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Texas

Business

How the Most Hyped U.S. Oil Merger in a Decade Went Bust

As CEO of Occidental Petroleum, Vicki Hollub made the biggest deal the oil business had seen in years. Will it also go down as the biggest failure?

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Jan 2021 35min Permalink

Politics

Trouble at the "Lamborghini" of Border Walls

The privately funded effort in danger of falling down.

Jeremy Schwartz, Perla Trevizo Texas Tribune Jul 2020 30min Permalink

Politics

Young Americans

On the people who will be sent back to a place they’ve never called home if DACA runs out.

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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration may not immediately proceed with its plan to end DACA

Michael Hall Texas Monthly Dec 2017 20min Permalink

Health

Night Shift

Eighteen hours inside one COVID ward, observing what it takes to care for the sickest patients.

Lauren Caruba San Antonio Express-News Jun 2020 20min Permalink

Crime

The Highland Park Drug Ring

How did a mother of 10 and a Plano cop wind up pushing pills in the Park Cities?

Peter Simek D Magazine Apr 2020 30min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Blood Will Tell

The murder of Mickey Bryan stunned her small Texas town. Then her husband, Joe Bryan, was charged with killing her. Did he do it, or had there been a terrible mistake?

Joe Bryan was released from prison earlier this week.

  1. Part I

    The trail and conviction of Joe Bryan.

  2. Part II

    Was the bloodstain-pattern analysis at the center of the prosecution’s case really solid forensic evidence?

Pamela Colloff ProPublica, New York Times Magazine May 2018 Permalink

Tech Travel

Elon Musk, His Rocket, and the Grand Scheme That Tore Apart Boca Chica

What happens when SpaceX takes over your sleepy Texas town.

Rachel Monroe Esquire Feb 2020 30min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Trial By Fire

The arson case that may have led Texas to execute an innocent man.

David Grann New Yorker Sep 2009 1h5min Permalink

Health

Abortion Clinics Are Getting Nickel-and-Dimed Out of Business

From legal battles to securing vendors to getting the walls painted, every budget line is a struggle.

Cynthia Koons, Rebecca Greenfield Bloomberg Businessweek Feb 2020 15min Permalink

Sports

The Bout

How one Texas boxing match changed history.

Cary Clack Truly Adventurous Feb 2020 30min Permalink

A Battle for the Soul of Marfa

What happens when a wealthy patron wears out his welcome in the “strangest, most conflicted place in all of Texas”?

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Jan 2020 35min Permalink

Politics

Inside the Deportation Courts

Another inmate was unable to complete his application, and assented to voluntary departure, in which an immigrant agrees to leave the country at his or her own expense. “You’ll be on your way back to Mexico today,” said the judge.

Madeleine Schwartz New York Review of Books Sep 2019 20min Permalink

Business World

Arming the Cartels

The inside story of a Texas gun-smuggling ring.

Seth Harp Rolling Stone Aug 2019 Permalink

Sports

The Long Con: How The Manziels Conquered America

The family history behind college football’s most talked-about player.

Timothy Burke Deadspin Aug 2013 15min Permalink

Crime

Crowdsourcing Justice

It took only a handful of people to wrongly convict Ed Ates of murder. It took an army to free him from prison. Now comes the hard part.

Michael Hall Texas Monthly Aug 2019 40min Permalink

Science

When the River Rises

In a few short hours, a normal evening along Texas’s Blanco River became the site of a deadly flash flood.

Jamie Thompson Texas Monthly May 2016 40min Permalink

Travel

The Crane Wife

On calling off a wedding, and studying whooping cranes.

CJ Hauser The Paris Review Jul 2019 Permalink

Health

Warning Signs

On the suicide crisis in rural East Texas.

Christopher Collins Texas Observer May 2019 25min Permalink

Best Article

The Lost Boys of Galveston, Texas

Young immigrants who have been separated from their parents find a home at the Children’s Center.

Jessica Weisberg New Yorker May 2019 25min Permalink

Crime

Joe Exotic

A dark journey Into the world of a man gone wild.

Leif Reigstad Texas Monthly May 2019 25min Permalink

Best Article Sports

The Power of One

At age 17, Bonnie Richardson won the Texas state track team championship all by herself. Then she did it again.

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Gary Smith on the Longform Podcast

Gary Smith Sports Illustrated Sep 2009 25min Permalink

Sports

The Women Who Nod At Death And Say Let's Go

Riding along with the cowgirls bringing women’s bronc riding back to the rodeo.

Jessica Camille Aguirre Deadspin Apr 2019 30min Permalink

Damned to Fail

Unregulated dams across Texas are increasingly failing—putting people and property in jeopardy.

Naveena Sadasivam Texas Observer Apr 2019 20min Permalink

Business

Buc-ee’s: The Path to World Domination

The making of a convenience store empire.

Eric Benson Texas Monthly Mar 2019 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Chuey and Me"

The life of a troubled childhood friend.

Elliott Turner Barren Magazine Feb 2019 10min Permalink

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