During baseball season, the public buses in Houston flash a message as they rumble through the city: “Go Astros!!” A similar sort of communal baseball spirit has not typically surrounded the Texas Rangers, a team whose claim to the hearts of all Texans had, until their World Series victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday,…
As news spread over the weekend that gunmen from Hamas, the Palestinian faction that governs the Gaza Strip, had killed hundreds and taken hostages in a surprise attack on Israel, Zarefah Baroud watched in horror from Seattle. Ms. Baroud, a doctoral student and activist who is Palestinian American, said she felt deep sadness for the…
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Beginning in the 1940s, the pilot Mary Barr took almost any opportunity to get herself off the ground. She worked as a mechanic, gave flying lessons and even transported prisoners. She ultimately…
The country is full of bird-themed mascots. But only a proud few have embraced the turkey. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In Cuero, Texas, affection for turkeys extends well beyond a holiday meal. Nov. 23, 2022 CUERO, Texas — America is awash in avian mascots, its…