Are the relationships we establish through our screens legit? In “How to Know What’s Real,” Megan Garber and Andrea Valdez explore the surprising ways a connection can be both real and imaginary—at the same time. Listen now: theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…

A true loss for Texas and Texans. Reminiscing fondly of memories of Burka and what he meant to Texas Monthly.

1/ I've spent the last 18 months investigating how our government reached the point of taking children away from their parents as a way to discourage migration to the United States. Here's my story about how and why it happened, and who's responsible.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Seventy-eight. Minutes.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Journalism, with our laser focus on the present, is highly vulnerable to this. So these pieces are also a rebuke to that amnesia. To the people I’m writing about, they’re meant to say: I see you. But for everyone else, they’re meant to say: Remember. 10/

Congratulations to everyone at The Atlantic for winning the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, and to Jennifer Senior for winning the award for best feature story. You can read that story here:
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

i know there's a lot to worry about in the world right now but i hope people are aware that houston voters are experiencing catastrophic challenges to democracy in the TX primary election that is currently underway

This is something.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott in November: 'I guarantee the lights will stay on.'
Governor Abbott just now: 'No one can guarantee that there wont be a 'load shed event.''
A 'load shed event' is a planned blackout.

Currently 10° in Dalhart and 93° in Kingsville. #TexasWeather

This is one of the most @texasmonthly @texasmonthly pieces ever — a fantastic and touching remembrance of a true original we all loved by ⁦John Spong⁩ #txlege texasmonthly.com/being-texan/ch…

Half of the abortions in Kansas are performed on people from out of state. It has long been a reliable access point.

But the things that have made that possible could soon change. If they do, the Midwestern abortion desert would be bigger than France.
19thnews.org/2021/10/kansas…

One doctor working. Protesters outside. A woman who didn't want to have her baby in prison begging for care.

These are the scenes from one clinic in the last hours before Texas' abortion ban. Gorgeous, wrenching work from @ChabeliH.
19thnews.org/2021/09/aborti…

🧵 As Texas 6-week abortion ban goes into effect today, some context on the reproductive health landscape this is occurring in. For years, GOP leaders have dismantled the family planning safety net. Much of TX is already without access to abortion, contraception, maternity care.

After nearly freezing to death with my kids this February, when Texas's power grid failed, I now get to anticipate broiling to death with them this summer.

Another epic failure of leadership.

kut.org/energy-environ…

Congratulations to #DarnellaFrazier . #Pulitzer

The Atlantic’s Ed Yong is not here has won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting. In a series of articles, Yong anticipated the course of the coronavirus pandemic, clarified its dangers, and illuminated the American government’s failure to curb it.
on.theatln.tc/cDiheCU

Congratulations to Ed Yong is not here, who just won a PULITZER for his coverage of the Covid pandemic in The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

TONIGHT at 6 PM CT: Join Bryan Burrough, ChrisTomlinson, and Jason Stanford on their Forget the Alamo virtual book tour! They'll be in conversation with Andrea Valdez.

This event is hosted by our friends at BookPeople📚. For more info, visit: ow.ly/QWsC50F2sbG.

6/9 at 6 PM CT: Join Bryan Burrough, ChrisTomlinson, and Jason Stanford on their Forget the Alamo virtual book tour! They'll be in conversation with Andrea Valdez.

This event is hosted by our friends at BookPeople📚. For more info, visit: ow.ly/emBf50F2s96.

It's the last day of 19thnews spring membership drive. If you read and love The 19th (or you just love me and want to keep me employed), consider donating! 19thnews.org/membership/?fo…