With now hiring signs showing up outside many businesses, Americans of all professions have become familiar with the term “the great resignation.”Almost 3 percent of the workforce quit their jobs in August, the highest such percentage ever reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
What to do With a “Tidal Wave” of Texas Wind Turbine Blades
The wind energy industry is struggling to find sustainable solutions for fast-accumulating piles of dead wind turbine blades. So far, all the options come with an environmental price.
A wind turbine farm in Texas. Egor Shitikov
The wind energy industry is struggling to find sustainable solutions for fast-accumulating piles of dead wind turbine blades. So far, all the options come with an environmental price.
A wind turbine farm in Texas. Egor Shitikov
Katie Hill
Jan 28, 2021, 8:00 am CST
Towns the size of Sweetwater normally don’t need many graveyards. The rural community of about 11,000 people is located in the impossibly flat plains west of Abilene and is best known for the 2,000 wind turbines that surround the area. More wind energy is produced in Nolan County than almost anywhere else on the planet, but since this place has given birth to such a staggering number of turbines, it now accommodates more than i
“Wings of Ebony” Brings Black Girl Magic to Life
Houstonian J. Elle’s young adult novel lets Black girls soar through worlds both fantastical and familiar.
Courtesy of J. Elle
Houstonian J. Elle’s young adult novel lets Black girls soar through worlds both fantastical and familiar.
Courtesy of J. Elle
Irene Vázquez
Jan 27, 2021, 8:00 am CST
When I Get Home, Houston-born Solange’s 2019 album, is an ode to “a kind of Houston of the mind” grounded yet ephemeral, breezy yet intentional, capacious and Black-owned. “I saw things I imagined,” she sings. For Solange, as it is for many of the Black folks who call the Bayou City home, Houston is a community where someone sets a place for you, no matter how long you’ve been gone. It’s a city where in the face of gentrification, redlining, and the afterlife of chattel slavery, you can see things you imagine.
Will the Texas Legislature Stop Police from Arresting People for Fine-Only Offenses?
After years of failed attempts, Texas lawmakers are again trying to curb petty arrests that disproportionately target people of color.
It s common practice in the Dallas Police Department to only conduct fine-only misdemeanor arrests if a person is being charged for three different violations. Dallas Police Department/Facebook
After years of failed attempts, Texas lawmakers are again trying to curb petty arrests that disproportionately target people of color.
It s common practice in the Dallas Police Department to only conduct fine-only misdemeanor arrests if a person is being charged for three different violations. Dallas Police Department/Facebook
Exploring the Rise, Fall, and Lingering Trauma of the Death Penalty in Texas
In his new book, journalist Maurice Chammah ties Texas embrace of capital punishment to the state s frontier mythos.
Gordon Coble was arrested and prosecuted for an outburst while watching his father s execution in 2019. Matthew Busch
In his new book, journalist Maurice Chammah ties Texas embrace of capital punishment to the state s frontier mythos.
Gordon Coble was arrested and prosecuted for an outburst while watching his father s execution in 2019. Matthew Busch
Michael Barajas
Jan 25, 2021, 8:00 am CST
Dalton Coble didn’t know his grandfather particularly well, but stories of Billie Wayne Coble have cast a shadow over his family since before he was born. In August 1989, Billie murdered his estranged wife’s parents and brother. The slayings shocked Waco, and the Coble name continued to raise eyebrows as it surfaced in headlines about appeals in the case over the following three decades. Bill