This is the grave of Samuel Lanham. Born in 1846 in South Carolina, Lanham grew up in the world of owning humans, which as a young man he was happy to defend and commit treason for. His family was alright economically, but not super duper...
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I hadn't really thought it about much until I read this article, but it seems true to me that jalapeños are less spicy than they used to be. I mean,.
This is the grave of Bill Clements. Born in 1917 in Dallas, Clements did not grow up in super wealthy circumstances. His father was in the oil industry and I.
Great piece here in Texas Observer by Gabriel Arana about his own great-grandfather's racism and how that connects to the cult of the Confederacy in Texas. The Confederate Soldiers Monument is one of 12 memorials on the grounds that perpetuate the “lost cause”—the historical myth...
Good lord: Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and utilizing some of the libraries as ‘Team Centers” where kids with behavioral.
Beto O'Rourke writes a pretty powerful op-ed in the Times, urging Biden to step up and stop Greg Abbott's personal militarization of the border. The Supreme Court has consistently upheld.
Some amazing stuff in Texas. Well, not amazing really, since that would imply surprising and there is nothing that can surprise out of Texas. But this is really bad and indicative of the desperation of rich white people to enforce certain educational experiences that reinforce...
On March 31, 1883, cowboys in Texas sort of went on strike. This was a pretty limited organized labor action and cowboys were hardly the ideal group of workers to.
President Biden has created the third major national monument of his administration, this time in the Castner Range outside of El Paso. With Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada named last.
If you are me, you'd rather me in some awesome wilderness area hiking around than, well, about anything else. Meanwhile, in the three years I lived in Texas, I never got out to Big Bend National Park and I regret that a lot. To be...
The Texas Rangers were a racist force of cops who engaged in mass murders of Mexicans that were and still are celebrated by the people of Texas. But there's at.
This is the grave of Annie Webb Blanton. Born in 1870 in Houston, Texas, Blanton grew up pretty well off, though her mother died when she was 12. By that.