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‘Black Bird Redemption Song’: A Fort Worth Artist’s Work on Confinement, Freedom, and Fred Rouse

Huckaby, a Fort Worth native and longtime professor at UT-Arlington, made his name creating massive, mural-sized paintings ...
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In Texas State Jails, a Rising Death Toll and a Broken Promise

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ...
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Fred Rouse

An exhibition at the UMLAUF Sculpture Garden and Museum in Austin runs through January 25.
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In Ink and on Airwaves, Texas Media Grows Ever More Concentrated

Hearst's acquisition of struggling newspapers in the state may seem like welcome news. But bigger doesn't always mean better.
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state jails

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ended the life of a Texan named Jackie Wiley.
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ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court

In February of last year, the Texas Observer reported that James “Jim” Joseph Rodden—an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) assistant chief counsel who acts as a prosecutor for ICE in ...