


Texas’ War on Drug Users
Jan 7, 2025 A mass overdose event in Austin reveals the state’s backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances.
Texas Is the King of Greenhouse Emissions. It’s Also in the Path of the Climate Change Storm
Sep 13, 2024 With hurricanes, wildfires and droughts, every region of Texas is threatened by man-made climate change, vulnerability index shows.
Is It Illegal To Cross the United States Border Between Ports-of-Entry?
Apr 23, 2024 As the media continues to cover "unlawful" crossings, it is important to understand what this really means.
Is the Texas Deportation Law Constitutional?
Apr 10, 2024 Gov. Greg Abbott looks to the ghost of Antonin Scalia to validate his war on the undocumented.
At the Border
Mar 25, 2024 A decade of anti-immigrant rhetoric and unstable, post-pandemic conditions in the Global South have coalesced into a multibillion-dollar, election-year battle to keep poor people in Latin America from accessing the United States. This Dig series seeks to explore: What is it like to traverse this landscape as a migrant, and what would it look like if we opened it all up?2024 EPPY Award: First Place, Best News or Event Feature

Elon Musk Relocates Business to Billionaire-Friendly Texas
Feb 28, 2024 After a series of legal losses elsewhere, the Tesla CEO has moved SpaceX to Texas — where Gov. Greg Abbott has engineered a court system designed to favor the 1%.
Anti-Abortion Extremists Use Slave Laws To Police Women’s Bodies
Feb 22, 2024 Texas is trying to ban the use of its roads by people seeking care outside the state — and even dispatching right-wing vigilante groups to chase them.
Disorder on the Border: Texas Takes On the Constitution
Jan 30, 2024 Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton are priming the pump for a constitutional crisis over immigration and the mainstream media isn't paying attention.
Texas Set To Upend 150 Years of Immigration Law
Dec 20, 2023 Senate Bill 4 could be the vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to finally unleash Lone Star Republicans on the world’s huddled masses.
How ‘Universal School Vouchers’ Wreck State Budgets
Nov 22, 2023 Newly enacted universal school vouchers are greatly exceeding state budgets, and it’s not clear where the money to pay for cost overruns will come from.