“Generations of family memories wash away in Silver Falls.”
Texas
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Too Wild to Love
“A multigenerational Texas family leaves the state for a new life on the East Coast.”
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Why Did Walter Springs Die?
“In time, it was almost as if he had never existed at all.”
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The Untold Story of the Insular Texas Family That Invaded the U.S. Capitol
“The Munns became a national curiosity after five of them were indicted for participating in the insurrection. But the full scope of their malignant behavior is little known—including to the federal prosecutors tasked with investigating their crimes.”
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A Championship Season in Mariachi Country
“Every year along the Texas border, high school teams battle it out in one of the nation’s most intense championship rivalries. But they’re not playing football.”
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The Most Lawless County in Texas
“Suzanne Wooten did the impossible and became the first candidate to defeat a sitting judge in Collin County. What followed is the unbelievable, epic tale of the craziest case in the history of jurisprudence.”
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An American Girl
“At 10, Caitlyne Gonzales survived Uvalde’s school shooting. Then she became a voice for her slain friends.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s list features stories from Melissa del Bosque, Jeff Maysh, Nathan Munn, Katherine Rundell, and Tom Lamont.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend stories by Seth Harp, Alanna Mitchell, Cezary Podkul, Alex Vuocolo, and Loren Grush.
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‘She Made Us Happy’: The All-Star Dreams of Uvalde’s Biggest José Altuve Fan
In this hard but necessary read, Roberto José Andrade Franco writes about one Uvalde family’s loss, and a small-town Texas community on the edge of the Nueces Strip that has changed forever. Franco beautifully honors the life of 10-year-old Tess Mata, a softball player and student murdered in the Robb Elementary School shooting, and traces […]