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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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A ‘Fairy Tale’ Trip to 1980s Houston

In between a trip to Scotland, director Bill Forsyth's Local Hero lets viewers glimpse a bygone Bayou City of 40 years ago.

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Photo Essay: The Dignity of Work

Across four generations, one family of photographers has captured the history of Texas workers.

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Greg Abbott’s ‘State of the State’ Was a Weird, Alarming Infomercial

“I’m speaking to you from the manufacturing floor of Noveon,” announced Texas’ fearless leader to a limited audience before laying out yet another right-wing agenda.

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‘One of the Most Mentally Ill’ Inmates in Texas Is About to Be Executed

Andre Thomas is scheduled to be executed in April.

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The Governor’s Grid Gambit

Texas utility regulators are hawking a costly policy for grid reliability.

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$3 Million Whistleblower Settlement Is Cheap Getaway for Ken Paxton

In his most serious and sordid legal scandal yet, the most talented political escape artist in Teas pulled off yet another act.

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Uvalde’s Locks Were Its First Line of Defense. They Failed.

Missing master keys. Faulty latches. Entryways propped open.

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The Border Patrol’s Power Grab

The agency seeks more authority to nab trespassers and others in the state.

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The Lost Reservoir Inside Our Water Infrastructure

Texas could meet much of its future water need simply by plugging leaks.

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An Abolitionist Gets Canned for Upholding the Values of Social Work

A former dean of the University of Houston Graduate College was let go after coming out as an advocate for reforming the police and foster care systems.

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Before ‘Lawrence’: From Sodomy to Queer Liberation

Wesley G. Phelps’ new history book reveals how gay persecution in the Lone Star State spurred the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights nationwide.

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Texas Executes John Balentine Despite Racist Trial

Though he confessed to the murders, his lawyers argue he might have been spared a death sentence if not for pervasive bias at his trial.

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Breaking the Brazos

Pollution and development are straining the mighty river that Spanish explorers once called "the Arms of God."

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