Meet the Rebel Alliance Taking On the Texas History Establishment
At a symposium organized by the newly formed Alliance for Texas History in Fort Worth last weekend, University of Houston doctoral student Shine Trabucco, who is of Taos Pueblo and Quecha descent, beg...
Inside Major League Rugby’s Texas-Size Growth Plan
For an American sports fan, following a rugby match can be disorienting. The constant action is a remedy against boredom, but the experience is like watching every other sport you might be familiar wi...
Country Singer Parker McCollum Doesn’t Believe in Forcing It
Country singer Parker McCollum epitomizes cowboy swagger. His usual white tee, gold chain, and heavily starched jeans are as much of a uniform as Orville Peck’s mask of fringe. Heck, he even has a w...
How Dan Rather Helped Turn “TV Journalism” Into an Oxymoron
Dan Rather was perhaps the most famous journalist in America back when being a news anchor at one of the big three network television channels—ABC, CBS, and NBC—mattered. The Texas native’s lo...
Texas Monthly Wins Two Awards
Last week, it was announced that Texas Monthly was recognized by two prestigious entities: the Religion News Association and the Webby Awards. The RNA awards ceremony took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl...
Meet Max Chiefari, Globe-trotting Barbecue Consultant
Mauro “Max” Chiefari was in the Nile Delta, about a hundred miles north of New Cairo, when he felt his stomach rumble. He had just eaten some raw-milk cheese shared with him while on a search for ...