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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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The Judges Who Ruled Against La Gordiloca Are Criminalizing Watchdog Journalism

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lawsuit by Laredo’s most famous citizen journalist, Priscilla Villarreal, aka La Gordiloca.

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La Gordiloca Goes to Court

An unconventional citizen journalist stands up for free speech by suing the Laredo public officials who had her arrested.

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Texas Observer: Covering What Others Won’t

From reader to publisher, Carlton Carl has been part of the Texas Observer for most of its 70 years. A look back at his time with us.

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Top 20 Stories From the Year We Nearly Went Under

After our big comeback (an issue on women's health), we exposed heat deaths at Tesla and USPS, went after the Paxtons, and broke LGBTQ+ news.

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Braving ‘La Bestia’

Asylum-seekers risk life and limb to reach America as President Biden tries to dissuade them. Includes one of TIME's Top 100 photos of 2023.

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Beyond the Refrigerator Door

Multifaceted, multidimensional, Meow Wolf is "art for everybody." Digital Editor Kit O'Connell visits Meow Wolf Grapevine.

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These Are the Right-Wing Ideologues Taking Over School Boards

Conservative consultants and PACs are turning Texas school boards into partisan battlegrounds. From Steven Monacelli.

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Strangest State: Alligators, Tigers & Hailstorms, Oh My!

Weird weather, unusual attacks on education, and zoo animals keeping cool, in the latest dispatch from far-flung Texas.

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Ghosts from Texas’ Past

Dispatch from a haunted—and historically fraught—building in Austin, from Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher in the Texas Observer magazine.

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Reconciliation on Death Row

A murder and an execution date changed those on both sides of the bars. A changed viewpoint on capital punishment.

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On Making News

Renowned journalist Kathleen McElroy made headlines after Texas A&M University reneged on a high-profile job offer. She’s still processing that experience.

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‘Drag is so Healing’: Austin’s Queens Won’t Back Down

Performers remain committed to their art in the face of persecution. Digital Editor Kit O'Connell on how drag queens respond to the ban.

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Short-Term Rentals Cause a Long-Term Mess

Giant rental platforms are creating drama in the streets—and putting money in the coffers of Texas cities.

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Strangest State: Ken Paxton and Other Odd Creatures

Impeachments, record-breaking alligator gars, and other rarities from far-flung Texas. Our regular roundup of weird Texas news.

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Not Your Everyday Snow Cone

From Mexican to Taiwanese treats, an exploration of Bayou City's beautiful diversity through its finest shaved ice purveyors.

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The Trauma Waiting in the Wings

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

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Deep in the Hearts of Children: 50 Years of Public Poetry

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

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Dow’s River

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

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Strangest State: There’s No Place Like … Texas

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

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Loon Star State: Reports of Our Death …

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

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Goodbye to a Neighborhood

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

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Prison Journalist Shows Why We Need a Free Press—Even Behind Bars

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

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Strangest State: Ted Cruz Enjoys a White Claw

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

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Dragging Democracy into the Future

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

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