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The three defendants, all in their 20s, were each sentenced to seven days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

The book "Lynching and Leisure," asks how the public torture and execution of African Americans became a form of entertainment in Texas. What is the legacy of the Texas style of lynching today?

A good friend emailed me a couple weeks back and asked me why Donald Trump had recently spoke in Conroe, Texas. I didn’t know. I hadn’t known Trump was even visiting Texas. I haven’t been watching the news a lot lately. I emailed her back: “No. Probably a motivated gaggle of his fans there. It’s

A good friend emailed me this past Sunday morning and asked me why Donald Trump spoke in Conroe, Texas, the day before. I didn’t know. I hadn’t known Trump was even visiting Texas. I haven’t been watching the news a lot lately. I emailed her back: “No. Probably a motivated gaggle of his fans there. It’s also, of

For months, the anti-racist organization PRO Gainesville has been conducting protests calling for the removal of a colossal Confederate monument from Gainesville’s courthouse lawn, but Friday, the group took a more provocative approach. “Welcome to Gainesville, The most racist small town in the Confederate States of America,” declared an eye-catching blue-and-red banner unveiled at Friday’s demonstration. Protesters say the statue is a symbol of hate that makes them feel uncomfortable in their own town. Yet Cooke County’s commissioners have chosen to keep the monument in its positi...