I was molded from the clay soil in Deep East Texas, in the small city of Lufkin. This region has an antebellum history ...

Students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place in the economy ...

Amanda Eyre Ward is an Austin writer and author of 13 novels—three of which are set in Texas and the rest scattered all over the world. Her latest book, Arrivals and Departures, out June 16, delves ...

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From the biggest cities to smaller towns, local officials wrote serious climate plans. One law at a time, state policy has ...

Pamela Colloff’s debut book is a propulsive study of a fatally flawed tactic beloved by prosecutors in Texas and beyond.

As many as 20 million of the winged mammals gather at one Texas Hill Country cave, creating one of nature’s most jaw-dropping ...

Government flip-flopping and semantic ambiguity have led to premature declarations of victory over Trump's attack on my home ...

Despite the grip of conservative Christianity on Texas politics, religion here has always contained multitudes, a new work of ...

Lupe Mendez, poetry editor of the Texas Observer, is author of the new book We Exist in the Whisper: Huelga School Verses ...

Inside Books Project volunteers have sent used books to Texas inmates for nearly 30 years. A new crackdown is threatening their work.