Singing, dancing, celebrating: Home Is Here!

11 years ago, Rev. Charles Moore set himself on fire in the parking lot of a Dollar General in Grand Saline, Tx. Why? “He wanted his death to count for something,” said a friend. “He wanted his life to count for something.” www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/m... @texasmonthly.bsky.social

A crazed undertaking! A beautiful list! Of course it’s @dansolomon.com ranking all the songs named “Texas”-separating the garbage from the gold, including Chris Rea, BigXthaPlug, Stevie Ray, Trae tha Truth, Tanya Tucker, Merle, Willie-and of course Big Black. www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Wanna see the human cost of DOGE’s reckless cuts of people who work for the federal govt? @sashavonawesome.bsky.social interviewed 2 of the 5 employees slashed from Big Bend Nat’l Park—people who made the park a safe place to visit. @texasmonthly.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

"For better or for worse, the meat-packing industry relies on immigrants; changing that would likely require fundamentally changing how America feeds itself." Great story by @jherrerx.bsky.social revisiting the site of a 2006 mass deportation in Cactus, Tx.
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For all who celebrate Brentmas:

Mundhra makes us do the same. Do we really believe in forgiveness or is it just something we like to talk about? Are we really defined by the very worst things we did in our lives? Do executions really bring closure? “I'm asking a lot of the viewer,” says Mundhra www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

I Am Ready, Warden is the best film about the death penalty since The Thin Blue Line, though it couldn’t be more different. In Smriti Mundhra’s documentary, a murderer, his son, & his victim’s son confront death, redemption, and the appetite for vengeance… 1/2

In Austin, we take care of our friends & neighbors, and 3 weeks from tonight a passel of Austin musicians will get together at ACL Live to welcome some new neighbors to town-and help build a new shelter for women & children at Casa Marianella. Please join us! Tix: www.acllive.com/events/detai...