Texas

A healthcare worker tends to a patient in the Covid Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on July 2, 2020. Despite its renowned medical center, with the largest agglomeration of hospitals and research laboratories in the world, Houston is on the verge of being overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus exploding in Texas. (Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images)

Texas governor Greg Abbott, look at this picture

Image of the Week: This haunting photograph was taken in a Texas hospital just as COVID-19 cases in the state surged after an aggressive reopening plan

Beto on the borderline

The lands fuelling America’s hopes and hatreds have given rise to a contender for the White House

Texas a lot more progressive than we think: Scientology critic

The New Yorker writer asserts Texas’ low voter turnout makes the state seem redder than it actually is

A smart road map to lower carbon emissions? Look to Texas, of all places

Opinion: When it comes to balancing economic growth with reducing carbon emissions, the stars are oddly bright deep in the heart of Texas

A blood pact takes another Black life. Who is listening?

Jordan Edwards’ death exposes, again, who it is that holds power over Black bodies—and white North America must see its complicity

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Dallas launches ‘Canada Appreciation Month’ to lure cross-border shoppers

Freebies and discounts designed to tempt deal seekers

The Schlegel family does Dallas, Canadian-style

An Ontario family with Mennonite values, became the toast of Texas society, even naming one son J.R.

What students are talking about today (Sept. 24 edition)

Texas tuition freeze, a stabbing & mandatory women’s studies

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Government website lets users browse through executed offenders’ last words

They are chilling words, spoken by men in their last moments of life. Texas has been recording the last statements of inmates on death row before their execution for the last 30 years, the Toronto Star reports. You can even scroll through them on the website of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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The southern view of Keystone XL

The Washington Post has dispatched a team to travel the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline. The team’s blog is here. And their first stories from Alberta are here.

Using homeless people as WiFi hotspots

A Texas company is selling this as a ‘charitable innovation initiative’

Texas to spring breakers: avoid Mexico

Even resort towns may be unsafe