
August 2015

Features


He wasn’t diplomatic and he wasn’t subtle, but Curtis Graves forged a political path for black Texans—and altered history forever.

Seven years since it was last ravaged by a hurricane, Galveston is doing as well as ever. Will it always be so fortunate?

My family and their hometown helped change LBJ’s views on equal rights. Did his later policies change the reality for those in South Texas?


Miscellany
Columns


Pamela Colloff writes about the first prosecutor to be disbarred under a new law in Texas.

Our estimable advice columnist on ducking tornadoes, mom’s new boyfriend’s haircut, the politics of pro football, and the mysterious origins of the Texas sheet cake.


How Shakey Graves made the leap from cult figure to major festival draw.
Reporter

By reviving a small-town movie theater, can a Lubbock businessman revive a small town too?


The dangerous masterminds behind a lemonade stand.

From the Bryan Daily Eagle, July 7, 1910



Innocence Project of Texas executive director Scott Henson says his organization is about more than DNA evidence.

Some crazy stuff went down in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
What to read, hear, watch, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.