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‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids

In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

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East Texas Hit Hard by Gun-Related Suicides

Scarcity of mental health resources, prevalence of guns, and stigma all contribute to the region's high suicide rates.

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Texas Saw a $50 Billion Future in Clean Energy. Then the Political Winds Shifted.

Renewables brought income to ranchers and tax revenue to counties long buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Policy changes in Washington and unease on the ground threaten that momentum.

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Time Comes for Castroville

The Little Alsace of Texas, my once and current home, has long been more comfortable with an idealized past than with its full history or contradictory present.

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Dolores Huerta Feared Speaking About Her Abuse for Years. The Farmworkers She Advocates for Understand.

They grapple with a system where their income, housing, or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence without oversight.

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Defending the Most Vulnerable in San Marcos

When book bans or right-wing operatives come to town, school board trustee Juan Miguel Arredondo told the Observer, “My colleagues have to have those conversations with an openly gay man next to them.”

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Mythbusting Texas’ Reactionary Past

A new book doesn't romanticize our state's history, but it does establish a neglected throughline of solidarity.

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Climate Activists Confront Iran War Profiteering at Big Oil Confab in Houston

Meanwhile, the U.S. energy secretary tries to soothe an anxious American oil industry, urging them to ramp up production amid shock to global markets.

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After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

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‘Riding Shotgun’

With Free Range Productions, Michelle Pitcher digs deep into a conviction involving a dubious hypnosis technique.

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How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance

Last week's convictions related to a July 4 ICE detention center demonstration raise red flags about the right to protest. “This can happen to you, and if they can do it to you, they will.”

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We Have the Power to End Family Detention in Texas—and We Must

We cannot let this cruelty continue. There are so many ways to take action, and even small acts make a difference when we do them collectively.

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Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

The governor’s office said the city’s two main reservoirs could dry up by May, much sooner than previous timelines. But authorities still offer no plan for curtailment of water use.

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A Wall That’s Worth Defending

Some evangelical Christians are hammering away at the very church-state separation that allowed them, and other believers, to first flourish in America.

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In Texas Senate Primary, the Influencer Class Was (and Is) the Problem

The content creators undeniably have a role in the political ecosystem nowadays. The issue is when they obscure—or even consume—a compelling race.

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Man v. Nature

Federal appellate courts are enacting an anti-environment agenda—especially in the ultraconservative 5th Circuit, new analysis shows.

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In Rural West Texas, Renewable Energy Brings a Windfall for Seniors

How officials in Crockett County are using wind investments to help older residents age in place

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How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty

I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it.

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American Citizenship and Other Myths

We shouldn’t ignore the protofascism brewing on the JD Vance-aligned right. But the status quo ante isn’t good enough either.

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Consider the Rattle

In a state that still hosts grisly “rattlesnake roundups,” human Texans should learn to see something of themselves in their ancient, slithering kin.

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Workplace Amputations Are on the Rise in Texas and Nationwide

Over a decade, an average of seven U.S. workers a day suffered workplace accidents that caused or led to amputations. Those numbers are expected to go up with reduced federal oversight under the Trump administration.

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In El Paso, a Homecoming Marred by Violence

A native El Pasoan reflects in a new book on her bustling Texas border city’s roots—and one of the most tragic days of its modern life.

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Sanctioned Judge Upsets Incumbent in Dallas District Attorney Race

Amber Givens beat out two-term DA John Creuzot in Tuesday’s primary, sending shockwaves through the local political and courthouse scene.

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Cornyn and Paxton Lead a Decadent GOP Empire into Ruinous Runoffs

As Texas’ senior U.S. Senator said, Judgment Day is coming. But first, nearly 90 days of bloodsport.

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To Lead Blue Backlash, Texas Dems Turn to Austin

November's liberal army will be helmed by James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa, after the capital city and Latino-majority areas propelled the former to victory over Jasmine Crockett.

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