Though victory in the state feels farther away than ever, some Democrats, including their new leader, say Texas could still ...

Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.

The unceremonious end of the "end of history” - which has unfolded steadily since 9-11 – and the fading of the Obama era’s alluring but naïve dream of “post-partisanship” – gives robust new leases on ...