Politics & Policy
January 17, 2024
Feds Approve 12 Months of Medicaid Coverage for New Moms in Texas
Medicaid covers half of all births in Texas.
Motherhood
Style & Design
May 8, 2023
What Kendra Scott Wants for Mother’s Day
The jewelry magnate shares her must-have gifts for Texas moms.
Uvalde
May 7, 2023
Amor Eterno
One year ago, before the school shooting in Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio had never been on a plane or given a public speech or scolded a U.S. senator right there in his office. A year in the life of a grieving mother.
Style & Design
May 4, 2023
16 Exceptional Mother’s Day Gifts for the Texas Matriarch
With locally sourced gifts and unforgettable experiences, there’s something here for even the toughest Texas mom.
Being Texan
March 31, 2023
Texas First: Taking Bluebonnet Photos of My Kid
I didn’t think I’d get to be a mom. Now that I am, the passage of time confounds me.
Books
December 20, 2022
One Decadent Weekend in San Antonio, I Finally Became the ‘Fancy Mom’
After raising three kids on a budget, novelist Amanda Eyre Ward indulges her teen fantasy of being the parent who says, “Order whatever you want.”
Style & Design
October 20, 2022
This Coming-of-Middle-Age Memoir Is Required Reading for Moms
Humorist Wendi Aarons’s ‘I’m Wearing Tunics Now’ depicts middle-age losses (slower metabolisms) and wins (better friendships).
Health
August 9, 2022
West Texas Is a Dangerous Place to Be Pregnant. It’s Getting Worse.
Texas leads the U.S. in maternity ward closures, and nowhere is this more of an issue than in the western part of the state.
Books
March 28, 2022
A Clever Comic Book Wants to Change the Way We Talk to Moms
Austin artist and doctor Grace Farris’s debut, ‘Mom Milestones,’ inverts the patronizing parenting-book formula.
Health
March 30, 2020
“We Can’t Stop the Birth”: Texas Doctors and Pregnant Women Prepare for Delivery During COVID-19
Texas hospitals are limiting the number of people in maternity wards, while some women are exploring home birth amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The Culture
January 25, 2017
What’s Going Down in Room 312
Motel fiction.
November 21, 2016
How I Met My Mother
She died twenty years ago, when I was ten. Yet even as the distance grows, I've found a way to keep her close.
The Culture
April 20, 2016
Our Town
How Lubbock’s prairie dogs taught me the meaning of home.
True Crime
January 20, 2013
Her Dark Places
Andrea Yates was a quiet, attentive mother with a generous smile who made her kids costumes from grocery sacks and gave them Valentine’s promising “free hugs.” We all know what happened next, but we may never know why.
Sports
May 1, 2009
Still Life
A violent tackle in a high school football game paralyzed John McClamrock for life. His mother made sure it was a life worth living.
True Crime
June 30, 2002
Maybe Darlie Didn’t Do It
Darlie Routier has been on death row for five years now, always insisting that she didn't kill her sons Devon and Damon. And as her lawyers prepare to head into court yet again, new information about her case raises the possibility that she may have been telling the truth all
True Crime
September 30, 1996
Death and the Matrons
What could drive a suburban housewife to murder? The bizarre cases of Rowlett’s Darlie Routier and Fairview’s Candy Montgomery hint at the answer, and it may be closer to home than we’d like to think.
Arts & Entertainment
April 30, 1991
The Cheerleader Murder Plot
To understand Wanda Holloway’s dark and desperate story, you have to start with where she came from.
News & Politics
March 1, 1987
Hey, Mom, Have I Got an Assignment for You
Once kids did their own homework. Now ambitious parents do it for them.
News & Politics
February 1, 1982
Waiting for Mommy
If you leave your child at a day care center, you are hardly unique. If you know what your child does there all day, you are indeed unique.
Being Texan
April 30, 1977
Eat, Eat, It’s Good For You
Meet five famous Texans who still listen to Mother.
Health
March 31, 1974
And Father Makes Three
Daddies can’t have babies, but they can sure help their wives. This is a guide to where and how.
News & Politics
January 31, 1974
Getting Out
Securing the Perfect Babysitter isn't always possible, but there are some alternatives.