After years studying errors in death penalty cases, Columbia University law professor James Liebman wondered whether he could prove someone had been executed for a crime they didn’t commit. To test ...

Al Green was a fighter past his prime, and Houstonians finally chose a new direction. But a post-Voting Rights Act world ...

Heading into what is expected to be one of the most favorable cycles for Democrats in Texas in nearly a decade, the statewide ...

Led by James Talarico, a relatively well-qualified Democratic slate—one that poorly reflects the state's demography and ...

Update: Bo French prevailed by about one percentage point over Jim Wright on May 26. He will face Democrat Jon Rosenthal in November. Former Tarrant County GOP Chairman Bo French is running what can ...

In a crucial congressional race this November, Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy Johnny Garcia vies to join the ranks of two fellow South Texas Blue Dog Dems in Washington.

The highly dramatic—if not as thoroughly entertaining as advertised—U.S. Senate Republican runoff between Ken Paxton and John ...

And so Colin Allred’s three-year journey through the wilderness of ambition ends more or less where it began. Three years ago ...

In Hidalgo County's open House District 41, Bernie-backed Julio Salinas is up against McAllen City Commissioner Seby Haddad, ...

The instinct of the response so far has been right, but incomplete. New maps. New litigation. State-level laws. Congressional ...

A version of this story ran in the May / June 2026 issue. In their book released this January, Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports, authors Ellie Roscher and Anna Baeth offer a ...