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Disaster Dollars: Abbott’s Big New Donor Got Half-Billion in COVID, Border Contracts

One of the biggest beneficiaries of the governor's pandemic and Operation Lone Star disaster declarations has now kicked Abbott a cool $150,000.

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Preview: The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson

Presented in partnership with Texas Public Radio, an investigation of the death of an iconic civil rights leader, ruled a suicide by police.

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The Uvalde Parents Won’t Back Down

Alongside diligent media members, and despite local divisions, these families aren’t letting Texas move on from the Robb Elementary tragedy.

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The Flowers of Campo Santo

In West Dallas, a volunteer group is creating a haven for monarch butterflies inside a historic immigrant cemetery.

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Rappers Keep Getting Murdered in Texas

TakeOff, of the popular Atlanta group Migos, became the latest hip-hop performer killed in Texas, as the tragic body count grows in 2022.

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Mike Collier Wants Texans to Give Up Red Meat

In his rematch against the state’s far-right lieutenant governor, this Democratic underdog hopes pragmatism can break through to the electorate.

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Malas Calles/Mean Streets

Our streets didn’t need names. We knew where we were. Where we’d been. Where we were going. Poetry by Fernando Esteban Flores.

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Plumshuga: The Rise of Lauren Anderson

New play tells a poetic version of the long road to recovery of Houston’s first Black prima ballerina.

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Setting Fires to Save the Houston Toad

An environmental film festival spotlights a Central Texas land trust’s effort to bring back endangered species.

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Indigenous Leaders Fight to Keep Natural Gas Pipelines Off Sacred Lands

Carrizo Comecrudo members have beaten three proposed natural gas export terminals. But two projects remain, fueled by the war in Ukraine.

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1836, the Slaveholder Republic’s Birthday

Historian Gerald Horne on the Texas Revolution, its victors, and its victims

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‘Girlhood,’ Interrupted

In a new memoir, a mother recounts the trauma of being investigated for supporting her transgender daughter.

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Dissent is Sexy

150 romance writers unite for abortion rights in a limited-release anthology benefiting reproductive health organizations.

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Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Fueled Sierra Blanca Migrant Shooting, Advocates Say

The brothers who shot two undocumented immigrants on a ranch had faced accusations of racism and violence in the past.

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Big Money Floods into Texas Governor’s Race

In total, Beto O’Rourke and Greg Abbott have raised $200 million.

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Despite Racist Jurors, Andre Thomas Remains on Texas’ Death Row

The convicted man’s lawyer called the prospect of his execution “an ugly spectacle.”

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From World’s Youngest Rodeo Clown to TV Star

Kevin Cahoon talks about his role in the new FOX musical drama Monarch and explains why he’s so grateful for his unique career.

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The Bards of Texas

A look three cities' most passionate writers: local poets laureate from Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. The poetry ambassadors of Texas.

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The Voice of Lone Star Poetry

Guadalupe Mendez, Texas’ top poet, reaches out to diverse communities—including his own—thanks to his unique background and vision.

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Strangest State: Heat Waves, Emus, and Prairie Dogs

Dog weddings, record-breaking temperatures, creepy dolls on the beach and more: notes from far-flung Texas.

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Christian Menefee Aims to Bring Polluters to Justice

The youngest-ever Harris County attorney is making the environment top priority. Next target: creosote contamination in Houston's Fifth Ward.

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Celebrating Artistic ‘Symbols of Possibility’

Shepard Fairey's "Backward Forward" and Gabrielle Goliath's "Chorus" carry on an unlikely tradition of cutting edge art in Dallas.

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Texas Bloodlust Usurps Prosecutorial Discretion

John Ramirez will be executed October 5 over the objections of Mark Gonzalez, the Nueces county district attorney.

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Dallas’ Gory Punk Scene in Black and White

Vera "Vicious Velma" Hernandez brings her fans photos from the heart of the beer- and grime-soaked mosh pit. Now she's taking her act on the road.

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Did the Abbott-O’Rourke Debate Change Anything?

One focus group found that the Democratic challenger won over voters at the Texas governor's debate, but it's unclear if most of the electorate paid attention.

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