Health
June 22, 2021
Austin’s Comedor Run Club Is Sprinting Toward Better Health for Restaurant Staff
The group of chefs, servers, and restaurant owners is starting a movement to replace the post-shift drink with a pre-shift run.
Addiction
Sports
February 3, 2015
Everybody Is Crowing about Johnny Manziel Checking Himself into Rehab
The troubled quarterback checked himself into rehab last week, and the pundits are punditting.
The Culture
March 11, 2013
Mrs. Clean
Running a halfway house for female ex-cons.
Health
January 20, 2013
Sniffing
A visit to San Antonio’s underground city, looking for kids with a can of paint and a nose for thrills.
Sports
February 5, 2012
Who is Saying the Right Things About Josh Hamilton?
After the Texas Rangers' outfielder publicly relapsed, fans and columnists alike had opinions about Josh Hamilton the Player. But what about Josh Hamilton the Recovering Addict?
Health
December 1, 1998
Addicted to Sex?
Even if you’re not, many Texans are: Sex Addicts Anonymous has 61 chapters across the state, tending to the tattered psyches of exhibitionists and other tormented souls.
Texas History
February 1, 1997
The Forgotten People
For three centuries the Kickapoo Indians moved from place to place across North America to avoid assimilation. Today they live on the outskirts of Eagle Pass: unwelcome, yet unwilling to give up the fight to preserve their culture.
The Culture
January 1, 1997
Down on the Drag
Panhandling, digging through dumpsters for food, roaming the streets near the University of Texas campus: This is the life of Austin’s “gutter punks,” homeless kids with little money and even less hope.
Bum Steers
January 1, 1996
The 1996 Bum Steer Awards
A year of Anna’s antics, biker Barbara, capsized chiles, Davidians defined, expensive electricity, futile freebies, Gramm gossip, helpful hurricanes, insect ingestion, jousting jurors, king-size kindergartens, lottery litigation, Microsoft misprints, naughty nonagenarians, ostracized Oilers, punching princes, questionable quenching, romantic rhinos, sanctified shooters, topless trading, unfriendly unionists, vetoed vagrants, weird wine, X-posed
Music
October 1, 1995
Raving On
Two decades after he played the role of his life in ‘The Buddy Holly Story,’ Gary Busey’s hero worship has made him his own worst enemy.
Music
September 30, 1992
O Janis
Janis Joplin’s life was about music, rebellion, and excess—but she was influenced most by her tormented relationship with the people and spirit of Port Arthur.
Health
December 1, 1991
Light My Fire
After struggling to give up smoking, I have come to a compromise: Never smoke more than one cigarette—at a time.
Health
May 31, 1990
Can Kids On Drugs Be Saved?
Drug treatment seldom works: at many centers, greedy entrepreneurs prey on frightened parents and troubled kids. But one teenager’s parents decided to take one last, desperate step: they sent their son to the toughest program in Texas.
Sports
September 1, 1987
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
When he played for the Dallas Cowboys, Hollywood Henderson had everything. Here he tells how he lost it.
Health
May 1, 1986
Confessions of an Aging Pothead
I smoked marijuana all day every day for several years. It took me almost a year to quit—and now I wonder if I’ll ever get straight.