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A new Netflix series filmed in Houston provides laughter and insights into the immigrant experience, reports media critic Nguyên Lê.

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How To Prevent the Next Water Crisis

Amid droughts, climate change and development, Todd Votteler has ideas for how Texas can prevent future conflict over resources.

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Texas Democrats After Beto

Joaquin Castro? Colin Allred? Lina Hidalgo? Clay Jenkins? Can anyone gain a political foothold in the GOP-controlled Lone Star State?

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Trey Martinez Fischer Will Helm the Democratic Opposition

The San Antonio political pugilist explains how he'll lead the state House Democratic caucus in yet another bleak year.

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Poem: Steady the World

A poem by the late Monty Jones, who lived in Austin, TX, with a memorial message from his friend Fleet Lentz.

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Tense Runoff Election Pits Old Austin Versus New

The housing crisis and the climate crisis have shaped mayoral and city council elections in Texas’ fast-growing capital city.

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A Subdivision for Stargazers: Limpia Crossing Residents Look Aloft

In this tiny subdivision in the Davis Mountains near McDonald Observatory, dark skies are a precious resource.

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Unions Fight to Make Good Jobs Out of Texas’ Solar Boom

Labor organizers are fighting to ensure workers are skilled tradespeople.

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‘Underground Railroad’ Quilt Weaves Black Liberation History

African American fiber artists in San Antonio are challenging revisionist histories through artful storytelling.

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The Guardian Angel of Laughlin Drive

He had no home but plenty of love and respect. Kim Horner's Ten Spurs Award-winning essay from the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.

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Far-Right Lawyer Drops Neo-Nazi Lawsuit, Celebrates Fascist Thanksgiving

Despite denying involvement in the Aryan Freedom Network and Patriot Front, lawyer Jason Lee Van Dyke has gathered with both groups

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Texas Wants to Save Community Colleges From Sinking

State lawmakers are considering new ways to fund schools that historically have given more students a chance to succeed beyond high school.

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Loon Star State: The Dumpster is Full

What happens when you can't sink any lower? The latest from political cartoonist Ben Sargent in Texas Observer magazine.

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Texas Bookstores Are Writing Their Own Stories

Indie bookshops across the state are embracing change, to thrive and stay alive. But a lot depends on the upcoming holiday season.

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Texas Is Becoming a Bitcoin-Mining Capital. Can the Grid Handle It?

Despite the FTX crash, ERCOT continues to court the cryptocurrency industry.

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At Casa Juan Diego, Refugees Find An Outpost of Compassion

Since 1980, migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and natural disaster have come here for refuge from an intolerant world.

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Denton’s Trans Pride Fest is Here to Stay

After right-wing trolls unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt the first event, the inclusive and defiant festival's second round was a success.

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Talking is Golden

Stars Judith Ivey and Sheila McCarthy on matters worth discussing in Sarah Polley’s emotive feminist feature, Women Talking.

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Biden Is Still Separating Immigrant Kids From Their Families

Children and their guardians are still being cleaved apart in Texas—and elsewhere—under the new administration.

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Right Wing ‘Election Fraud’ Researcher A Convicted Bathroom Voyeur

The right's new "election expert"—Kevin Moncla— was once busted for illegally filming people in his home. Now he pushes the Big Lie.

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Are You OK? The Lives of Young Trans Texans

In Jesse Freidin's photos, viewers glimpse the bravery of transgender youth and the power of unconditional family support.

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Climate Activists Sit In At Department of Transportation Over Oil Exports

Deepwater terminals in the Gulf would fuel output and growth despite the Biden administration's promises of steep emissions cuts.

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Blue Havens in Red States

Political polarization gives the impression Americans are more divided than they really are. The reality is more nuanced.

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Heat Kills Hundreds In Texas Prisons

During the hottest part of the year, up to 13 percent of deaths at Texas prisons without air conditioning were due to extreme temperatures.

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Elon Musk’s Tesla Gigafactory Built on Wage Theft and Safety Violations, Texas Workers Allege

Two federal filings claim workers were not paid at all or were shorted on overtime pay and that a worker was provided with fake OSHA certificates while building the Travis County facility.

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