Ernesto Gonzales liked to hold court in the morning from a corner booth of El Rancho in Harlingen, a busy local eatery festooned with multicolored papel picado party banners—one of several spots he frequented after rising at dawn and reading … Continued
President Donald Trump’s poorly planned war with Iran has paralyzed global shipping routes and spiked the average price of gas by about $1 per gallon nationwide. For three months, Americans have struggled to rationalize both the conflict and the painful … Continued
The drought-stricken City of Corpus Christi is withholding how much water a controversial cryptocurrency mine is siphoning away from surrounding residents. The Texas Observer reported on the facility’s water burden last year in a series examining the cryptomine and artificial … Continued
To best trace the thread of Carlyn Ray’s ascent through the Texas glassblowing scene, you must first consider the lowly silkworm. At the ripe young age of 10, Ray raised the caterpillars in cardboard boxes in her Dallas home, fattening … Continued
This March marked one year since veteran Dallas journalist Robert Wilonsky returned to the Dallas Morning News as a city columnist. He didn’t have to come back. Journalism itself has been taking a pummeling of late. Our current administration regularly … Continued
In the Trump administration’s war on immigrants—adults and children alike—South Texas is a nexus. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested 33,583 people in the San Antonio and Harlingen areas of responsibility between Trump’s first day in office and … Continued