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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 37 - The Untold Story

"Deadland," the directorial debut of Lance Larson which premiered at SXSW, is a surreal father-son migration movie that will linger with you.

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Border Militia Bill Reveals Texas GOP’s Scheme to Expand State Enforcement Powers

Opponents call it a dangerous vigilante move that will get innocent people killed.

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Abortion Training in Texas Is Vanishing

And traveling out of state won't fix it.

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A ‘Dark Vision’ of Discipline: Zero Tolerance Makes a Comeback

Texas is already expelling an increasing number of at-risk students, and the Legislature may be about to make things worse.

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Aren’t Reporters Supposed to Challenge Authority?

An historic newspaper strike raises questions about the future of Texas journalism and pushes union members to their limits.

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Farewell to a Beloved State Park

Texans—already starved for public land—have bid adieu to a well-visited patch of parkland between Dallas and Houston.

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Millions of Texans Are About to Lose Their Health Insurance

An estimated 2.7 million Texans are at risk of losing their Medicaid insurance after the public health emergency expires on March 31.

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Texas Is Failing Queer Students

Some of the state’s most vulnerable young people—transgender and LGBTQ+ students—are at risk during the 88th session of the Legislature.

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The State’s Houston ISD Takeover Is Unfair, Racist, and Wasteful

Texas policymakers keep moving the goalposts in the middle of the game to pursue their political agenda, no matter the cost to Houston kids.

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‘He Gets Us’ Ad Sponsors Don’t Believe in the Jesus They’re Selling

The campaign's "gentle savior" image is cynically designed to attract those who are normally repelled by their right-wing views.

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The New Children’s Crusade: Recruiting for America’s Culture War

Powerful interests are sending Texas youth out to do battle against LGBTQ+ people, abortion, and progressive causes.

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Two Executions, Many Questions about Mental Health, Innocence

Gary Green and Arthur Brown Jr. are set to be killed next week by the State of Texas.

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Michael Urie Just Can’t Resist Texas

The Shrinking actor talks mental health, being queer, and why the Lone Star State is the perfect home for his new play Silver Foxes.

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Remembering a Social Justice Lawyer Extraordinaire

Attorney Jeff Blackburn, a crusader for the innocent, fought injustices across Texas in his improbable, utterly original, and often profane life.

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Abbott Wants to Deny Undocumented Kids a Public Education

A new bill would prohibit children not authorized to be in the country from attending public school.

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‘Border Security’ Is a Financial Black Hole that Will Consume Us All

State spending on cops and tech at the Texas border has increased ninefold in a decade, now set to reach $4.6 billion over the next two years.

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Loon Star State: Nasty Eddie

Our new endorsement for Texas Attorney General. Can't be worse than Ken Paxton, right? The latest cartoon from Ben Sargent.

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The Shot Boosters

Vaccines are under attack in Texas, and public health experts warn we'll pay a price in more outbreaks and deaths from preventable diseases.

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Fair Hiring, Unfair Housing

There are laws and programs to help formerly-incarcerated Texans get employed, but finding a home can be far more challenging.

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Poem: ‘Cold’

There’s a temptation to see it as deterioration ...

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FBI Overreach Is Concerning, But So Are ‘Radical-Traditionalist’ Catholics

A recently leaked memo recalls a sordid history of inappropriate surveillance, but it also identifies a concerning overlap between neo-fascists and hardline religious groups.

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Texas Strikes Deal to Build Abbott’s Border Wall on Big Donor’s Ranch

The governor’s slow-moving wall scheme gets a major boost from a political ally as the state secures five miles of land for fencing.

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Pregnant Texans Now Travel 10 Times Farther for an Abortion

Texas legislator Donna Howard plans to collaborate with allies in and out of state in the fight to improve access to reproductive healthcare.

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Natural Gas Terminal Reopens After Massive Explosion

Regulators say the company fixed flaws at the natural gas plant which led compressed methane to burst from a pipe and catch fire.

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Defense Denied

Some our state's poorest are being short-changed on their right to a defense attorney in cases with potentially life-changing consequences.

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