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The State of Texas: Dallas Cowboys Clinch Top Playoff Spot
A questionable arrest is caught on video in Fort Worth, a Texas college dance squad gets slammed on the Internet for performing at Trump’s inauguration, and a wave of Houston cops file retirement papers.
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These Boots Are Made for Gawkin’
Bob “Daddy-O” Wade has been putting out his iconic artwork for forty years.
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Scenes From Inside a Houston “Zombie” Mall
Long live Northwest Mall!
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Dallas Writer Kurt Eichenwald Turns to the Courts to Get Twitter to Identify a User Who Sent a Seizure-Inducing Tweet
Our brave new world gets braver and newer.
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Trip Guide: Fort Worth’s Near Southside
When a Cowtown neighborhood makes room for a vegan ice cream parlor, you know something’s changed.
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A Year in the Life of Texas Monthly
The past twelve months have been a particularly eventful time for the magazine. Here’s a look at how 2016 went down at 816 Congress Avenue.
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The State of Texas: Texans Sid Miller And Susan Combs Square Off For Ag Secretary
Greg Abbott gets sued over a nativity scene, a Texan was injured during a terrorist attack in Berlin, and a Houston doctor’s in-flight experience prompts a policy change.
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The Ultimate Texas Gift Guide 2016
What to buy your favorite Texan this holiday season.
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Capitol Crisis
As a new legislative session begins, can lawmakers come together to help the abused and neglected kids in foster care?
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Chicken and Dumplings
Thickened soup for the post-election soul.
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On Tapa His Game
At the Bin, chef Jason Dady reveals his long-running love affair with Spain’s small dishes.
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Infinite Loop
From the Midnight Rambler, in Dallas.
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Why, That Son of a Steak!
A tale of cloned meat.
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Let the River Run
Wes Ferguson has paddled and walked all 87 miles of one of the Hill Country’s most prized waterways. In this exclusive excerpt from The Blanco River, he uncovers a few of its natural secrets.
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This Year in Abortion Access in Texas
Much has happened this year—and there may be more to come.
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HeartBrand Beef
Fourth-generation cattle ranchers Ronald and Jordan Beeman created HeartBrand Beef to revolutionize the beef industry by bringing exceptionally delicious and healthy Japanese Akaushi beef to American consumers.
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The Earth Below
The skies of West Texas are so grand that it’s easy to forget how much is going on under our feet.
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The Prisoner
Edwin Debrow committed murder at age 12. Now 37, he remains behind bars. When should a child criminal be given a second chance?
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Politics
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She’s the Sheriff
How Zena Stephens became the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in Jefferson County.
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Greg Abbott Picked a Twitter Fight With “Faithless Elector” Chris Suprun
Is unsolicited Twitter beef with constituents something we should expect from our politicians going forward?
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Examining Rick Perry’s and Rex Tillerson’s Potential Conflicts of Interest
A few things to know about Donald Trump’s picks for Energy secretary and Secretary of State.
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Capitol Crisis
As a new legislative session begins, can lawmakers come together to help the abused and neglected kids in foster care?
Food
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Top Texas Wines: Winter 2016 Edition
The 21 best whites and reds to emerge out of Texas this season.
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Home, Home on the Bend
Hudson’s on the Bend has long been a sentimental favorite. So, does the recently renovated Austin establishment hold up under new ownership?
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How Not to Cook Like a Texan
One man’s adventure in margarita-making turns into a prickly affair.
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Cook Like a Texanist
It’s time someone had the courage to ask the most controversial question in the state: To bean or not to bean?
Travel
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Have Yourself “A Very Kacey Christmas”
A yuletide album that’s actually worth listening to this holiday season.
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Recreating The U.S.–Mexico Border With “Border Cantos”
An exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art invites visitors to experience the sights and sounds of the border.
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Bird’s-Eye View
The holiday season is the best time to scope out the majestic sandhill cranes that call Galveston their winter home.
Current Issue
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The Prisoner
Edwin Debrow committed murder at age 12. Now 37, he remains behind bars. When should a child criminal be given a second chance?
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Blood and Sugar
Can one very determined man get a booming Houston suburb to confront its troubled past?
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She’s the Sheriff
How Zena Stephens became the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in Jefferson County.
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The Earth Below
The skies of West Texas are so grand that it’s easy to forget how much is going on under our feet.
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Bum Steer Awards 2017
It was a year of amateurish attorneys, buck-naked burglars, credulous coal-walkers, doughnut detractors, empty-headed educators, fund-raising fabulists, grumbling graduates, hacked highway signs, ill-timed imitators, judgment-justifying Jerry Joneses, kavalier Katrinas, lime-laden locoweed, misguided mattress merchants, naive notes, outré outfits, pitmaster poseurs, questionable quarterbacks, reactive racists, slipshod spellers, taco tiffs, unwise users, vibrator vandals, would-be wrestlers, xcrement-led xpulsions,
yakking yahoos, and zero zeniths.
Longform
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Blood and Sugar
Can one very determined man get a booming Houston suburb to confront its troubled past?
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Lost and Found
They have fled war-torn countries, given up livelihoods, and left behind possessions and family for the safety of a foreign world of cowboy hats and Walmarts. But the refugees who land in Amarillo’s Astoria Park have an ally who understands their confusion and loss: a 64-year-old former teacher named Miss Evelyn.
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Crossed Stitches
Beverly Pennington was a Pinterest-perfect entrepreneur whose patchwork quilts—made from people’s most treasured T-shirts—found thousands of devotees all over the country. But when the quilts stopped coming, leaving the shirts in limbo, her customers pieced together a plan to fight back.
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The Televangelism of Ken Paxton
It’s been a difficult two years in office for Texas’s attorney general. First came his indictment on multiple felonies, then an embarrassing series of missteps and staff shake-ups. Now, with his trial looming, he’s seeking salvation one live television interview at a time.