<p><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/lawrence-wright">Lawrence Wright</a> has investigated the secrets of Scientology and the inner-workings of Al Qaeda, but his latest project didn’t take him far from his home in Austin, Texas. In “<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/10/americas-future-is-texas">The Future Is Texas</a>," Wright examines the political climate of a state in which every statewide office is held by a Republican, even as the state’s demographics shift leftward. Wright argues that Texas holds the key to understanding the direction in which our country is headed.</p>
Lawrence Wright has investigated the secrets of Scientology and the inner-workings of Al Qaeda, but his latest project didn’t take him far from his home in Austin, Texas. In “The Future Is Texas," Wright examines the political climate of a state in which every statewide office is held by a Republican, even as the state’s demographics shift leftward. Wright argues that Texas holds the key to understanding the direction in which our country is headed.