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In Texas and beyond, Republican leaders continue to peddle dangerous lies trying to falsely cast Muslims as the “other.” ...

Rock band logos stickered the walls and railings in the dim light of the Paper Tiger, the grungy San Antonio venue with a 1,000-person capacity that was packed wall to wall for U.S. Senate candidate ...

The state grid was built on the assumption that demand would fall at night. As hotter evenings and around-the-clock power use ...

We cannot ignore César’s influence and leadership. At the same time, we must acknowledge his abuse, support the victims, and ...

Editor’s Note: This article is co-published with ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control. No state has taken over as many local public ...

Al Green was a fighter past his prime, and Houstonians finally chose a new direction. But a post-Voting Rights Act world ...

A Texas baby who mysteriously disappeared way back in 1980 is alive and well—though the mystery of who killed her parents and dumped their bodies in the woods just north of Houston remains an open and ...

“One of the few openly Christian politicians in the United States who acts like a Christian.” That’s how conservative New York Times columnist David French recently characterized James Talarico and ...

Professionals like me get Texas kids safely to school. We get food to grocery stores and medical supplies to hospitals. Until ...

And so Colin Allred’s three-year journey through the wilderness of ambition ends more or less where it began. Three years ago ...