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At a hearing on Friday, the El Paso doctor said force-feeding was considered medically unethical, but that ICE’s rules required her to do it.
The post ICE Doctor Defends Force-Feeding Detainees on Hunger Strike as ‘Uncomfortable’ But Necessary appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Chick-fil-A won’t be hosting its 2022 convention in San Antonio and Joaquin Castro supporters won’t be eating at Bill Miller.
The post We Are Firmly in the Boycott Era of Politics appeared first on Texas Monthly.
The lifelong Texan discusses the need to reintroduce America’s better angels into the immigration debate.
The post Former Ambassador Tony Garza on Mexico, Trump, and Whether Texas Is Turning Blue appeared first on Texas Monthly.
The community organizer is expected to make a play for millennials and young people of color.
The post Workers Defense Project Founder Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez Is the Latest Democrat to Take on John Cornyn appeared first on Texas Monthly.
The growing controversy around Bonnen’s quid pro quo is about much more than palace intrigue. Fundamentally, it concerns unethical, possibly criminal, behavior on the part of the speaker.
The post The Scandal Swirling Around House Speaker Dennis Bonnen Is Bad. But Is It Criminal? appeared first on Texas Monthly.
House Speaker Dennis Bonnen offers a masterclass in how to lose friends and alienate your allies in just a few easy steps.
The post The Speaker and the Creeper: Everything You Need to Know About the Craziest Texas Political Scandal in Years appeared first on Texas Monthly.
At a jam-packed blood bank, El Pasoans said they were proud of their hometown and expressed dismay that an outsider could wreak such havoc on their city—one of the safest in the country.
The post ‘El Paso Is Beautiful’: El Pasoans Come Together and Reach Out in a Day of Terror appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Bowing to criticism, the North Texas congressman spent less than a week in line as the next director of national intelligence.
The post Would-Be Spymaster John Ratcliffe Exits the National Spotlight appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Will Hurd is exactly the kind of politician the Republican party’s establishment once dreamed about being their future. In March 2013, the Republican National Committee, reeling from defeat in the 2012 elections, published a postmortem report laying out an agenda …
The post Congressman Will Hurd on His Surprise Retirement, Whether He’s Running for President, and the GOP’s Big Problems appeared first on Texas Monthly.
He’s unlikely to win the presidential nomination, but after years of false starts he is becoming a leader in the Democratic party.
The post Julián Castro is Finally Becoming the Politician He Was Supposed to Be appeared first on Texas Monthly.
MQS isn’t the most trustworthy person in Texas politics, but Bonnen has done a poor job offering an alternative narrative about what transpired.
The post Did House Speaker Dennis Bonnen Really Try to Bribe Michael Quinn Sullivan? An Investigation. appeared first on Texas Monthly.
We reached out to prosecutors for all 254 Texas counties to ask whether they will still prosecute marijuana cases.
The post Here’s What Texas DAs Think of the New Hemp Law that Accidentally Decriminalized Pot appeared first on Texas Monthly.
In the event that millions lose their health insurance and protections for pre-existing conditions disappear, the state has no real backup plan.
The post Texas Might Kill Obamacare, But State Leaders Don’t Seem to Have a Plan for What’s Next appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Days after he was supposed to be in a children’s shelter, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez died of the flu near the toilet in his Border Patrol holding cell.
The post Autopsy Offers Jarring New Details About the Death of a 16-Year-Old Guatemalan Boy appeared first on Texas Monthly.
No matter how incendiary his latest tweet or policy might seem, Donald Trump can count on evangelical preacher and Fox News fixture Robert Jeffress to defend him. What’s behind the Dallas pastor’s unconditional embrace?
The post Trump’s Apostle appeared first on Texas Monthly.
O’Rourke and Castro’s polling in Texas is virtually unchanged from a month ago. That’s good news for only one of them.
The post The 2020 Texas Polling is Much Better for Beto O’Rourke than Julian Castro appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Brian Clyde, who was killed at the Earl Cabell Federal Building on Monday, swam in the dark waters of internet troll culture.
The post How Did the Dallas Courthouse Gunman Get Radicalized? appeared first on Texas Monthly.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the executive director of Annie’s List discusses representational democracy in Texas and the debate over how progressive is too progressive.
The post Royce Brooks: “Our Priority Is Making the Biggest, Best Run at Flipping Control of the State House” appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Passing legislation may be fun. But this compilation shows that writing about passing legislation can be even more fun.
The post Our Favorite Bests, 1973-2019 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Passing legislation may be fun. But this compilation shows that writing about passing legislation can be even more fun.
The post Our Favorite Worsts, 1973-2019 appeared first on Texas Monthly.