Jan 04 Watch Convicted Texas Man Cleared by DNA Test After 30 Years in Prison Cornelius Dupree was sentenced to 75 years in prison after being convicted of rape and robbery at age 19 in 1980. After 30 years behind bars, new DNA testing proved his innocence and a Texas judge overturned the conviction and… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Frontline’s ‘Death by Fire’ Probes Legitimacy of Texas Man’s Execution A new Frontline documentary revisits the evidence presented in the case of a deadly Texas house fire. Cameron Todd Willingham was charged with murdering his three daughters and executed in 2004, but some say that the state executed an innocent… Continue watching
Jul 26 Weekly Poem: Two from ‘Newspaper Blackout’ For Austin Kleon, an exercise for breaking writer's block developed into a method for creating poetry. Using a marker and a copy of the New York Times, Kleon blacks out words to reveal the ones he likes. Continue reading
Jun 22 Preview: Poet Benjamin Alire Saenz By Tom LeGro Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a Chicano poet, novelist, professor and painter who lives near El Paso, Texas, just across the border from the Mexican town of Juarez. Much of his work addresses the land and people of the area. Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch News Wrap: Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion Kills at Least 3 in Texas In other news Monday, at least 10 people are missing after an explosion at an underground natural gas pipeline in north-central Texas, and residents of three Midwestern states are cleaning up after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes struck the region over… Continue watching
Apr 06 In Austin, ‘Cathedral of Junk’ Might Be Headed for the Trash Heap The "Cathedral of Junk" is, by nearly every measure, irregular. It's equal parts art work and urban jungle gym; improvised wedding chapel and theater venue; an Austin, Tex., landmark and the life's work of a man named Vincent Hannemann. In… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Incumbent Texas Gov. Perry Rides High in GOP Primary In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry edged out Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to win the state's three-way Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday. Gwen Ifill talks to a political expert from the University of Texas at Austin about the general election ahead. Continue watching
Mar 02 Texas GOP Primary a 3-Way Fight to Possible Run-Off By Anna Shoup Updated 5:45pm EST Voters in Tuesday's Texas GOP primary have three options in the governor's race: incumbent Gov. Rick Perry faces U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina, a candidate from the ever-growing Tea Party… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch News Wrap: No Misconduct by Bush Lawyers, Justice Dept. Says In other news Friday, the Justice Department found no misconduct by Bush administration lawyers who authorized harsh interrogations. Also, home foreclosures fell in the final quarter of 2009, signaling a possible rebound in the housing market. Continue watching