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Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our July/August 2025 Issue

A note from the editor-in-chief

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Moonlighting Midland Prosecutor Means Freedom for Samuel Sanchez

“He just cried. He was just overwhelmed with emotion.”

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The Rio Grande Valley as Heart of LGBTQ+ Resistance and Joy

As we celebrate Pride Month, I am struck by the contrast of what I know to be true about this region and what the popular narratives may be.

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Reality Winner Rebuilds in Kingsville

The NSA whistleblower, with a memoir coming later this year, faces the barriers for Texans with felony records.

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Can Economic Populism Win Back the Rio Grande Valley?

A Vermont U.S. senator and an Austin congressman make the case in McAllen.

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Dancing on Horseback

These young Texas women are recognized champions in the Mexican national sport of charrería.

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APOCALYPSES: SCENARIO #267-590

Air so cold breath rattles down my throat like a penny tumbling in the cracked engine of a 2008 ford ranger...

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A Caucus, if You Can Keep It

As their influence shrinks, liberals in the Legislature may need to consider withholding their cooperation.

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How Trump Is Changing Higher Education: The View from UT-San Antonio

Around the country, university students report changes to campus clubs and activities, diminished research opportunities, and fears for international students’ safety.

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Wrestling with the American Dream

Traditional Afghan wrestling—known as Pehlwani—is a popular pastime for boys in the south-central Asian nation.

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Why I Still Believe Texas Can Be Better

"Texas taught me contradiction. It taught me how to love a place that doesn’t always love me back."

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‘The House Got Rolled’: Gene Wu on the Trials of the 89th Texas Legislature

“We can only play the hand that we're dealt.”

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Reefer Madness Returns to Texas with Dan Patrick’s THC Ban

If the governor signs SB 3 into law, thousands of jobs and billions in revenue could soon disappear.

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Art Is Immortality

Suddenly, Analina dips her head. Grief seems on the verge of overwhelming her—until something visibly intervenes…

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This Session’s Worst Anti-Abortion Bill Died, but Pro-Choice Advocates Aren’t Celebrating

Following mixed results for both sides, the far right says it won’t give up on targeting what little abortion access remains in Texas.

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Texas Quietly Downsizes Border Security Spending

But outlays remain far above state funding prior to the Operation Lone Star era.

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I Was an Undocumented Texas College Student. I’m Not Going Anywhere—and Neither Is Our Movement.

Lawmakers lacked the political courage for a floor vote at the Capitol on the Texas Dream Act, so state leaders took a coward’s path.

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Amid New McCarthyism, the Alliance for Texas History Embraces Diverse Scholarship

“It’s particularly important at a moment when our state leaders have demonstrated that they don't want students to have a really full, inclusive accounting of our state or national past.”

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Here Are the New Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Texas Passed into Law

This session, the Legislature filed more anti-LGBTQ+ bills than ever before. The dozen that passed threaten to negatively impact queer Texans.

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The Massive U.S. Pipeline Buildout Is Mostly for Gas Going Overseas

Plans for U.S. gas pipelines could lock in a dramatic increase in fossil fuel exports and their greenhouse gas emissions, a new report finds.

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Will Texas Workers Ever Get a Break from the Summer Heat?

A long-awaited hearing on a proposed OSHA heat protection rule is set for June 16, but workers are uncertain to get relief under Trump.

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Legislature Mandates Sheriff-ICE Cooperation in Jails or Streets

Texas lawmakers are ordering all counties to seek federal agreements that may be limited to jailhouses—or may convert deputies into roving immigration agents.

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Texas House Passes Raft of Dan Patrick Priorities Imposing Conservative Mandates on Public Ed

In final days of session, the lower chamber voted to further advance the classroom culture wars.

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The Love and Loss of the Quintanillas

A new documentary uses archival family footage to retell the story of Selena y Los Dinos.

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Abbott’s Bail Crackdown Meets Mixed Fate in Texas House

The lower chamber approves key pieces—but only pieces—of the governor's pretrial incarceration agenda.

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