughout Texas, used car buyers should beware. Here are some ways to ensure that you don’t pick up a waterlogged lemon.
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The controversial 2013 bill’s ongoing journey through the legal system has been settled in federal appeals court. Next stop: SCOTUS or bust.
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Neighborhoods in both Austin and El Paso have subdivisions with streets named after famous Olympians—including the 1976 Decathlon gold medalist who earned that medal when she went by the name “Bruce Jenner.” What do you do with those streets now that she’s living as Caitlyn?
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A mounted police officer grabs the camera of a man filming a tense incident on Sixth Street, and a fellow officer steps in to shoot a stream of pepper spray into the man’s face. But how many videos of police behaving badly can we handle?
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Texas’s favorite octogenarian looks like a spring chicken next to his longest-tenured roadie.
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The viral story of a pool party in McKinney became the latest flashpoint in the ongoing conversation about police and race in America.
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A new song from Austin’s indie pop quartet looks at life, time’s passage, and starting over in a new song from their new EP.
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By “everybody,” we mostly mean “folks in the media,” but boy, are they excited.
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UNT and SMU are among the handful of schools in the country where fans can get drunk while they’re at the game—and new UT President Greg Fenves wants Darrell K. Royal Stadium to join them.
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Two months into the MLB season, we’re checking in on baseball’s most surprising team.
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A performance 42 years in the making.
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It’s time to consider what role social media should have in policing.
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Late-risers and night owls: can they interest you in an A1 Thick and Hearty Burger instead?
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The City of Austin Music Office commissioned a survey of 4,000 people in the city’s music industry to learn what reality is like as a musician in the Live Music Capital of the World. What they found stinks.
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As Houston basketball fans mourn the end of the Rockets season, we remember the efforts of one of the team’s all-time greats.
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