Southwest
Texas, border communities, and the intersection of energy, trade, and growth.
Beats
Texas
Energy, immigration, military, technology, and the state that operates as its own nation.
Border Communities
Binational cities, cross-border commerce, immigration enforcement, and the daily life of the borderlands.
Energy Sector
Oil, gas, wind, solar, and the energy capital of the Western Hemisphere.
Immigration Impact
Demographic transformation, workforce, schools, healthcare, and the lived reality of immigration.
Military Bases
Fort Cavazos, Lackland, Fort Bliss, and the military's massive Texas footprint.
Water Scarcity
Aquifer depletion, Rio Grande allocation, desalination, and the coming water crisis.
Urban Growth
Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio — boomtown governance and infrastructure strain.
Agriculture
Cattle, cotton, citrus, and the agricultural economy of the southern plains.
Technology
Austin's tech corridor, defense innovation, space, and the diversification of the Texas economy.
Trade
USMCA traffic, ports of entry, maquiladoras, and the cross-border supply chain.
Coverage forthcoming.
In State
New England
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the six-state region that founded the Republic.
Mid-Atlantic
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the eastern financial corridor.
Southeast
Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and the states of the American South.
Midwest
Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and the industrial and agricultural heartland.
Great Plains
Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, and the agricultural and energy frontier.
Mountain West
Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and the politics of public lands and water.
Southwest
Texas, border communities, and the intersection of energy, trade, and growth.
Pacific Coast
California, Oregon, Washington, and the technology and trade economy.
Alaska
Resource development, Arctic policy, and indigenous communities in the Last Frontier.
Hawaii
Tourism, military presence, indigenous rights, and Pacific relations.