Jef Rouner
Jef Rouner is an award-winning freelance journalist, the author of The Rook Circle, and a member of The Black Math Experiment. He lives in Houston where he spends most of his time investigating corruption and strange happenings. Jef has written for Houston Press, Free Press Houston, and Houston Chronicle.
Migrants Die As Border Policy Is Deadlocked
At least 50 people died outside of San Antonio in a human smuggling operation in late June after the air conditioning failed in a...
Texas Republicans Assault On Personal Liberty Puts State In National Spotlight
In 2011, a Houston filmmaker and photographer named Gary Watson released a six-issue comic called After Twilight that portrayed Texas as a theocratic secessionist...
New Voting Rights Act Case Could Have Dire Consequences For Texas
Even as the country is recovering from a slew of far-right decisions from the Supreme Court of the United States, the next major fights...
Texas Seceding Would Be A Violent Nightmare
At the Texas Republican Party convention, a resolution was passed to promote a referendum on possible secession. Right-wing pushes for secession are nothing new...
The Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories Pushing The GOP
It’s fair to say that the modern Republican Party is deeply invested in conspiracy theories as an ideological basis. Policy has been largely been...
A List Of Things Texas Republicans Were Angry About At The Convention
The Texas Republican Party held its convention on Friday in Houston, and it was more of a parade of grievances than any sort of...
Gun Control Is A Test For John Cornyn
Senator John Cornyn was booed off the stage at a Texas Republican convention on Friday. He adamantly made a case for protecting gun rights, but...
Crime Spike Not Limited To Democratic Cities
In 2020, State Rep. Craig Goldman released an ad that perfectly encapsulated the Republican proposal that Democrats are responsible for massive increases in crime rates.
“They stand...
Breaking Down The Texas Attorney General Race
The race for Texas Attorney General this year is one of the most unique in state history, and it’s very hard to tell exactly...
Highlights From The Primetime Jan 6 Hearing
The January 6 Committee in the House of Representatives debuted their first live hearing on Thursday, showing the culmination of months of work and...
