Understanding the Future of Psychedelic Therapy in Texas
Many Texans who live with depression, anxiety, chronic pain, or PTSD have found some relief from treatment with the psychotropic drug ketamine. But lately, Texas regulators have been raising concerns ...
Texas A&M’s Melting Point
Few places on the main campus of Texas A&M University bear a stronger connection to the school’s civic religion than the altar near Rudder Tower, in the Rudder Theatre Complex, between the entrances...
Why So Many Texas BBQ Joints Are Closing
Brett Jackson and Jacqueline Herrera wanted to close Brett’s BBQ Shop, in Katy, on their own terms. After opening in a tiny space without parking in 2018, the business went on to earn a nod on Texas...
What I Found When I Tried to Walk Across Dallas in a Day
The books I read while growing up in the quiet, leafy Lake Highlands neighborhood of North Dallas tended toward the hardscrabble and violent. Many shared the oddly particular narrative of domesticated...
Kimberly M. Vazquez and Alyssa Estrada Join Texas Monthly
Texas Monthly is excited to announce two new members of our editorial team: Kimberly M. Vazquez and Alyssa Estrada.Vazquez, who hails from Laredo, joins us as our new fact-checker. In her role, she’...
Who Is Still Crossing the Border?
The Border Patrol stopped us as soon as we got down to the bank of the river between Mission and Reynosa, Mexico. The sun had started to set on an October day, and the Rio Grande reflected an orange l...
All Eyes on Dilley
On Wednesday morning, cars and buses from around the state pulled into the gravel parking lot behind the park on Main Street in Dilley, where a bright-green-and-red statue reminds visitors that the ti...