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A Statement from the Texas Democracy Foundation

On February 26, the board of directors of the Texas Democracy Foundation—the parent nonprofit of the Texas Observer—announced that Gabriel Arana is no longer Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Observer. Independently, the board announced that the Observer has been restructured to ensure its financial stability. As part of this process, two…

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‘It’s the South’: Harris County Sends 15 Times More Black Men to Death Row than White

Texas’ largest county remains the state’s deadliest when it comes to capital murder convictions, a new report says.

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‘Their Knees Are Still on Our Necks’: Black Women in Higher Ed

Female African American scholars still face significant obstacles in academia even without being slapped by Governor Greg Abbott’s regressive reforms.

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Abbott’s Border Military Base Could Cost Texans $500 Million

Last Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Eagle Pass, the border town he has turned into a militarized staging ground for his standoff with the feds. It was his third such press conference in as many weeks. Flanked by his appointed border czar and the adjutant…

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Kim Ogg: DA Under Fire

Harris County had big plans to reform its criminal justice system. What went wrong? Houston-area DA Kim Ogg in crisis.

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‘It’s Time for a Change’: Dem Behind HISD Takeover Faces Challengers

House Representative Harold Dutton Jr. stands behind the state takeover of the district. Can he survive another reelection after its fallout?

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Poem: Drought

We sit by the window of the nursing home where her face can feel the sun. Poetry by Thomas Mason, a retired environmental lawyer from Austin.

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Federal Judge Halts Texas Deportation Law

Senate Bill 4, the controversial state immigration law, “slaps the federal immigration law right in the face."

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Parker County ‘White Nationalist Fight Club’ Leader Exposed

Rhett Murry Loftis, the Texas Active Club leader, blurred his face but forgot to scrub his socials. From Steven Monacelli.

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Judge Dismisses Charges Against Brownsville ISD Honor Student

For a third time, the Cameron County District Attorney's Office had asked for more time to pursue criminal charges against 11-year-old Timothy Murray.

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Austin Officials Condemn Anti-Palestinian Hate Crime but Remain Divided over Ceasefire Resolution

Mayor Kirk Watson condemned last week’s attack after a pro-Palestine rally, while warning against a ceasefire resolution.

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Anti-DEI Law Implementation Has Been a Disaster

Kowtowing to the legislature, UT Austin disbanded all its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs wholesale—with little input from students or faculty.

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Port Arthur’s 30-Year Fight for Environmental Justice

30 years after a landmark executive order, a report from the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor of Port Arthur and Beaumont.

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Loon Star State: Hoax

Cartoonist Ben Sargent on the Republican view of science and climate change, from the January/February 2024 issue of Texas Observer.

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Right-Wing Bloggers Busted During Militia Border Tour

Bloggers arrested for drug possession after receiving information that someone in a caravan was pointing a gun at migrants, DPS report says.

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Jim Crow Still Lingers in Bonham, Civil Rights Lawyers Say

Civil rights complaint alleges biracial child faced two years of racially motivated attacks in Bonham. From Reporting Fellow Josephine Lee.

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The Cancer Factory

Too many U.S. workers still suffer and die from exposure to well-known toxic substances, a Texas investigative reporter’s new book says.

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A Palestinian American Was Stabbed in ‘Bias-Motivated’ Attack in Austin

Police are investigating the assault as a potential hate crime as advocates call for local leaders to back a ceasefire in Gaza.

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Did an Operation Lone Star Contractor Fly Tennessee’s Governor to Eagle Pass?

Flight records indicate one of the governors at a Texas press event may have flown there on a jet owned by Gothams, a border contractor.

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Insects All Around Us

Exploring the foliage for crawling, flying critters in one of Austin’s most beautiful nature preserves, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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The Long Road to a Juneteenth Museum

Architects have made a Fort Worth neighborhood’s history part of the plan for this unique Juneteenth museum.

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Abbott’s Border Standoff Fueled by a Climate Crisis He Helped to Create

Record levels of forced migration are tied to a climate crisis that Governor Greg Abbott worsened on behalf of the fossil fuel industry.

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After Abortion Ban, Texas Teen Birth Rate Rises

According to a University of Houston report, the increase reverses a 15-year trend. And unwanted pregnancies will rise, researchers predict.

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Abbott Appointee Slams Brakes on American Indian/ Native Studies Course

The chair of the state Board of Education claims he needed more time to assess the curriculum without “drama or controversy.”

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San Fernando: The Last Stop

A disturbing new book from journalist Marcela Turati reveals organized criminals routinely targeted and killed travelers at the Texas border.

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