Politics & Policy
July 2, 2018
All You Need to Know About Mexico’s New President
Mexico elected a left-leaning populist in a landslide on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know about the man called AMLO.
Donald Trump
Border & Immigration
June 29, 2018
An Immigrant Teen Describes Life in Detention After Being Separated From His Mother
’You cannot imagine how awful it is to be there,’ the boy said of his nine-month separation by U.S. immigration officials.
Border & Immigration
June 26, 2018
Texas Companies Turned Down Lucrative No-Bid Contracts to Expand Child Immigrant Camp
The refusal by the two firms to take on a yearlong contract came one day before Trump announced the end of family separation.
Border & Immigration
June 21, 2018
Abbott Caught in His Own Duplicity on Family Separations
The governor declared that only Congress can fix family separations shortly before the president ended the policy.
Border & Immigration
June 20, 2018
El Paso County Sheriff Prohibits Staff From Moonlighting at Tornillo Tent City for Children
The move by Sheriff Richard Wiles marks a growing chorus of local law enforcement across Texas that is critical of the federal family separation policy.
Border & Immigration
June 19, 2018
How Public Figures Are Responding to the Family Separation Policy
Lawmakers, faith leaders, and others have largely spoken out against Jeff Sessions’s zero-tolerance policy.
Border & Immigration
June 19, 2018
Texas Lawmakers Speak Out Against Family Separation Policies
House speaker Joe Straus asks President Trump to stop the policy, while State Representative César Blanco asks Abbott to cease National Guard deployment.
Border & Immigration
June 16, 2018
Inside Texas’s New Tent City for Children
Texas congressman Will Hurd visits a new detention center and rips Trump's family separation policy.
Border & Immigration
June 15, 2018
Court Rulings Could Open Path for Trump Administration to End DACA Very Soon
Clashing decisions by federal judges could allow Trump to deport 700,000 undocumented immigrants protected by the program.
Politics & Policy
June 8, 2018
How Houston Lost Its Mind Over a Trump Shirt
Outside a cookie shop in one of Houston’s most idyllic neighborhoods, a West University Place council member spied Trump’s name on a teenager’s shirt and yelled a few of the president’s worst words at her. Then the internet found out. It's springtime in the age of hysteria.
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Border & Immigration
June 8, 2018
Immigration Officials Taking Over 1,600 Beds in Federal Prison System
The move comes as immigrant apprehensions climb to levels not seen since the end of the Obama administration.
Border & Immigration
June 5, 2018
Mother and Son Are Reunited After Months of Separation by Immigration Authorities
They had entered the U.S. illegally, seeking asylum from an abusive home, and were completely unaware they would be separated.
Politics & Policy
June 5, 2018
Ted Cruz Chickened Out on Trump Pardon Question
Constitutional scholar Ted Cruz says he has no idea whether President Trump can pardon himself.
Reporter
June 5, 2018
The Confrontation on the Bridge, and a New Tactic in the War Against Immigrants
Last weekend, border agents turned away legal asylum-seekers on the U.S.-Mexico border. In a ‘Texas Monthly Reporter’ podcast, reporter Robert Moore discusses this tactic and its effect on those being turned away.
Border & Immigration
June 2, 2018
Border Agents Are Using a New Weapon Against Asylum Seekers
Federal law allows immigrants to step into United States and claim asylum; agents are physically preventing them from doing so.
News & Politics
May 18, 2018
Everything We Know About the Shooting at Santa Fe High School
The 22nd school shooting of 2018 happened on Friday morning near Galveston.
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Politics & Policy
May 17, 2018
Trump Pushes Ethnic Guilt by Association with ‘Animals’ Comment
The left is taking Trump’s comment about MS-13 out of context. That doesn’t mean they’re wrong.
Border & Immigration
May 7, 2018
Homeland Security Promises to Prosecute 100 Percent of Illegal Immigration Cases
The policy shift means that parents will be separated from their children if caught while crossing borders illegally.
Border & Immigration
April 25, 2018
Sessions Reverses Controversial Decision to Shut Down Immigration Program
The attorney general told a congressional committee he was deferring to its concerns about stopping funding.
Border & Immigration
April 23, 2018
Successful Immigration Program to End April 30
The Legal Orientation Program provides guidance to those facing deportation and is praised for saving taxpayer money.
Politics & Policy
April 20, 2018
Red River Versus Rio Grande: Are There Two Standards?
Texas’s political leaders were up in arms about a federal land grab in North Texas, but mostly remain silent about another potential land grab in South Texas.
Border & Immigration
April 19, 2018
Poll Says Texans Support Sending Troops to the Border
At the same time, a majority of Texans polled oppose the idea of building a border wall.
Texas History
April 17, 2018
A Nation Reacts to the Death of Barbara Bush
Presidents past and present, as well as leaders from across the political spectrum, mourn the death of the former first lady.
Politics & Policy
April 17, 2018
Speaking Truth to the Powerful
A small-town sheriff took on his president and his governor and learned that facts can get in the way of a good political narrative.
Border & Immigration
April 13, 2018
Is it a Border Wall or a Fence or a Barrier?
As construction begins for Trump’s project near El Paso, debate turns to nomenclature instead of immigration.
Border & Immigration
April 11, 2018
American Troops and Mexican Politics: Are We Underestimating Our Neighbor?
As Texas moves to send the National Guard to the border, Mexico moves to new business markets.
Border & Immigration
April 5, 2018
Trump’s Deployment of Troops to the Border: What You Need to Know
National Guard troops are once again heading to the U.S.-Mexico border. So what?
Border & Immigration
April 4, 2018
Trump to Deploy National Guard Troops Along the Border
Presidents Obama and Bush, as well as former Texas governor Rick Perry, made the same decision several times before.
Border & Immigration
April 3, 2018
Federal Border Wall Funding Spares Wildlife Refuge, But Not Much Else
The omnibus bill allocates money toward border wall construction along 33 miles in the Rio Grande Valley.
Border & Immigration
March 30, 2018
ICE to Stop Releasing Pregnant Women From Detention to Comply with Trump’s Order
Immigrant advocates are concerned about the directive, which reverses an Obama-era policy.
Border & Immigration
March 29, 2018
All You Need to Know About the Census Controversy and the Question of Citizenship
With at least a dozen states suing over a Trump administration decision to ask people their citizenship status in the next census, we separate facts from myths
Politics & Policy
March 19, 2018
Cambridge Analytica Helped Ted Cruz Win Iowa But Now May Haunt His Reelection
The London-based political profiling company is accused of harvesting 50 million Facebook profiles without users’ permission.
Politics & Policy
March 13, 2018
Texan Rex Tillerson’s Stormy Tenure As Secretary of State Is Over
President Trump announced on Twitter that he's replacing the former Exxon chief with CIA director Mike Pompeo.
Border & Immigration
February 15, 2018
Ted Cruz Lashes Out at Fellow Republicans Over Immigration
Senator Ted Cruz told the Senate that Republicans did not campaign to grant amnesty to undocumented immigrants.
Energy
January 26, 2018
What Trump’s Solar Tariffs Mean For Texas
Some observers fear the tariffs could slow the industry's rapid growth.
Border & Immigration
January 23, 2018
The Trump Effect on Immigration
Donald Trump has profoundly discouraged people from coming over our borders. But is his influence wearing off?
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Art
December 16, 2017
Chelsea Manning and Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Talk Trump, Putin, and Resistance
A summit on art and activism at Houston’s Day for Night festival pulled no punches.
Business
October 23, 2017
Short-term ‘Wins’ Will Result In Tomorrow’s Losses in NAFTA Negotiations
Guest column: With the negotiations stalling, it's time to be honest with ourselves that this is not just a problem of finding a compromise.
Politics & Policy
October 20, 2017
The Binary Choice of Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders
CNN’s Debate Night: Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, and a house divided.
Politics & Policy
October 19, 2017
George W. Bush Denounces White Supremacy
Without naming Trump, Bush bashes nativism, protectionism, bigotry, and bullying.
Politics & Policy
October 12, 2017
Evangelical TV Network Executive Might Challenge Ted Cruz
Bruce K. Jacobson Jr. says Cruz broke a promise to voters by refusing to endorse Donald Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Sports
September 25, 2017
Coach Popovich’s Comments About Trump Have Changed the NBA for the Better
Pop’s outspoken remarks have created room for America’s most politically active sports league to take an even more active stance.
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Politics & Policy
July 14, 2017
Trump Isn’t the Only Politician Who Wants Texas Voter Data
Requests for states to release voter information following President Donald Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud have sparked controversy around the country but appear quite common in Texas.
Politics & Policy
February 24, 2017
R.G.’s Roundup: Trump, Protests, and ‘the Enemy’ of the People
Our favorite political reads of the week.
Politics & Policy
February 2, 2017
The Great Wall of Technology
Texans may already have paid for part of President Trump’s signature proposal.
Politics & Policy
January 27, 2017
Scenes from a Divided State
On the weekend Donald Trump became the forty-fifth president of the United States, everyone called for unity—so long as the other side would just agree with them.
Energy
January 24, 2017
Big Oil Roars Back
With Rex Tillerson and Rick Perry on his team, Donald Trump is all set to revive the fortunes of the Texas energy sector.
Politics & Policy
January 23, 2017
Texas Republican Calls White House Inauguration Claims ‘Indefensible’
State senator Konni Burton says conservatives shouldn’t just reflexively defend Trump administration.
News & Politics
January 19, 2017
Beyond the Wall
Talking with former U.S. ambassador Antonio Garza about what Trump means for Mexico—and Texas.
Politics & Policy
January 13, 2017
Texas Congressman Says A Mexican Song For Clinton Was “Foreign Influence”
According to a Midland representative, Vicente Fernández's song for Clinton was on par with Russian hacks.