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Though petro-giants have long sought lost assets in the South American country, they have reasons, for now at least, not to ...

The special election in Senate District 9 pits “people power” against mountains of conservative cash and the rising influence ...

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At the close of an awful year, a religion scholar offers reflections on resisting despair in dark times, for the religious and non-religious alike. The editor of this publication wasn’t exaggerating ...

Texas Republicans have been wary of unmanned aerial vehicles, with some even backing proposed laws to allow the citizenry to gun down invasive airborne drones. Now, thanks to years of Operation Lone ...

Last Monday, just hours before the candidate filing deadline, Dallas Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett made it official: The high-profile political flamethrower is running for the U.S. Senate.

For labor organizing, Texas was long dismissed as a forlorn place. “Right-to-work” laws restrict organizing here, most public-sector workers can’t collectively bargain or strike, and local governments ...