Houston’s Inflection Point
The Houston City Council hosted its usual public session on Tuesday, a week to the day Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent in the East End. The council was also commemorating Wo...
Tacos Are Under Fire. Here’s How to Eat Them Responsibly.
I’ve had my fair share of gastrointestinal distress during my time as a food journalist. It’s as much an occupational hazard as getting cilantro stuck between my teeth. Lately, though, I’ve been...
Inside the Years-Long Fight to Keep Galveston Wild
In my five years living in Texas, I hadn’t yet been to Galveston. My colleagues and friends have written and spoken about the island in terms of unreality, a place where Texans have ritually flocked...
Watching the Hill Country Waters Rise Again
The Guadalupe escaped its banks again. The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency through Thursday afternoon in Kerr County, the epicenter of last year’s unprecedented Fourth of J...