texas
December 1, 2006 -
As Facing South readers know, the military is a big factor in the politics and economics of the South. More of our country's troops come from the South, and more are based in the South, than any other region in the country.
May 8, 2006 -
The latest Texas Observer offers an excellent look at how the booming private prison industry is seeking to cash in on the immigration debate: by building for-profit "superjails" to incarcerate the undocumented:
May 2, 2006 -
Those who count themselves as friends of immigrant rights, but who doubted the wisdom of today's May Day boycott, predicted two things: 1) that the boycott would be meaninglessly small, and 2) that it would invite widespread reprisals againt wor
October 24, 2005 -
The latest Austin Chronicle has an eye-opening expose about race, the drug war, and Lone Star justice in a rural Jackson County, Texas, home of the small town of Edna:
September 21, 2005 -
Weather.com as of 12:20 pm:
August 12, 2005 -
Texas is viewed by some as the politically "reddest state in the country" (and they don't mean communist). But a news report today suggests this won't last:
July 11, 2005 -
The Texas Senate just cut property taxes by $4.8 billion, a cut similar to a proposal by Gov. Rick Perry and to legislation already passed in the House. According to the Houston Chronicle,