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Drifting Toward Disaster: the (Second) Rio Grande

With the river on the brink, authorities are “praying for a hurricane” as reservoirs dwindle and populations boom.

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‘We Win in 2022 and the World Changes’

Beto's bid to deny Greg Abbott a third term as governor is a steep one, but he can still muster some magic on the campaign trail.

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Uvalde Vive

The typically quiet town of 15,000 knew another uprising a half-century ago.

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Mexican Drought Spurs a South Texas Water Crisis

Reservoirs in the Rio Grande Valley are running dry—sparking emergency water conservation measures in both the U.S. and Mexico.

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How Peter Stout Turned Around Houston’s Crime Lab

Once dubbed the worst in the country, Houston Forensic Science Center is setting a new standard for criminal investigations.

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The Hills Have Allies

Just west of Austin, preservationists fight to hold onto an ecological rarity as a Dallas billionaire's development looms.

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West Texas Town Comes Out for Drag Queens

Despite the presence of anti-LGBTQ+ protesters, over 150 people attended the first story time event in Wolfforth, a small suburb of Lubbock.

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Pot of Gold

Did Todd M. Smith–Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s trusted, troubled strategist–shake down Texas hemp growers?

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Injured, Sick, Widowed, and Sued

Cities are filing lawsuits to claw back first responders’ hard-won workers’ compensation.

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Is San Antonio for the Birds?

Amid growing urban-wildlife conflict, a fight over Brackenridge Park calls into question the rights of nature.

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Queering the Border

100 Ways to Cross the Border chronicles the life and creativity of LGBTQ+ performance artist and writer Guillermo Gómez-Peña.

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Uvalde Marches for Transparency and Gun Reform

Some 500 protesters withstood the brutal heat to demand justice for those lost in the May 24 school massacre.

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Roe’s Grassroots Beginnings

The landmark abortion case had its origins in campus activism at UT Austin, including journalists at a feminist newspaper called the Rag.

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Labeled ‘Hispanic’

Lipan Apaches across Texas are challenging the myth that their tribe was wiped out.

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Big Shock in Big Bend

No one alive has seen the Rio Grande as it looks today. A dry, cracking riverbed now snakes through Big Bend National Park.

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Middle Fingers Up In Austin After End of ‘Roe’

Hundreds took to the streets of Austin after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.

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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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Texas’ ‘Anti-Censorship’ Law Censors Social Media. What If It Goes Into Effect?

A federal appeals court recently upheld a state law requiring companies like Facebook and Twitter to host hate speech.

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Dallas Runoff Will Determine Heir to Powerhouse EBJ’s Seat in Congress

The race between Representative Jasmine Crockett and Jane Hope Hamilton has divided leaders of the North Texas Democratic establishment.

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Texans Show Up in Force to Protect ‘Roe’

The Supreme Court is about to overturn 1973 landmark reproductive-rights ruling. Austinites are not here for it.

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The San Antonio Border Security Expo Is Decadent and Depraved

Robot dogs, cocktails, a shooting competition, and more taxpayer money than you can shake a drone at.

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The Battle of Beaumont

A grueling labor fight dragged on in the once-mighty union bastion of southeast Texas, pitting the oil giant against an embattled Steelworkers local.

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Guardian of the Guard

Jason Featherston, who has devoted more than half his life to the National Guard, is now the leading critic of Governor Greg Abbott’s border surge.

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