A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue. The wind blows from two directions to the Los Vientos Wind Farm, Texas’ largest and the nation’s second largest, with 426 turbines towering ...

If there’s anything good in Texas—academic freedom, labor, voting rights, education, politics—his litigation facilitated it." ...

"I'm not interested in tearing down my fellow Democrats, because we are all on the same team ... but I think that I've got a ...

Researchers in Houston analyzed the locations of 114 proposed industrial projects related to oil and gas in Texas, most of ...

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The recent redistricting of county commissioners court precincts has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026.

My wife Monica and I had different reasons for journeying to Pedernales. She’s a fan. But our visit to Willie’s golf course was partly for my research on a book on Native-owned golf courses.

Rachelle Meyer is an American illustrator and cartoonist living in Amsterdam. She’s been published in The New York Times, The ...

Researchers in Houston analyzed the locations of 114 proposed industrial projects related to oil and gas in Texas, most of them involved in plastics production.

“If there’s anything good in Texas—academic freedom, labor, voting rights, education, politics—his litigation facilitated it." ...

"I'm not interested in tearing down my fellow Democrats, because we are all on the same team ... but I think that I've got a compelling case to make." ...