The Cruelest Month
What a week it was. Last Wednesday at the University of Texas, city police and state troopers decked out in riot gear — at the...
KKKakistocracy
In 2022, a 15-year-old Virginia Beach girl named Simone Nied began a modest campaign to remove the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) from...
Texas Forgetting
So, I’m sitting in a Port Lavaca hotel room on a weekday evening, thinking about winding down. It’s been a long drive from Fort...
Hope and Joy
My daddy always swore it was true, and, I guess, a 14-year-old boy would notice such things.
When Montgomery, Alabama, finally got word of Japan’s...
Viral Me, Elmo
Have you heard about the gorilla, the former security guard, and a viral video? This isn’t a joke. A real social media and mainstream...
Death Threats
This Women’s History Month, let’s celebrate by uniting in outrage –– because being a woman in Texas is damn terrifying, and anyone following abortion-law news...
Saving Jameela
A profound calmness and determination filled the quiet operating room as an accomplished medical team stood united for a common surgery in a setting...
Suds on Strike
As a mechanic at Molson Coors, John knows his job is dangerous. For the past nine years, the 38-year-old Kentucky native has worked in...
Caprock Cataclysm
The warmer weather this week couldn’t have come at a better time. The Dallas Cowboys are frozen in time. The Texas Lege is run...
The Great Voucher Scam
With more than 500 amendments, Texas’ constitution is at times vague to the point of incomprehensibility, but in its commitment to public education, it...
