Our Favorite Photos of 2022
From emotion-filled portraits to sweeping landscapes, this year’s top shots required out-of-the-box concepts and a little quick thinking.
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The Untold Story of the Insular Texas Family That Invaded the U.S. Capitol
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A Peek Inside Herschel Walker’s Controversial Texas Mansion
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The DWI Lawyer Who Represented Cocaine Traffickers—and Paid the Price
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Harris County Botched Another Election. The GOP Senses Opportunity.
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Who Was Robert Abel, the Former NASA Engineer Suspected in the Texas Killing Fields Murders?
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Inside Carla Rockmore’s Famous and Fabulous Dallas Closet
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East Texas’s Most Exciting New Store Is Hidden in a Small-town Mansion
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The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition
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Guns N’ Roses Welcomes Texas Firearms and Flower Shop to the Jungle With a Lawsuit
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The Texanist: How Do You Become an Honorary Texan?
News & Politics
A Federal Court Will Rule on Book Bans in Llano. Many in the Community Have Already Made Up Their Minds.
Over the last year, the pulling of a dozen books off county library shelves has split the Hill Country town.
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Mike Leach Is Thinking . . .
And you would be too if you were an itinerant Rollerblader with a passion for pirates who’d reinvented the game of college football, brought joy to Lubbock, beaten UT, and narrowly missed a shot at a national championship. And what you’d be thinking is, “Gangway!”
Football Heroes
The best part of Texas high school football is that it’s the biggest thing in town—and still only a game.
The Case for Castration
Critics call it brutal and barbaric, but it may be the most effective treatment for sex offenders.
Being Texan
Folks in Boerne Bought Hundreds of Poinsettias to Support a Struggling Garden Shop
That’s the holiday spirit, y’all.
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Podcasts
‘White Hats,’ Episode 1: Rangers and ‘Rinches’
On the first episode of ‘White Hats,’ we visit the museum that tells the Rangers’ official history, then drive to South Texas to hear about efforts to bring other perspectives into the mainstream.
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America’s Girls, Episode 1: The Rise to Fame
The modern Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders launch in 1972 and rocket to national fame.
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Tom Brown’s Body, Chapter 1: A Pretty Little Place
In 2016 a popular teenager disappeared in the tiny Panhandle community of Canadian. Two years later, his remains were discovered beneath a tree outside of town. But to this day, no arrests have been made, and it seems that nearly everyone involved in the case has fallen under suspicion.
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John Wayne Wasn’t a Texan. But His Legacy Lives On in Fort Worth.
In a video interview, Ethan Wayne, the film star’s son, explains how an exhibit at the Fort Worth Stockyards began with a storage unit full of his dad’s untold stories.
Food & Drink
One Decadent Weekend in San Antonio, I Finally Became the ‘Fancy Mom’
After raising three kids on a budget, novelist Amanda Eyre Ward indulges her teen fantasy of being the parent who says, “Order whatever you want.”
BBQ
Texas-ing Their California: L.A. Gets an Influx of Stellar Barbecue
From the underground to the top of best-of lists, these Los Angeles–area joints have endured a barrage of red tape to serve excellent Texas-style ’cue.
Travel & Outdoors
Take a Hike on New Year’s Day, and You’ll Have Good Luck All Year
Well, that might be a stretch. But these six Texas hikes will start your 2023 off right.
Longreads
Bus Fires, Voodoo Candles, and Rodeo Legends: Inside Robert Earl Keen’s Epic Final Tour
The Texas troubadour’s farewell lap was full of misadventures and unforgettable moments. Kind of like a classic REK song.
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