Azur Kamara’s Feel-good Path From West Africa to the Dallas Cowboys
The linebacker arrived in the United States at ten, knowing nothing about football. Now he's stealing the show on HBO's ‘Hard Knocks.’
The linebacker arrived in the United States at ten, knowing nothing about football. Now he's stealing the show on HBO's ‘Hard Knocks.’
The Houston Cougars quarterback broke NCAA records in the early nineties. Now he teaches the Old Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary.
Part historical text, part recipe book, ‘Lost Restaurants’ memorializes the self-made entrepreneurs who uplifted the island during its years of segregation.
The former Bush adviser pledges to help Texas Democrats win in 2022—including, possibly, by putting his hat in the ring.
On ‘To the Passage of Time,’ the Fort Worth country singer, 46, meditates on the freedom that comes with age.
Helmed by Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short, the show parodies and subverts the tropes of the true-crime genre.
School board meetings in Texas's most Republican large county have devolved into shouting matches about curriculum, leaving many teachers worried about the academic year ahead.
Forget Kevin Costner. The Houston native best captures the complex glory of American sports.
With an Elle Woods–inspired application video, Lindsay Perry bested the competition for a paid position living, learning, and drinking on a California winery.
Plus: Some yummy Mexican pastries in Austin and an early collection of Sandra Cisneros poetry.
Our diverse big cities and suburbs are driving the state forward. Our leaders need to let Houston be Houston and Beaumont be Beaumont.
Thickly sliced cabbage, coated in olive oil and imbued with oaky smoke, makes for a worthy main course or the best side dish at the table.
With a top-six preseason ranking and a spot in the conference UT wants to join, Texas A&M is the state’s dominant college football program.
The fifteen-stop craft brewery tour makes for a weekend to remember, if one can remember it.
With his new album ‘The Horses and the Hounds,’ the Fort Worth-bred troubadour's age has caught up to his sound.
In Rockport, a celebrated artist is planning to install sculptures depicting the first contact between European explorers and the Karankawa. Is it a representation of a key moment in the area’s history, or a glorification of colonialism?
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She now runs her family business, but Joella Gammage Torres of Texas Hatters still enjoys the craft she learned as a teen.
Joella Gammage Torres uses the same tools as her grandfather and father at the celebrated hat shop in Lockhart, which has topped the heads of Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, and many more.
If you’ve been living under a rock for the past 20 years, you might still think that Texas BBQ is limited to beef brisket, sausage, and pork ribs. Maybe some sauce and a side or two, but only if the pitmaster was feeling fancy.For those of us paying attention, though,
The East Coast may have invented rap, but today the Lone Star State rules the hip-hop world. Here’s a song-by-song history of how that happened.
A highly unusual summer outbreak of RSV and an increase in COVID-19 cases among kids have overrun hospitals.
Reader letters published in our September 2021 issue.
To survive the pandemic, the beloved Longview restaurant had to evolve. As a waiter there, I did too.
With UT headed to the SEC and the Big 12 on life support, the state stands to lose its century-old football culture.
In Laredo, Chopchop offers a tasty Tejano take on the Thai dessert.
We’ve come a long way from smoked vegetables seeming strange at a barbecue joint—and that’s a good thing.
Richard Funk was bitten by the barbecue bug later than some, but that itch isn't going away anytime soon.
South Padre Island in the fall is the perfect destination for couples.
And he got there with help from family, some encouragement from Anthony Bourdain, and a fortuitous ride on the New York subway.
Fans of the Seguin-born singer-songwriter, who died on Friday, are as uncategorizable as the artist they adored.
Plus, a boy flushed his grandmother’s wedding ring down the toilet, and a 72-year old trained for his 787th marathon.
Some of the healthiest coral communities in the world beckon off the Texas coast. Can unlikely allies save this undersea paradise?
How Dallas-raised Basinski’s life of trauma and creation prepared him to compose ‘The Disintegration Loops’ and console a grieving nation.
The Houston prodigy’s Olympic dreams didn’t pan out, but a silver lining is the state could become a new hub for ollies, nosegrinds, and kickflips.
Acclaimed climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe on reasons for alarm—and hope.
Nico Martini's tome is part industry profile, part tasting notebook, and 100 percent—or 200-proof—Texas whiskey boosterism.
Three failed candidates, including Beto O’Rourke, lead ambitious voter-registration efforts. And they're assuming no changes are needed in their positions.
Most Texans miss Whataburger when they leave the state. Not many of them are in a position to open their own.
A Eulogy man wants to make sure that his footwear and pants-wear choices are compatible.
One hundred years ago this month, a natural disaster devastated the city's poorest neighborhoods—and then transformed its politics.
From South Texas’s simple ocelot culverts to San Antonio’s pioneering land bridge, these passageways can reduce car accidents and help animals thrive.
The milk from a herd of 251 water buffalo powers Orobianco Italian Creamery, which serves locally inspired flavors and, soon, fresh mozzarella.
Inside the two Texas cities’ bids to host the world’s biggest sporting event.
The Woman’s Hospital of Texas delivers roughly 11,000 babies a year. The team is fully devoted to every single one.
The thirty-year-old South Texas joint serves lessons in flavor and living.
Is that a Hollywood newcomer or just someone who works out a lot? How to tell the difference.
We tried ten brands to determine which ones most resemble the actual cocktail.
Kathryn Paige Harden’s new book says social scientists must acknowledge how DNA shapes our lives. Critics call that dangerous.
The East Austin food truck used to cater to a late-night crowd. Now its massive sandwiches, innovative vegetable dishes, and flavorful tacos draw in diners all day long.