Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales narrowly survived a primary in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, and now faces underfunded Democrat Santos Limon in the Nov. 5 general election. Even though Gonzales won the May…
Texas Monthly – A Teen Pitmaster Serves Love and Brisket at Habibi Barbecue
Marc Fadel fell in love with smoking meat while competing on his high school barbecue team at the Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center in Arlington. When it came to naming his…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Bullfights are Back!
I’ve been remiss. For a long little while, the Alberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez had a banner hanging on the front of it that said it was available for public and…
Texas Monthly – “More than our wombs”: Women in conservative Texas cities mobilizing to end GOP dominance
Democrats in Lubbock and Amarillo hope Kamala Harris’ candidacy and a backlash to abortion laws will help make their long-held vision of a blue wave a reality. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – He Quit Formula 1 to Start a YouTube Channel—Then Realized “Content Creator” Is a Harder Job Than “Race Car Engineer”
It was the sound that made Blake Hinsey fall in love with motor racing. Blake first heard it when he was seventeen. He and his father traveled from their Dallas home to MotorSport…
Texas Monthly – Under a Second Trump Administration, America Could Look a Lot Like Texas
Earlier this year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott appeared on the radio show of former National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch to discuss Operation Lone Star, his $11 billion border crackdown. “We are…
Yard Barker – Urban Meyer voices concerns about one ‘mess’ of an SEC team
Urban Meyer threw up major red flags about an SEC outfit which seems to be shrinking on offense. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Israel’s foreign minister says Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister has confirmed that Israeli troops in Gaza have killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel…
Texas Monthly – ‘I Hide in My House’: Inside John Whitmire’s Stalled Effort to Limit Protests Near His Home
By the time the pro-Palestinian demonstrators showed up in front of Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s house one night in mid-September, the cops had been awaiting them for at least an hour. A…
Texas Monthly – Texas Lawmakers’ Last-Minute Move to Buy Robert Roberson More Time
Brian Wharton’s voice cracked as he reached two decades into his memory to describe his role in putting a man he now believed to be innocent on death row.“To those who hold…