By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefNovember 5, 2024 might have been the day America elected its first female president. In an echo of Hillary Clinton's 2016 defeat, it was not that day. Former president Donald Trump (R) won the critical swing states of North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania to pull the high-stakes game of tug-of-war in his favor against Vice President...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefSen. Ted Cruz (R) will keep his seat in the Senate after a hard-fought race against Democratic challenger Congressman Colin Allred."The results tonight, this decisive victory, should shake the Democrat establishment to its core," Cruz told supporters during his victory speech in Houston. Cruz took Texas by nine points, though Allred and the Democrats out-fundraised him...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefThe Tuesday night debate between Sen. Ted Cruz and congressman Colin Allred was the first and only between the two, but it touched on what the moderators named the two biggest issues for Texans this election: abortion and immigration. “I agree with the United States Supreme Court that under our constitution the way we resolve questions...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefWe increasingly live online. Scrapbooks used to be a collection of personal memories and photos that lived on a shelf or in a forgotten box in the basement. Now, they’re on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, and they exist at least semi-publicly. Using social media as a virtual diary can make it easy to connect with long-distance...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefIn the quiet moments before a performance, even when it's just him, singer-songwriter Jonah Kagen has no backstage ritual. He doesn't drink beforehand because he's already too much of a "loose cannon" on stage when sober, he said, and he's not really the superstitious type. "I don't need to tap the corner three times before I...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefOn the T-Mobile stage at Austin City Limits, a screen reads, “Malcolm Todd and his band had a sleepover last night and they talked about their feelings.”Throughout the set, the indie singer and his band joke with each other and do bits. The irony culminates in a cover of the “iCarly” theme song. Todd cracks a...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefPat Miranda of the alternative rock band Movements was anxious before taking the Honda stage at Austin City Limits. On that blistering Saturday, the heat was warping the air and the dust of Zilker Park cast a haze over the crowd. Though experienced performers, the band typically plays at rock festivals to audiences more accustomed to...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefThis spring a new source of free, nonprofit journalism is launching in Waco. The Waco Bridge will be the first in a growing network of local newsrooms across the state powered by The Texas Tribune, and it comes during a time of seismic shifts in journalism and shrinking local news economies. The Waco Bridge was born...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-Chief26 years after she first strutted around the streets of Manhattan, it’s cool to hate Carrie Bradshaw, the adorable, glamorous train wreck of “Sex and the City.” Next in line is Rory Gilmore, the boat-stealing, pun-making patron saint of female student-journalists. I get why it’s fun to hate on them. They have flaws as obvious as...

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By Emma Weidmann | Editor-in-ChiefInside a public school somewhere in America, there is a substitute teacher that will be the next word-slurring, suit-wearing skinny man to haunt New York City’s clubs. At least, that’s where The Dare — aka Harrsion Smith — crawled out of. It was an unlikely place to find the newest poster boy for sexy, electronic alt-pop,...

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