We are seeing much more aggressive coordination between local law enforcement and ICE than we have ever seen before" ...

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“I still understand adolescents. I work with them every day, but I was in my 30s when my first book was published. I’m firmly in mid-life right now, and my own adolescence seems weird to me.” “I've ...

What better way to interest kids in a museum than by focusing on toys? The Houston Toy Museum houses a fantastic collection of playthings dating back to the 1800’s. From handmade dolls to the ...

For decades, Houston turned away from its history as a shipping giant to focus on the moon and stars and become Space City. As H-Town returns to its original identity linked to the bayous, the Houston ...

There is an undeniable air of the freak show when you first enter the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, located just a few miles from The Walls, the state’s oldest penitentiary. The building smells ...

Jef Rouner (he/she/they) is an award-winning freelance journalist from Houston, Texas. He is also the author of The Rook Circle an Stranger Words, and a former member of The Black Math Experiment.

Amid a state crackdown on rainbow crosswalks, signs, and other displays showing support and solidarity for the LGBTQ+ community, one Dallas church has opted to paint the town, literally. On the corner ...

If I had a nickel for every time I toured a medieval castle in rural Texas just northwest of Houston, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice. The first ...

Lauren Oertel’s story, “Routine Surgery,” has an ending she believes many women across Texas are experiencing in nightmares. A young Texas woman, Hannah, watches as the state legislature gleefully ...

“One of the more dramatic temperature swings in recent memory is expected to take place between Monday and Tuesday,” so writes the National Weather Service in a recent area forecast. While our much ...