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“It’s like your house being on fire, and the fire department showing up with a 12 ounce cup of water.” ...

Clinton Young spent nearly two decades condemned to die. His peaceful, productive time out on bond poses questions about how Texas decides who lives long enough to get another chance.

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The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer ...

Local activists warn that while residents must ration, unimpeded industrial expansion is imperiling the region’s future.

Stephen Harrigan explores his own Catholic boyhood in Texas—and the prophecy left behind by a Portuguese prophet girl—in a ...

Due process hasn’t been protected. The process that is set in place in this country that is the basis and foundation of our ...

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Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.

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