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As alleged in state and federal lawsuits, Diane Cornwell subjected pupils to emotional abuse and encouraged them to perform sexual acts.

Naomi Shihab Nye, our outgoing poetry editor reflects on decades of artistic expression and education in Texas.

Dow chemical company holds all the cards on the Brazos River. Part of the Observer's "Drifting Toward Disaster" series on Texas waterways.

What's weirder than Ken Paxton? Not much, but here's a couple of other Lone Star oddities from Austin to Lufkin.

The Texas Observer lives! The latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent takes on the near-death of our publication.

The industrial takeover of Freeport’s East End, a historically Black community, by Port Freeport oil and gas developers is almost complete.

Jason Walker has been reporting from inside his cell at great risk to his personal safety.

Smuggling bones. Horses with tail lights. Alcoholic seltzer goes aerial. Just another day in far-flung Texas.

As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for democracy happening in the Lone Star State.

After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.

To our Texas Observer Community, This afternoon, the Texas Democracy Foundation has unanimously voted to rescind previous votes for layoffs. We have secured near-term pledges to bridge our immediate budget shortfall and feel confident that there is time for the Texas Observer to determine its future, thanks to the extraordinary…