The Bullock Texas State History Museum is an impressive piece of Texana, a hulking granite-faced structure across the street from the University of Texas campus. Step inside and you’re confronted with a giant mural of longhorns, horses, and cowboys that promises to tell you “The Story of Texas.” There are equally oversized quotes from famed […]
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Need a Court-Appointed Lawyer in North Texas? You Might Get One With a White Nationalist Tattoo.
EXCLUSIVE Editor’s note: This story includes quotes in which the subject uses offensive racial slurs and references to racial terror. The Barbed Wire does not condone the use of such language, but believes them to be newsworthy, important context. Any racist language has been censored with hyphens. This is a story about white nationalism, taxpayer […]
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‘Women Have Always Been on the Front Lines.’ How Five Women at the Texas Capitol Stood Up to ‘Fascism.’
Tuesday morning, state Rep. Nicole Collier awoke from her seat on the floor of the Texas House, “bonnet and all,” after spending the night locked in the Capitol. It’s an image that will go down in history. In a photo posted online, the Fort Worth Democrat is wearing a dark blue eye mask and white […]
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Four of Five Texas Men Executed This Year Were Black or Latino
Texas loves executing people, and Texas really loves executing people of color. A new report released on Thursday from the nonprofit Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) reveals stark racial disparities of those put to death in 2024. Four of the five executed men were Black or Hispanic, according to the report’s breakdown, […]