Texas weather is always chaotic, but this year meteorologists are certain it’ll be a jacket and gloves kind of holiday on Thursday. Thank God because if we can’t even wear sweaters at Thanksgiving, they might as well stay in the closet all year. The National Weather Service forecasts a strong cold front will surge through […]
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Michelin Finally Gives Stars to 15 Incredible Texas Restaurants
Well, well, well, if it isn’t the rest of the world finally admitting what Texans knew all along: We have some of the best food in the world. We told you in September that the French tire company (which also reviews restaurants) has finally deigned to come judge our state’s tacos and barbecue — and […]
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That Sucked. Now What?
Last week, Americans voted to reelect Donald Trump, a man who was found legally liable for sexual assault and ran an historically racist campaign — all while threatening a large-scale mass deportation and a whole host of homophobic and anti-trans policies. A New York Times analysis showed the former (and now future) president improved on […]
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Move Over Moo Deng — Texas Has Its Own Pygmy Hippo Now
Move over Moo Deng. Texas, meet Akobi, the newest, shiniest pygmy hippopotamus to ever live in Houston. This week, the Houston Zoo adorably announced the arrival of Akobi, which means “first born” in Yoruba, a West African language. The zoo says Akobi is a male 4 1/2-year-old pygmy hippo that recently moved to Texas from […]
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A TikTok Food Critic with 16M Fans Is Now a Texan
Keith Lee, the wildly popular food critic with more than 16 million TikTok fans — who was recently parodied on Saturday Night Live — just dropped some major news: He’s moved to Texas. On Saturday afternoon, he took to TikTok to share the life update. “It’s official. The cat is out the bag. We was […]
Posted inHealth
A Houston Mother Died After Doctors Refused to Treat Her Miscarriage
Earlier this year, a Georgia woman named Amber Thurman became the country’s first “preventable” death following the overturn of Roe v Wade. This week, Texas got its own case. Josseli Barnica, a 28-year-old Honduran mother in Houston, died in 2021 after suffering a miscarriage at 17 weeks pregnant, according to ProPublica reporters Cassandra Jaramillo and […]
Posted inPolitics
‘I See You, and I Am With You.’ Texas Women Needed That Harris Rally.
In Texas, the past few years for women have been terrifying. Abortion bans became real. Exceptions turned out to be rare. Some have nearly died during miscarriages. If you don’t feel like you’ve been abandoned by our lawmakers, you might feel like the government is trying to kill you. The 2024 election cycle, meanwhile, has […]
Posted inOpinion
Texas Is the Center of American Politics This Week. Get Used to It.
It’s difficult to remember the last time both major party presidential candidates appeared in Texas so close to an election. There’s an old adage in politics, that campaigns have only three resources: time, money, and people. You can always find one more volunteer. You can always raise one more dollar. But you can never get […]
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There’ve Been 93 Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Incidents in Texas Since 2022, Data Shows
Editor’s note: This story mentions threats of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community. Before dawn on a Sunday morning in April, the bars in Austin had just closed. Joshua Ybarra started walking to his Uber. Then he heard an anti-gay slur hurled at him from behind. Three men leapt on him, pinning Ybarra to the ground […]
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In Houston Nearly One in Three Victims of Crimes Believe it’s a Hate Crime
Houstonians believe they’ve been victims of hate crimes at much higher rates than what’s being reported to police – and they’re not reporting it because they don’t trust cops will do anything about it, according to a new study. Rice University researchers surveyed 5,000 people in Houston and Harris County last summer about their experiences […]