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Teaching kids how to play soccer made me a better person. So why don’t more Texans volunteer?
Teaching kids how to play soccer made me a better person. So why don’t more Texans volunteer?
Whether helping prevent military suicides or reversing a childcare desert, these Texans are finding creative solutions to big problems.
Lone Star State residents found ways big and small to lend each other a helping hand.
Adeeb Barqawi founded the nonprofit ProUnitas, which helps connect social, health, and education services with the students who need them most.
With governments increasingly incapable of addressing everything from homelessness to veterans’ needs, ordinary Texans are stepping into the breach.
The Other Ones Foundation, led by Chris Baker, transformed a state-run encampment site for Austinites experiencing homelessness into a welcoming refuge.
San Antonio’s Leon and Leticia McNeil have introduced generations of Black and Latino youth to the outdoors through their nonprofit, City Kids Adventures.
Where to immerse yourself in the subculture.
Call them the astronauts of the underground. The state’s cavers are a literal subculture, daring to go where no one has gone before.
Alligator snapping turtle populations in Texas were dwindling. One family of smugglers had been poaching them from the state for years.
Reader letters published in our December 2023 issue.
The latest issue of Texas Monthly features more than the usual number of Texans committing creative acts of altruism.
A 1991 mass shooting in Killeen inspired legislation that has made Texas America’s most gun-friendly state.
Hunters in Texas kill a lot of white-tailed deer each year. What would happen if they didn’t kill any at all?
The diminutive swamp dragon of the Piney Woods has a fascinating life cycle. Just don’t eat one.
Plus, a cocktail that carnivores can get behind and a pig you’ll get way behind, if you know what’s good for you.
The Arlington native has earned four Grammy nominations, performed at the Super Bowl, and toured with Shania Twain. But is she “Nashville” yet?
Deacon Jeff Willard blesses seafarers with everything from prayers to rides around Galveston Island to cherry cigarillos.
What do you get when you convert a gas-guzzling muscle machine into an EV? A ride that “hauls more ass.”
Just southeast of San Antonio, a rare European American dialect may be dying, or already dead. That’s a shame. Or is it?
For a long time, Texas Republican chairman Matt Rinaldi couldn’t win elections. Now he wants to decide them—by exacting revenge on opponents within his party.
The Von Erichs get the Hollywood treatment, Tomball raises its stein, Beyoncé resurrects the Renaissance tour, and a Houston artist is golden.
In a Houston restaurant named for his great-grandmother, Mississippi-born chef Lucas McKinney is having a whole lot of fun with a menu that ranges from gumbo and po'boys to chicken on a stick and moon pies.
The Austin jeweler's pieces appeal to powerful women, including Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion, and Angelina Jolie.
Drive up State Park Road 100 long enough and the beach comes to meet you.
Don’t take aguachile’s lightness for weakness. The spicy dish packs a punch.
Wildcatter Ranch, near Possum Kingdom Lake, caters to weekend cowboys from around the world.