News & Politics
February 13, 2023
The Campaign to Sabotage Texas’s Public Schools
What seems like an outbreak of local skirmishes is part of a decades-long push to privatize the education system.
Culture Wars
Politics & Policy
May 20, 2022
Texas Republicans Suddenly Want to Tell CEOs What They Can and Can’t Do
The state GOP long opposed new regulations on corporations. Then Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick launched a crusade against “woke” businesses.
Books
April 1, 2022
Texas Schools Shouldn’t Ban ‘Maus,’ They Should Teach It
Katy ISD is considering a ban on the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel about the Holocaust. Here’s what the book taught me.
Politics & Policy
September 12, 2019
Churchy Chicken: Why the Religious Right Won’t Stop Talking About Chick-fil-A
At a meeting of Texas social conservatives, all anyone wanted to talk about (and eat) was Chick-fil-A
Politics & Policy
May 20, 2019
The Culture Wars Come Roaring Back in the Closing Days of the Texas Legislature
The last few days have brought tearful, angry debate over abortion, religious discrimination, and LGBTQ rights.
Sports
February 10, 2014
Texas-Raised SEC Football Star Becomes the Biggest NFL Draft Story in Years by Coming Out
Michael Sam, the SEC's reigning defensive player of the year and sack leader went from promising prospect to Jackie Robinson overnight—a transition that says a few things worth saying about the places he came from.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Komen Foundation Catches Flack for Cutting Funding to Planned Parenthood
The Dallas-based foundation faced swift criticism after news broke that it had cut off donations to Planned Parenthood.
Politics & Policy
February 3, 2012
Komen Foundation Reverses Course on Planned Parenthood Decision
But is it enough to calm the waters?
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1996
The Far Right Stuff
Wyatt Roberts says he’s simply crusading against sin, but critics contend that the Christian activist is trying to usher in a new era in Texas: the anti-gay nineties.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1995
Right, but Wrong
In his memoirs, archconservative state GOP chair Tom Pauken refights the cultural wars of the sixties—and loses.
Politics & Policy
March 14, 1989
Abortion Street
Sixteen years after Roe v. Wade, all the bitterness and horror of the abortion fight can be found at a single site in Dallas.