Big backers of public schools in Texas? Rural Republicans.
Rural Texans are deeply conservative – and deeply committed to their public schools. How will that play out in an era when school choice has become a GOP litmus test?
Read moreFrom ‘Yellowstone’ to ‘The Chosen,’ boom times for small Texas towns
Texas knows how to put on a show, and Texan Taylor Sheridan is one of the producers bringing TV and film – and vital economic bump – to small towns around Fort Worth. Plus, say residents, it’s just fun when Hollywood comes to town.
Read moreNo zoning: Is Houston an affordable housing model or morass?
Are rules that protect homeowners making the global housing crisis worse by hindering badly needed construction? One city shows the pros and cons of an opposite approach – removing the red tape.
Read moreTaller grasses, deeper roots: Texas ranchers adapt to era of extremes
Drought has imposed a harsh test on Texas cattle ranchers. But some have been adapting, even before this year, in ways that make them more resilient.
Read moreHeat. Drought. Fires. Floods. Texas grapples with a new era.
While climate change has not been a top political concern in Texas, it is increasingly emblematic of America’s climate change experience. From heat to damaging rains, this summer looks like a pivot point.
Read moreParty favor or art? Preserving the craft of the piñata.
What we’re willing to spend on something becomes a message of worth intimately tied to the object’s creator. In expanding their art, piñata makers ask viewers to reconsider these traditional art objects – and the people who make them.
Read moreSleepless night: Uvalde seeks courage in a school shooting’s wake
In Uvalde, familiar questions echo, as they had in Santa Fe, in El Paso, and in Sutherland Springs. How could something like this happen here, in this town? In our town?
Read moreWith Roe in peril, ‘slippery slope’ looms larger for LGBTQ Americans
The Supreme Court appears on the cusp of overturning a right – to abortion – for the first time in modern history. What happens to other rights unpopular with conservative Christians that, like abortion, were underpinned by the 14th Amendment?
Read moreIs Texas Hill Country in danger of being ‘loved to death’?
The Hill Country of Texas is the fastest-growing area of this fast-growing state. But questions about how to manage that growth, from water supply to school commutes, are rising.
Read more‘I had to stand up and say no’: Pro-choice Christians battle Texas law
Abortion is a complicated issue in many faith communities. One effect of Texas’ strict new abortion law, SB8, has been to spur people to wrestle more deeply with the topic – and to clarify their feelings around it.
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