The Supreme Court Rules for Biden Over Texas. But the Dangers for Migrants Remain.
Thursday’s decision won’t stop the border crisis or the kinds of deaths we saw on Monday.
Thursday’s decision won’t stop the border crisis or the kinds of deaths we saw on Monday.
The lovable Buc-ee’s mascot appears to be the latest victim of “hatejacking,” when an extremist group adopts a popular brand to advance its agenda.
Border crossers are perishing in trucks, in the Rio Grande, in falls from border walls, and in remote locations. And neither Greg Abbott nor Joe Biden has a serious solution.
Patching it cost the state $1.6 million. Many others are similarly falling into disrepair, and the agencies charged with their oversight are doing nothing about them.
Some clinics are resuming abortion services while waiting for the state’s trigger law to go into effect. Paxton says he’ll appeal.
Merritt Tierce, writer of the viral essay “The Abortion I Didn’t Have” and lauded novel ‘Love Me Back,’ speaks to our “hateful, ominous” moment.
Six months ago, three year-old Lina Sardar Khil disappeared. The search for her has been hampered by Islamophobia.
Mounjaro is a potential lifesaver in a region with a high rate of obesity. Its price tag may prevent many from accessing it.
Gilberto Hinojosa has led the Texas Democratic Party through a decade of failure. Some Democrats think that’s long enough.
The Fifth Circuit is led by four judges who got their start in Texas politics. For these activists, overturning the right to an abortion is only the beginning.
Democrats are bracing for attacks on contraception, in vitro fertilization, and other reproductive and sexual rights.
Texas, as well as neighboring Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, will outlaw abortion within days to weeks. The procedure will still be available in Kansas and New Mexico.
Victories by Mayra Flores and Michelle Vallejo illustrate the complex crosscurrents at work as the Tejano vote grows and splinters.
John Davidson’s 1982 article on Enrico di Portanova was everything a high-society profile should be.
Observers cite the party’s convention as evidence that state Republicans have gone “full MAGA.” But if anything, MAGA folks are following Texas.
Texas authorities bungled the facts about the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School. Then they went silent.
Digital currencies are tanking, but that didn’t stop more than 20,000 blockchain enthusiasts from throwing a week-long party.
The most dynamic freedom celebration in Texas, begun in the nineteenth century, returns to life.
Founded in 1973, Texas Monthly has been reporting on abortion access in Texas since the Roe v. Wade ruling. Here’s what to know.
After an abandoned well began spewing toxic, salty water onto her Permian Basin land, Ashley Watt would stop at nothing to determine the cause—and to hold Chevron accountable.
Mayra Flores won a special election to serve as the first Republican in the U.S. House from the Rio Grande Valley since 1871.
John Cornyn helped wrangle other senators from both parties to advance a spate of provisions. But will the Texas Legislature follow his lead?
For decades, Terlingua was a refuge for cowboys, wanderers, and weirdos. Now it’s an increasingly popular getaway for well-heeled urbanites.
The Dallas carrier—whose success is often studied in business schools—offers up its own, self-promotional version of its management secrets.
The nine-term U.S. congressman from Laredo first came to power after a bitterly contested recount that led some to call the election stolen.
The latest pandemic-related supply chain disruption prevents patients from getting critical imaging scans.
A smoking octopus and pointy-eared aliens: Johnson's sketches on political letterhead are wonderfully weird.
In a last-ditch bid to avoid paying massive damages to the Sandy Hook families he defamed, the Infowars host sought bankruptcy protection—and failed to win it.
The Uvalde native took to the White House briefing room to talk about the lives of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting—and call for change.
After ten Texans were murdered at Santa Fe High School in 2018, the Legislature passed seventeen school safety bills. They didn’t work.
Follow along with the latest sayings and doings of Louie Gohmert, the Republican congressman for Texas’s First Congressional District.
The governor has long struggled with crisis management, in part because he always strives to avoid taking political risks.
Pandemic relief funds provided a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” for homeless support programs. But what happens when the money dries up?
The state’s account of how law enforcement responded to the massacre at Robb Elementary School has shifted as it’s been contradicted by witnesses and video.
John Cornyn and Dan Patrick pulled out after Uvalde. Greg Abbott appeared by video. As Ted Cruz spoke, Beto O’Rourke led a protest.
“We need to stop the bad guys.” —Ted Cruz
Defenders of limitless guns are out of ideas but full of excuses.
State leaders have campaigned in 2022 on saving Texas children from threats real and imagined. All the while, we’ve been selling them out.
A guide for donating money, contacting your representatives, donating blood, receiving mental health services, and more.
For the past two years, Shawna Graves has wanted anonymity. Now she’s sharing her story publicly.
Customs and Border Protection is a ubiquitous presence in many Texas communities, and agents are often first responders.
Former Texas legislator Rick Green has built a marketplace for conservative stand-up—and proselytizing.
Jessica Cisneros’s challenge from the left animated some national Democrats against the nine-term congressman.
. . . and other key Texas Lege results from the primary runoffs.
As rumors swirl about the origins of the crisis, West Texas parents turn to one another for help.
First-time candidate Rochelle Garza cruised to the attorney general nomination, while Mike Collier and Jay Kleberg eked out narrow runoff victories over all-but-unknown opponents.
Governor Abbott’s comments showed just how lost our leaders are when it comes to gun violence.
In the Republican runoff for attorney general, incumbent Ken Paxton—not to mention Donald Trump—got his wish.
Houston Republicans are going on the offensive in this week's election as a trial run for November.
As TCEQ investigates its Austin plant, the company was praised for “protecting our state’s natural resources.”