History Tells Us How the Texas Democrats’ Walkout Will Likely End
There is a lot of bluffing and braggadocio happening among both Democrats and Republicans right now about the attempt of Democratic state lawmakers to stall the passage of Trump’s mid-decade gerryma...
Roar of the Crowd: August 2025
Is Parker McCollum Tone-Deaf?In response to a question from senior writer Emily McCullar regarding his performance at Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, country music singer Parker McC...
Can the FBI Really Arrest Texas Democrats Who Fled the State?
On Sunday, Texas House Democrats left the state to deny the lower chamber a quorum to conduct legislative business, thus putting the GOP plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps during the summ...
The Story of Texas in More Than 100 Maps
To the extent that they think of it at all, Texans probably associate the state’s General Land Office with the Alamo. The agency took control of the fabled site in 2011 and then, four years later, ...
Is Vanderbilt Avenue Cursed?
Photo: Sebastian Mejias/The New York Times/Redux
Over the weekend, the chef Greg Baxtrom announced that he was closing his nearly decade-old Prospect Heights restaurant, Olmsted. Th...