I was molded from the clay soil in Deep East Texas, in the small city of Lufkin. This region has an antebellum history ...

Fifteen years ago, in May 2011, dozens of newly inducted Teach for America (TFA) corps members gathered at Trinity University in San Antonio to prepare for a five-week summer training institute, which ...

From the biggest cities to smaller towns, local officials wrote serious climate plans. One law at a time, state policy has ...

A version of this story ran in the July / August 2026 issue. In 2022, longtime Tarrant County Judge R. Glen Whitley, a consummate moderate Republican, opted to retire after a nearly 30-year reign.

Students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place in the economy ...

Pamela Colloff’s debut book is a propulsive study of a fatally flawed tactic beloved by prosecutors in Texas and beyond.

As many as 20 million of the winged mammals gather at one Texas Hill Country cave, creating one of nature’s most jaw-dropping ...

Texas has handed out the biggest contract yet for its border wall project to a construction firm run by Tommy Fisher, arguably the most notorious border wall builder during the era of former President ...

Going forward, students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place ...

Editor’s Note: This story is the third installment in a series produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Goliad County police kicked off one human smuggling ...

Sitting in a Brazoria County courtroom in 1994, Anthony Graves, a Black man, looked at his nearly all-white jury. He was on trial for a murder he didn’t commit, and the state was seeking the death ...