Texans aren't shy. Perspectives is where our writers and contributors make the case — on politics, power, culture, and the fights that define this state. Sharp arguments, firsthand accounts, and the occasional righteous holler. You won't always agree. That's the point.
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It’s old hat to say everything is bigger in Texas. True connoisseurs know that things in the Lone Star State are also often wilder and weirder than what you see on the evening news. Every two weeks, Steven Monacelli will explore the dystopic, desperate, and despicable realities of contemporary
Culture
Days after election night, I still have Latina women in my DMs telling me they’re shocked but not surprised the men they love voted for President-Elect Donald Trump. They’re very angry about it. “They want a better economy,” one friend told me. “Lots of Chicanos, especially,” another
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First, the good news: The Onion bought Infowars. We’re fucking thrilled about this. Congrats to our pals over there, who will do magnificent things with a nascent right-wing media empire that peddled harmful conspiracy theories at the expense of grieving parents. And gang, I’ve never been more
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Say what you will about Ken Paxton, but he keeps himself busy. The Texas attorney general cranks out lawsuits (and press releases about those lawsuits) in a truly impressive fashion, as he continues to audition for a position in president-elect Donald Trump’s administration. And this week Paxton hit
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It’s 2016, and I’m listening as pundits, analysts, and armchair experts make assumptions about the “Latino vote.” It’s 2020, and I’m listening as pundits, analysts, and armchair experts make assumptions about the “Latino vote.” It’s 2024, and I’m — you get the point. With every
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I don’t know what to say. It’s the morning after Trump won (again), and I’m cleaning up my back porch from the sad election party the night before. The leftover beers are still sitting in an ice chest, and they’re still cold. I want to inhale
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When Texas political leaders project images of themselves, it’s always the same. They’re in cowboy hats, boots, and toting a firearm. It’s how we like to imagine ourselves: the rugged cowboy, squinting into the distance, masculinely thinking about something. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is none of
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There’s an old trope in Texas politics that “Texas isn’t a red state, it’s a non-voting state.” And it’s more or less true — fewer than half of the Texans who are registered to vote cast a ballot in the 2022 gubernatorial election. In total, nearly
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It’s old hat to say everything is bigger in Texas. True connoisseurs know that things in the Lone Star State are also often wilder and weirder than what you see on the evening news. Every two weeks, Steven Monacelli will explore the dystopic, desperate, and despicable realities of contemporary
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold Texas’s draconian emergency abortion ban isn’t just a setback for reproductive freedoms in America — it’s a five-alarm fire. This November, voters across the country have the chance to fight back. Reproductive freedoms will be a make-
Culture
Texas hasn’t gotten its due as a major piece in the complex puzzle of American art. We’re here to rectify that. Every two weeks, H. Drew Blackburn will conduct a thoroughly scientific analysis of the 254 integral (one for every county) books, movies, tv shows, albums, podcasts, songs,
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On Oct. 10, former President Barack Obama stepped back into the political fray. Former President Donald Trump had spent weeks dominating news cycles with lies about Haitian-born immigrants eating neighbors’ pets in Ohio, lies about Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris being a Marxist, and still more lies about the