Ahead of San Antonio show, Todd Rundgren talks AI, the algorithm, and the ghost of Robert Johnson

Todd Rundgren is communing with Robert Johnson’s ghost. Without selecting it, the accomplished singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer was placed in the infamous Room 414 at the Gunter Hotel ahead of his show this Friday at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Music fans may reco

From the plantation to the thicket: Juneteenth, Black freedom and ‘marronage’ in Texas

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. In Texas, Juneteenth is often described as the day that Union Major General Gordon Granger marched upon th

Which Bible passages are in Texas’ proposed student reading list? Here’s what the selections reveal.

The State Board of Education is preparing to vote next week on requiring Texas schoolchildren to read about a dozen Bible passages and religious stories, stepping into the long-running debate over religion’s — and specifically Christianity’s — place in the public school classroom. A detailed look at

New mural in Southtown remembers women who died due to Texas’ abortion ban

In a ceremony marked by emotional speeches, abortion-rights group  Free & Just on Thursday unveiled a mural celebrating the lives of four Texas women who died because they were unable to receive life-saving medical care under the state’s near-total abortion ban. The mural fills the side wall of Merc