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A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.

DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...

The wind blows from two directions to the Los Vientos Wind Farm, Texas’ largest and the nation’s second largest, with 426 ...

The governor crushed anti-voucher Republicans in the Texas House, but there are still plenty of party activists who are ...

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Michael Ward is a writer from Dallas. His work has appeared most recently in the Tampa Review and X-R-A-Y.

Three months into his second presidential term, Donald Trump appears well off pace to hit his promised record numbers of deportations. As much of the country focuses on Trump’s international ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue.