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How Port Lavacans Resisted the KKK to Provide Education for All

A new work of historical fiction, set for release June 23, explores a Texas freedmen’s school and raises questions of white authorship.

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Here Are 3 Ways You Can Celebrate Juneteenth

The new federal holiday marks the day residents of Galveston received General Orders No. 3, which freed slaves in Texas.

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A Visit to Galveston, the Birthplace of Juneteenth

Texas was the last state to receive the news that slavery had ended.

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The Ayahuasca King’s Last Tour

Author and journalist Peter Gorman was at home with the jungle, its people, and its mind-altering drugs.

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Journalists Are First Responders, Too

It takes a toll on journalists to cover tragedies on their own communities

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GOP Win Says More About Filemon Vela than a South Texas ‘Red Wave’

When Congressman Filemon Vela decamped for K Street, he created a predictable opportunity for a Republican upset in the Valley.

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The Pain Belongs To Us

Archives of survival transform beliefs about the carceral state.

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Mexico’s Repo Man

The Mexican state of Veracruz hired a prominent lawyer to recover billions laundered in the Houston suburbs. Then things went awry.

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Texting for Reproductive Justice

Volunteers help navigate a reproductive health network devastated by SB 8.

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Teachers Don’t Want Guns in Their Classrooms

In 1997, Joel Myrick, then an assistant principal at a Mississippi high school, used his personal pistol, which he kept in his truck, to stop a 16-year-old school shooter with a rifle. Even Myrick—one of the extremely rare cases of an armed teacher intervening in a school shooting—says that arming…

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The Rising Progressive Majority in South Texas

Our people are searching for new leadership, and progressive Democratic Latinas are a viable option.

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An Astonishing ID: Baby of Couple Murdered in 1981 Finally Found

Holly is alive and well, but who killed her parents?

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An Easy Fix: Don’t Let 18-Year-Olds Buy Assault Rifles

Federal law requires handgun owners to be at least 21 years old. That's not the case for AR-15s.

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From Pizzagate to Groomergate: Alex Jones Tries to Regain Influence Through Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotry

‘He’s an elder statesman of bullshit.’

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Uvalde and the Border Security Scam

In South Texas, an international military apparatus lords over Latinos.

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Heroin, Cornell, Prison, and Journalism

In ‘Corrections in Ink,’ star criminal justice reporter Keri Blakinger skillfully tells the story of her own unusual life.

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Greg Casar Superstar?

The organizer, groundbreaking Austin policymaker, and congressional nominee plans to be the House’s ‘most pro-labor’ member.

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Southern Baptists Face Up to Sexual Abuse

“The rot runs deep in this institution.”

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Record Highs: Springtime Heat a Dangerous New Threat to Homeless Texans

Sweltering temperatures imperil unsheltered residents, and community resources aren’t a given.

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Greg Abbott: Bad Governor, Bad Lawyer

The Uvalde shooting shows how little of his legal training he remembers.

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Title 42’s Long Tail of Pain

More than 1.8 million asylum-seekers have been expelled under the pandemic-era statute.

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Hey Hey, NRA, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?

Hundreds of anti-gun violence protestors took over Discovery Green Park.

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Greg Abbott Is Full of Shit

And culpable.

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Will Uvalde Be Enough?

The body count linked to Texas’ lax gun laws continues to mount.

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Everyday Gun Ownership Set the Stage for the Uvalde Massacre

There is no such thing as a responsible owner.

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