The Christian Nationalist Agenda Is Dead
Heading into autumn, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick had so many reasons to be excited. The State Board of Education had just approved a sweeping overhaul of social studies curricula that recast Amer...
Photos: James Talarico Parties Like It’s 1994
Even early in the night at Talarico’s watch party, the mood was elated—there was an understanding that something big was happening. “I feel phenomenal,” Jose Farrera, a 33-year-old Austinite w...
At Ken Paxton’s Watch Party: Lots of Thoughts, Lots of Prayers
Ken Paxton’s election-night party felt over before it even began.Before the first returns of the night came in, a few hundred supporters mingled in a banquet room of the Westin, a four-star hotel in...
“MAGA Needs To Be Dead”: Dade Phelan on the Republican Wipeout
Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan saw it coming—at least in part. Three weeks ago, when he and I sat down for an extended interview about the upcoming election, he told me the mood among Republ...
At A&M, Hoping Reveille Doesn’t Bite
I was driving along Texas Highway 21, just past a giant barn with “Gig ’em!” painted on it, when I realized that the students might ask me about the cover.Paul O’Donnell, a journalism professo...