Posts about Texas

When my friend Billy took the stand on Friday afternoon, it would mark the first time emotion entered the record, midway through four hours of testimony on everything the[…]

In this video, I break down the administration's recent decision, exploring how it alienated MAGA sheriffs, Republican judges, Democratic voters, environmentalists, hunters, outdoorsman, and others.

Some places should simply be left alone. That shouldn't be a controversial thing to say. I am writing from Louisiana because I am deeply disturbed by what is happening in[…]

Customs and Border Protection claimed that construction on a border security project in Big Bend National Park in Texas was limited to “survey and design” work. Visual Investigations’ satellite[…]

Texas has always worked cooperatively with the Department of Homeland Security on border security, and we fully support strong border security measures to stop the flow of illegal aliens,[…]

Faced with cross-party mobilization, the Trump administration has finally suspended its anti-immigration project at the border with Mexico, in Big Bend National Park, until further notice. Opponents, however, remain[…]

For over a generation, Texas Republicans have owned the politics of the southern border. Now the Trump administration’s latest border project has them cornered, stuck between constituents outraged over federal[…]

The Billion Worlds newsletter was created to help open my eyes and yours to worlds of hopeful possibilities we may not have known were there. Sadly, in recent months[…]

Last spring, when drought had slowed the flow of the Rio Grande through Big Bend National Park to little more than a trickle, I slung a daypack over my[…]

Dozens of Texas lawmakers earlier this week urged Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to put a stop to the Trump administration’s plans to build border barrier installations at Big Bend National Park.