‘You are the best El Jefe!’: Henry Cuellar’s Alleged Brazen Foreign Bribery...
In January 2013, U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda took an 8-day trip to Istanbul, Turkey, then to Baku, Azerbaijan, where they met with high-level officials in the latter...
View ArticleA Small-Town Texas Librarian’s Big Stand Against Book Bans
Suzette Baker, from unincorporated Kingsland, was feted recently by the Authors Guild in New York City as a “Champion of Writers”—the first-ever recipient of a national award established to honor...
View ArticleBringing Home the Story of Ben Spencer
Barbara Bradley Hagerty is an eclectic journalist: In her working life at NPR and later at The Atlantic, she has relentlessly pursued stories that somehow connect the divergent tent poles of religion...
View ArticleLawmen Above the Law
Mark Lamb decided to run for sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, after his pest control business failed and a police officer friend gave him a ride-along. “I had this deep burning desire to run for...
View ArticlePipeline Explosion in Deer Park Reveals Hidden Hazards Texans Face
One of the biggest explosions and fires in recent Texas pipeline history was apparently sparked by a disoriented SUV driver who took the wrong road out of an oversized Walmart parking lot in the...
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