The January/February 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine depicts a military vehicle, topped with a foreboding looking apparatus covered in tubes and lenses, against the backdrop of a tree turned bright, orangey red with an infrared filter. Headline: The River and the Fever Dream: Seeing the surreal in border militarization by Jordan Vonderhaar. Other headlines: The Texas Triumph over 'Housing First' by Steven Monacelli, LNG's Forseeable Future by Gaige Davila.