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August 2015 Issue
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Features
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While We’re Young
Twenty-two Texans on why they will (or won’t) go to the ballot box.
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Return to Cotulla
My family and their hometown helped change LBJ’s views on equal rights. Did his later policies change the reality for those in South Texas?
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The Agitator
He wasn’t diplomatic and he wasn’t subtle, but Curtis Graves forged a political path for black Texans—and altered history forever.
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Columns
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The Texanist: What Should I Do if I Encounter a Tornado While Driving?
Our estimable advice columnist on ducking tornadoes, mom’s new boyfriend’s haircut, the politics of pro football, and the mysterious origins of the Texas sheet cake.
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Time and Punishment
Pamela Colloff writes about the first prosecutor to be disbarred under a new law in Texas.
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Reporter
The Checklist
What to read, hear, watch, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
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Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
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True Grits
Innocence Project of Texas executive director Scott Henson says his organization is about more than DNA evidence.
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Old News: An Illustrated Look at Curious Headlines From a Bygone Era
From the Bryan Daily Eagle, July 7, 1910
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Drop That Pitcher! Put Those Dixie Cups Where I Can See ‘Em!
The dangerous masterminds behind a lemonade stand.
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The Next Picture Show
By reviving a small-town movie theater, can a Lubbock businessman revive a small town too?