Party Hopping
As they lose sway among Texas Republicans, big businesses should try something radical: an alliance with Democrats.
Dave Mann joined Texas Monthly as a senior editor in November 2014. Prior to that, he spent nearly 12 years as a writer and editor at the Texas Observer, serving as editor in chief from 2011 to 2014. He led the Observer to its first-ever National Magazine Award, in the multimedia category, and a News and Documentary Emmy Award. Both honors were awarded for the 2014 series Beyond the Border, produced in collaboration with the Guardian, that chronicled rising immigrant deaths in South Texas. Observer stories he edited were also National Magazine Award finalists in 2012 and 2013. He was born and raised in Philadelphia, and attended George Washington University. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, New Republic, and National Journal. He lives in Austin.
As they lose sway among Texas Republicans, big businesses should try something radical: an alliance with Democrats.
By Dave Mann
The country’s sharp divisions on immigration roil the Texas House on its first big day.
By Dave Mann
You’ve probably heard about the bathroom bill—and you’re going to hear a lot more—but here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the legislature and the politicians, lobbyists, agitators, and donors who really run the show.
By Texas Monthly, Dave Mann, Eric Benson and R.G. Ratcliffe
As a new legislative session begins, can lawmakers come together to help the abused and neglected kids in foster care?
By Dave Mann
Trump stole the show, but the election did provide some hope for beleaguered Texas Democrats.
By Dave Mann
Don’t be fooled, Democrats. Texas is still a deeply Republican state.
By Dave Mann
Despite the governor’s rhetoric, welcoming refugees is the Texas thing to do.
By Dave Mann
Senfronia Thompson has a few things to say about Hillary Clinton, Dan Patrick, and the foster care system.
By Dave Mann
Too many Texas schools are failing, yet our elected officials would rather discuss who’s using which toilet.
By Dave Mann
Plus the answers to a few things you've probably never thought about.
By Dave Mann
Our junior senator is rising in the polls, but what is his real message?
By Dave Mann
Stuart Bowen says the inquiry of Planned Parenthood is based, in part, on new evidence from a whistleblower.
By Dave Mann
The state may have presumed the women’s health provider guilty of Medicaid fraud.
By Dave Mann
What the story of Ahmed Mohamed and his clock tells us about our culture of hysteria.
By Dave Mann
Why Texas may have a hard time removing Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.
By Dave Mann
In two recent interviews, the defeated Democrat discusses what went wrong in 2014.
By Dave Mann
Perry left his second presidential run on his own terms. That alone is a victory.
By Dave Mann
The lieutenant governor responds to our selections.
By Dave Mann
New guv, new lite guv, new attorney general, new committee chairs: the Eighty-fourth Legislature had a lot to prove. So how well did its members do?
A preview of the ten best and ten worst legislators of the Eighty-fourth Legislature.
One of Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s grassroots advisory committee members apparently was a promoter of the Garland event that came under gunfire on Sunday. According to his Facebook page, Ken Emanuelson, a member of Patrick’s advisory panel, was present at the event when the shooting occurred and was locked down
By Dave Mann and R.G. Ratcliffe
So what’s with all those earthquakes in North Texas? Is fracking really to blame? Let us give you a visual.
By Dave Mann