Politics & Policy
October 24, 2019
How Teenagers Are Using Their Quinceañeras to Boost the Latinx Vote in Texas
The nonprofit Jolt Texas is partnering with families across the state to register voters.
Teenagers
Hunting & Fishing
April 9, 2015
Katy Teen Loves to Fish in his Neighborhood Sewer
Sixteen-year-old Kyle Naegeli has perfected the art of sewer fishing.
The Daily Post
March 11, 2015
The Alamo Drafthouse Will Allow Select Teenagers to Attend Without a Parent, Starting This Year
The Texas-based movie theater chain has been famous for its strict policies regarding texting, talking, and arriving late to screenings. But it’s not treating those as teenager-specific problems anymore.
The Daily Post
November 14, 2013
High School Students Turn Sexist Dating Coach’s Lemon Advice into Twitter Lemonade
When "professional speaker and best-selling author" Justin Lookadoo—whose faith-based dating books and websites includes advice like "dateable girls know when to shut up" and "men of God are wild, not domesticated"—spoke at Richardson High School yesterday, parents were concerned about the messages their children would be receiving. But the students
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Teen Forced to Make Public Apology After Cutting a Southwest Flight Line
A line-jumping Westlake teenager learned a very public lesson in courtesy on a Southwest flight.
January 21, 2013
UTMB Study Finds Nearly 30 Percent of Texas Teens “Sextually Active”
A new study finds that 28 percent of Houston-area teens have sexted, but they're not particularly thrilled about it.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Five Texas Teens Doing Big Things
An Austin teen will be the first American to graduate from an elite ballet school in Russia this spring. She is just the latest in a string of Texas teens who have accomplished impressive things in the past few years.
April 24, 2012
Researchers Study Habits of Texting Teens
Millions of texts and e-mails from Texas teens who agreed to participate in a four year study could shed new light on the life of the American teenager.
Border & Immigration
July 31, 2011
Minor Emergency
Drug gangs in Mexico are increasingly turning to American teenagers to smuggle their loads across the border. What can be done?
Politics & Policy
February 1, 2010
This May Be the Worst Idea Ever
Finally, Rick Perry wants to do something about the dropout rate. He proposes to prohibit people of high school age from having a driver’s license if they drop out or aren’t progressing toward a degree. Current law requires that students be enrolled in high school in order to get a
Music
September 30, 2009
Rock of Underages
How to take five dozen girls and turn them into eleven rock bands in one week.
True Crime
February 1, 2006
A Kiss Before Dying
Forty-five years after Betty Williams was shot to death by the handsome football player she had been secretly seeing, her murder haunts her Odessa high school—literally.
Being Texan
April 30, 2005
Strangers on a Train
There was something irresistibly romantic about the gutter punk’s description of stowing away in freight cars. No wonder I wanted to try it—even if, at 38, I probably should have thought to myself, “You’re too old for this.”
Feature
February 1, 2003
Queen for a Day
At this year's Miss Texas Teen USA pageant, girls from big cities and small towns stuffed their bras, slicked Vaseline across their teeth, and prayed that their thighs were toned enough. Anything for the crown.
The Culture
July 31, 2001
Queen of the Rodeo
For teenage girls in the Hill Country town of Llano, life can be short on glamour and excitement—except at the annual rodeo, when one of them gets a rhinestone tiara and a rare, thrilling moment of glory.
True Crime
June 30, 1996
Poisoning Daddy
No one ever suspected a thing until she asked her best friend if she could keep a terrible secret: the bizarre story of teenager Marie Robards, the devoted daughter who murdered her father.
Music
April 30, 1985
The Shaggy Club
In a mixed-up world, mixed-up kids need somebody who really understands. In Dallas that somebody is a punk DJ called Shaggy.
Being Texan
May 31, 1982
Growing Up Fast
Every parent with a teenage kid knows the fears: drinking, drugs, and rebellion. For the Cartwrights, those fears all came true.