Members practice in Alvarado last spring. Karla Ramirez, stands with her horse, Mil Amores, as he rolls in the dirt to cool down. Left: Kitzia Guevara-Vazquez (left), a member of La Victoria, and ...

Molly Ivins’ official editorial run at the Texas Observer lasted six years, from 1970 through 1976; unofficially, it lasted a little longer—her syndicated columns appeared in these pages and ...

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Education. How Trump Is Changing Higher Education: The View from UT-San Antonio. Around the country, university students report changes to campus clubs and activities, diminished research ...

Elham Jalak and Mustafa Pashtoon met for the first time on a flight from Kabul in February 2016. Jalak was 6 years old, Pashtoon just 8. Their fathers had known each other in the Afghan Army, and ...

When I was in college, I had to drive 35 miles from San Marcos to Austin to visit Planned Parenthood. The first time I drove there in 2016, I didn’t know the way and the traffic on Interstate 35 ...

Ana Karen Flores is a first-generation Latina communications strategist with a focus on storytelling, narrative change, and government affairs.

“We can only play the hand that we're dealt.” The job of leading the minority party in the Texas House has long consisted, at best, of harm reduction and something like emergency room triage.

Politics. Reefer Madness Returns to Texas with Dan Patrick’s THC Ban. If the governor signs SB 3 into law, thousands of jobs and billions in revenue could soon disappear.

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Miller: Family Planning Clinics Will Just Have to Deal with Cuts . Republicans hope faith-based groups can pick up slack . by Alexa Garcia-Ditta ...

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