The Tyler Loop

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“China prepared me to expect difficulties.”

February 8, 2023

The Tyler Loop Interview: Gloria Mays Washington of the Texas African American Museum

February 2, 2023

📷 courtesy Gloria Mays Washington thetylerloop · Interview with Gloria Washington Jane: My guest today is Gloria Mays Washington....

Who are Tyler’s fashion influencers?

February 2, 2023

Though Tyler is far from the fashion capitals of the world like New York or Paris, you don’t have to look hard...

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“She lifted me up and carried me to the first aid station where I could get my ankles wrapped.”

January 29, 2023

Texas ag agency says climate change threatens state’s food supply

January 8, 2023

After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis

January 8, 2023

A boil-water notice in Houston made national news. In rural Texas, it’s a way of life.

December 11, 2022

Porchella by The Tyler Loop

December 4, 2022

Here’s what you missed at Out of the Loop 8

November 26, 2022

Feather by Feather: A Vision of Wings

November 10, 2022

Meet the storytellers, musicians and organizers of Out of the Loop 8: True stories from Tyler and East Texas

November 8, 2022

Monday, Nov. 7: Free Mini-Doc Screening and Discussion

November 6, 2022

Out of the Loop

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April 12, 2019

Meet the storytellers of Out of the Loop 7: True stories from Tyler and East Texas

April 22, 2022

A field of weeds or an oasis of flowers? How an incident in Brookshire’s gave Yasmeen Khalifa resolve to show up in Tyler

February 25, 2020

Out of the Loop 4 premiers Nov. 7

October 29, 2020

When it comes to the future of East Texas wine, Michael McClendon is crushing it

May 19, 2019

Curtain call: What you missed at Out of the Loop 7

May 3, 2022

Data-Driven Reporting

How will the COVID Christmas surge affect Tyler in the weeks ahead?

December 29, 2020

Tyler’s voter turnout is so low, 100 votes could swing an election

April 27, 2017

A 1933 map of the East Texas Oil Field, by E.D. Ray. Published online by the Texas General Land Office.

Is Tyler’s economy really tied to oil booms and busts?

August 9, 2017

A foreclosure sign.

In Tyler, as in America, the wealth gap between blacks and whites is all about housing

August 29, 2017

A hole in the wall food tour

December 31, 2020

Think Tyler is changing because of a big spike in migration? Not quite.

April 23, 2018