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Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.” ...

Media attention often focuses on trans teens fleeing the anti-trans states they’re living in. But what about those who can’t ...

An equine surgeon and Texas A&M professor has been convicted of animal cruelty after repeatedly shocking a horse in front of ...

New collections of fiction and nonfiction build on Dagoberto Gilb’s long career as chronicler of the working-class Southwest.

Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal ...

Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Governor Abbott’s school voucher majority for the 2025 ...

In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality.

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Caroline Collier is an editor and writer based in Fort Worth whose work spans scientific research and music to public policy ...