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Traditional Afghan wrestling—known as Pehlwani—is a popular pastime for boys in the south-central Asian nation.

Lawmakers lacked the political courage for a floor vote at the Capitol on the Texas Dream Act, so state leaders took a coward ...

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Following mixed results for both sides, the far right says it won’t give up on targeting what little abortion access remains ...

Alexandra Villarreal is a freelance journalist and policy analyst. Her work has appeared in The Hechinger Report, The Guardian, NBC Latino, and The Associated Press, among other publications.

Texas Monthly, Texas Highways, and Undark Magazine. He lives in Austin with his wife and three children.

On April 15, Annie Fierro of the Workers Defense Action Fund arrived at a state House committee hearing in Austin to support a bill that sought to prevent workplace heat-related illnesses and deaths.

A version of this story ran in the January / February 2021 issue. David Dunagan doesn’t want a 760-acre solar power plant to be built across his fenceline. The Old Jackson Power Plant will ...

Ana Karen Flores is a first-generation Latina communications strategist with a focus on storytelling, narrative change, and government affairs. She is a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project ...