Sam Hart
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Chicago, IL, United States
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A Brief History of Black Market Brisket
There has been a recent uptick in the number of meat thefts, but it's nothing new. → Read More
Why Are So Many Texas Students Struggling With STAAR?
Experts speculate that the test is measuring the wrong thing. → Read More
#BeyBeAHERO: Twitter's Asking Beyoncé to Speak Up for Houston's HERO
Advocates for the equal rights ordinance are calling on Queen B to leverage her clout for the cause. → Read More
The Texas Voter ID Law, Explained
On the eve of Voting Rights Act's anniversary, a federal court ruled Texas's voter ID discriminates. → Read More
6 Times Rick Perry Surprised Us All in the 2016 Republican Primary Race
The glasses are just the start. → Read More
Race and Housing in McKinney: What Is Changing After The Pool Party Incident?
How new low-income housing and a SCOTUS decision could shake things up, and why they desperately needed it. → Read More
The Battle for Birth Certificates: Is Denying Them To Children Of Undocumented Immigrants Constitutional?
Ken Paxton asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 17 families. Here’s why that probably won’t happen. → Read More
How the GED Became More Difficult, and Why Texans are Trying to Fight It
The high school equivalency test is harder than ever before, and critics in Texas are seeking out other options. → Read More
The Legal Dispute Over Obama's Executive Order on Immigration, Explained
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Friday. → Read More
Plano's Texas Pool Seeks Landmark Status. Plus: Other Awesome Texas-Shaped Things
A Texas-shaped pool in Plano is trying to achieve landmark status, which has us thinking about all our favorite things made better when shaped like the Lone Star State. → Read More
Hood County Residents Try to Ban LGBT Children's Books From Library
The two books aim to educate young readers on gender, sexuality and LGBT history. → Read More
A Tale of Two Cities, a Bullet Train, and the Farmland in Between
High speed rail advocates overcame a hurdle in the legislative session last Thursday, meaning the bullet train between Dallas and Houston could become a reality. Not everyone’s too happy about that. → Read More
The Texas Senate Approved a Bill Deregulating Hair Braiding
Practitioners face an unreasonable set of regulations in Texas, and they’re about to change that. → Read More
Wal-Mart Closures Have Conspiracy Theorists Going Nuts
We’re talking everything from covert military operations to retaliation against workers’ unions. → Read More
How Willie Nelson Celebrates 4/20
By releasing a song called “It’s All Going to Pot,” of course. → Read More