Dead or in Prison by Eighteen
Recuerdos de un Chicano When I was sixteen, I got a traffic ticket. I thought the ticket was wrong, so I did something I suppose was already characteristic of me.
The US went to war for land and slaves
You won’t find it in our history books, but one reason—perhaps one of the major reasons—the United States invaded Mexico may have been slavery. Mexico had abolished slavery, and thousands
Sam Altman Says Workers Secretly Like Being Busy. He Should Ask One.
Sam Altman has an interesting theory about American workers. Artificial intelligence may make people enormously more productive, he says, but don’t expect everyone to use that productivity to work fewer
Republicans Would Rather Spend $2 Billion Stoking Trump’s Stupidity Than Feeding Children.
It’s Easy to Spend Someone Else’s Money — Especially When It’s $2 Billion When Houston Congressman Mickey Leland went to Washington and fought for money to feed hungry people, the
8.11.2026 – News Americans Are Reading
Using AP’s Most Read list plus major national front-page coverage as the best morning snapshot of reader interest. (AP News) I can also pull the separate Meme News list now.
Republicans – a party of Rabid, Incompetent Idiots.
A senior Republican congressional staffer says conservative organizations spent years choosing ideological loyalty over competence. Now he says they have created “a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.” Sometimes a political
A Mexican Will Never Be President
Recuerdos de un Chicano When I was a boy, a teacher asked the class a question adults often ask children. What do you want to be when you grow up?
The Texas County That Ordered All Mexicans Out
In September 1856, white residents of Colorado County, Texas, became convinced that hundreds of enslaved people were preparing to rise against them. The alleged plan was terrifying if you were
Our Past Wasn’t Always Beautiful. That’s Why We Must Teach It.
Screwworm science offers an accidental lesson about the fraud of American eugenics. There is a strange lesson hiding inside the return of the New World screwworm to Texas. The United
Proud to Be Brown
How young Texans with little money and a lot of shoe leather built La Raza Unida — and what Texas Democrats might learn from them today When I was a
8.10.2026 – news Americans are reading
A snapshot of stories leading or trending across major U.S. news sites this morning, rather than a literal national readership ranking. (AP News)
What If Houston Likes Flock Cameras Because They’re Useful to ICE?
Houston is expanding a network of cameras capable of recording license plates and helping police determine where vehicles have traveled. Officials can point to an obvious reason for them: crime.
8.9.2026 – News Americans are reading
Iran hardens its position as Strait of Hormuz crisis continues — Iran says direct U.S. talks will not resume while it considers the interim agreement breached, while Houthi attacks are
Sunday comics – 8.9.2026
Trying something new to see if anyone is interested: These were creations I made with ChatGPT, and I noticed they have a lot of screws missing. I wonder if this
They Don’t Hate Workers. They Love Money More.
Twenty-three thousand jobs disappeared from U.S. payrolls in July. Wall Street responded by setting a record. The S&P 500 rose 0.62 percent Friday to a record high. The Nasdaq jumped
The Object From the Beginning Was to Terrorize — Even to the Point of Death
The Object From the Beginning Was to Terrorize — Even to the Point of Death The death of Edwin Lopez-Cornejo in a New Jersey immigration jail might have been reported
8.8.2026 – news Americans are reading
U.S. Economy Loses 23,000 Jobs in July U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in July, while earlier estimates for May and June were revised downward by another 103,000 jobs. The
When Latinos find out that Abbott was willing to kill Latinos to keep Texas in white control.
Greg Abbott Is Still the Favorite. But He Can Hear the Hooves Behind Him. Greg Abbott Talked About Shooting People at the Border. Latino Texans Need to Hear It Before
Fox Poll Says Talarico May Win Texas
There are political polls, and then there are political polls that make you stop and look at who conducted them. Candidates and political organizations have been releasing favorable internal polls