June 1988

May 31, 1988 — By Chester Rosson

It began in 1865 as a joyous celebration of emancipation. Today young black Texans find the holiday overshadowed by more immediate concerns.

May 31, 1988 — By Patricia Sharpe

Shrimp boats are a-comin’, and their nets are killing endangered sea turtles.

May 31, 1988 — By Patricia Sharpe

Marine scientists have struggled for ten years to establish a new colony of ridley sea turtles on South Padre Islands. All their efforts may have been in vain.

May 31, 1988 — By Dick Reavis

On the eve of the Mexican elections, the country’s dwindling middle class prefers fatalism o Fabianism.

May 31, 1988 — By John Taliaferro

A salute to Texas athletes trying young; seven hearts set on the Summer Olympics.

May 31, 1988 — By Mimi Swartz

Houston’s city controller prided himself on being the most scrupulously honest politician in town. So why did he sign his name to someone else credit card?

May 31, 1988 — By Stephen Harrigan

In which the author becomes a star—for three seconds.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Emily Yoffe

The controversial home of an embattled college president is a symbol of a Panhandle brawl full of conspiracies.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Stephen Harrigan

You can lead a herd to water, but can you make a miniseries faithful to Larry McMurtry’s Texas classic?

May 31, 1988 — By Jan Reid

A tour of the Texas psyche, with guides like Sam Houston, Katherine Anne Porter, and John Henry Faulk; a novel of adolescence addresses carnal knowledge and fundamentalist religion.

May 31, 1988 — By Michael Ennis

In a Houston retrospective, the art of Julian Schnabel appears to be aging prematurely.

May 31, 1988 — By Jan Jarboe Russell

San Antonio is shameless over Shamu and Sea World.

May 31, 1988 — By Gregory Curtis

A separate peace.

May 31, 1988 — By Patricia Hart

Why Continental isn’t in Love (Field); Clinton Manges takes the horns by the Bullock; tort reform and the good bidness climate; logic in advertising.

May 31, 1988 — By Texas Monthly

Ten years old and burning out; totally nice competition; a trip work taking—once.

May 31, 1988 — By Alison Cook

The bash of the century in Austin; new heights for an Alamo author; slouching toward Jerusalem, Texas; plus designer tomatoes, East Texas ingenuity, and Amazing Car #8.