Kay and Rick both have some ’splaining to do.
Morgan Smith
Morgan Smith was a reporter at the Tribune from 2009 to 2018, covering politics, public education and inequality.
In 2013, she received a National Education Writers Association award for “Death of a District,” a series on school closures. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College, she moved to Austin in 2008 to enter law school at the University of Texas.
A San Antonio native, her work has also appeared in Slate, where she spent a year as an editorial intern in Washington D.C.
The Remedy
Should Congress salvage health care reform? How? Is it possible? Democrats in the Texas delegation sound off.
The Brief: January 25, 2010
Is Texas building a highway to nowhere? No. But Texas legislators like their pork barrel transportation spending just as much as their Alaskan counterparts, apparently.
An Interview with Fred Lewis, Part 1
An interview with Fred Lewis, the man behind Houston Votes 2010, a voter registration drive in Harris County of unprecedented scale.
An Interview with Fred Lewis, Part 2
An interview with Fred Lewis, the man behind Houston Votes 2010, a voter registration drive in Harris County of unprecedented scale.
An Interview with Fred Lewis, Part 3
An interview with Fred Lewis, the man behind Houston Votes 2010, a voter registration drive in Harris County of unprecedented scale.
An Interview with Fred Lewis, Part 4
An interview with Fred Lewis, the man behind Houston Votes 2010, a voter registration drive in Harris County of unprecedented scale.



