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A Looming Execution Raises Questions of Race, Responsibility, and Rap

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When the AI Cloud Comes for Texas Water

Legislators are (sort of) beginning to grapple with the grim costs that come with the state’s data center boom.
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Making Coffee with a Candle—and Other Notes from a Cuba Gone Dark

The Cuban government has been blaming the United States for its problems since 1959—sometimes rightly, sometimes not. At this point, my only position comes from seeing a grandmother's coffee ...
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As Contract Negotiations Drag On, Texas Starbucks Workers Have Learned the Power of Organizing

We have an in everywhere. It's not hard to talk to other people that do the same thing that you do on a daily basis, and ...
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Defending the Most Vulnerable in San Marcos

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2026 issue. Juan Miguel Arredondo believes there’s a spirit of solidarity in San Marcos that sets his Central Texas college town apart, even as ...
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Legislators are (sort of) beginning to grapple with the grim costs that come with the state’s data center boom. by Miranda Williamson.
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Starbucks Union

“We have an in everywhere. It's not hard to talk to other people that do the same thing that you do on a daily basis, and oftentimes they have the same grievances that you do." ...