Chris Magallanes and Ernest Morales, proprietors of the Fort Worth joint, banded together with local business owners who were similarly victimized, in hopes of getting some justice.
Texas’s attorney general is suing to revoke the license of a Catholic migrant aid center in El Paso. Leaders of such aid groups say they’re simply practicing their faith.
Roland Gutierrez, the state senator who represents Uvalde, is running for Senate on an issue long seen as too toxic to emphasize in Texas.
After a long struggle, the literal and metaphorical boards are off the windows at the 121-year-old Luther Hotel, a seaside resort that’s played host to Lyndon Johnson and Shirley Temple.
Cowtown has a whole new reputation on its hands, and this lavish Auberge hotel (with its own art collection!) fits right in.
A quaint town near the Florida Panhandle has become a must-see destination. And it’s only getting started.
A Houston company’s vessel returns America to the most remote portion of our state for the first time since 1972.
According to medical experts, the beat of Beyoncé’s new single is just right for performing CPR (and perhaps dancing).
Reader letters published in our March 2024 issue.
El Pasoan Iliana Sosa, who directed a border-themed episode of the HBO documentary trilogy, speaks with Texas Monthly about the unique challenges of capturing “in-betweenness.”
Thanks to our patient owners, we’re among the few publications growing in audience, revenue, and staff.
The mother, father, and son behind Suarez Restaurant have created a comforting and nostalgic vibe in their six-year-old eatery and serve tacos to match, like weenies and eggs and smoky carne asada.
The beleaguered attorney general has announced a lawsuit targeting El Paso’s Annunciation House, claiming—without evidence—that it and other NGOs “facilitate astonishing horrors.”
But only because they’re so popular at Dayne’s Craft Barbecue, in Aledo. While the double-patty wonders shouldn’t outshine the brisket and sausage, they are still unique works of art.
PJ Izaguirre is a race director for Tejas Trails. The routes are long; the preparation is grueling. And you'll never meet someone with more positive vibes.
Tens of thousands of Texas bats have died from freezes since 2021. It could take decades for the population to recover.
"You can't eat just one," says pitmaster Charles Brewer of Charlie’s Bar-B-Que, in Beaumont. Maybe that's why they've become the latest hot commodity.
A couple creates smoked seasonings of many flavors in a shop set among the town’s honky-tonks and saloons.
The HarperCollins imprint, curated by Cynthia Leitich Smith, is on a mission to ensure that Native kids “see themselves as heroes of their own life stories.”
The acclaimed Austin author talks pigtails, hero statues, and “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.”
For Dynamic Prep, the North Texas academy founded by NBA retiree Jermaine O’Neal, training future college and pro athletes is the mission.
A constellation of right-wing special interests and vengeful state officials is striving to shape the Texas House in its image, in part by targeting independent-minded Republican lawmakers.
Our twenty-third edition of Where to Eat Now finds that dining out can be loud, pricey—and as worthwhile as ever.
The composer worked with Texas scientists to draw attention to both the beauty of arthropods and the threats they face.
A Latin music festival in Austin, Houston’s Renée Elise Goldsberry in something other than Hamilton, an “unknown” Texas artist in the spotlight, and a new way into Freedmen’s Town.
The magazine was also recognized in the ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration.
Last week, the novel use of AI technology to suppress Democratic voter turnout prompted investigations by federal and New Hampshire officials. The Texas company under scrutiny has a colorful history.
A brief and highly selective look at what just happened, from a man who really hated his mom’s spaghetti to a Walmart shopper looking for really low prices.
Tim Dunn may not be a household name, but staff writer Russell Gold explains why he is someone Texans should know.
The phantom feline of South Texas is ready for its comeback.
As part of the fast food chain’s TBX program, Jennifer Hwa Dobbertin, the James Beard Award–nominated chef of Best Quality Daughter, will get the chance to put her own cultural touches on the iconic menu item.
Found in waterways across Texas, the invasive rodents destroy an estimated $1 million worth of U.S. crops per year.
Up on the roof of the old Barbara Jordan Post Office, the five-acre Post Skylawn offers an outdoor respite that’s literally above it all.
Jaime Elizondo and Navin Chatlani had respective restaurants that were suffering, so they decided to close them and open ¡Tacos! Mi Gente, a trailer that specializes in barbacoa and chicharron.
More than six decades ago, an unseen figure perched in a Corpus Christi tree posed a question that still has no answer.
Transactions like this week’s $26 billion Diamondback-Endeavor deal signal a changing of the guard.
Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants could be affected by a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision—and it could all come down to how justices interpret a single word.
The city’s homicide unit granted a year of unprecedented access to photographer Richard Sharum. His pictures tell a vivid story of cops, criminals, and victims—and the violent act that binds them together.
The concept of “selling out” at the heart of the film feels like an artifact from another time. But it may be that we’ve just stopped talking about it.
When the sun is high in the Texas sky, Derek Spence be playing King George's songs at a county fair—or somewhere.
The 1880s property began its life as the alleged first public school in Texas, then became a convent. Now travelers can stay within its historic walls.
Baylor University is one of many religious institutions that have received religious exemptions to federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination.
The brisket at Yearby’s Barbecue & Waterice, in Pilot Point, was so good last year that I had to write a review, even if the business wasn’t at full strength yet. CJ and Sabrina Henley were serving a small menu from a food truck parked next to their brick-and-mortar,
A nonprofit forges one-on-one relationships with vulnerable first-time mothers to combat a maternal mortality crisis.