FOUND: 11 - What They Never Told You

Black Bookstore Owners, Government Spies, and Murder

At the 2025 Texas Book Festival, authors bring new insights to complex stories in nonfiction.

Texas Observer · Nov 3, 2025

A PRAYER for Brody & Rhys

& for Bruno Schulz, shot and killed by Gestapo officer Karl Günther in 1942 while walking home through the Aryan quarter with a loaf of bread

Texas Observer · Oct 31, 2025

SNAP Shutdown Will Leave Texas Students like Me Hungry

I don’t know when this shutdown will end or when my benefits will be reinstated. But I do know we are worth more than the petty arguments of political powerhouses.

Texas Observer · Oct 30, 2025

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our November/December 2025 Issue

A note from the editor-in-chief

Texas Observer · Oct 27, 2025

Texas Can’t Keep Up with Surge in Workers’ Wage Theft Complaints

State labor investigators struggle to process more and more paycheck complaints, with millions of dollars in workers’ pay at stake.

Texas Observer · Oct 23, 2025

A New Generation of Industries Emerges in Texas from Federal Push for Mining Revival

The United States doesn’t produce the minerals and metals needed for renewable energy, microchips, or military technology. Authorities want to change that as quickly as possible.

Texas Observer · Oct 22, 2025

ICE Still Won’t Answer Questions About Prosecutor with White Supremacist X Account

Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer's reporting.

Texas Observer · Oct 20, 2025

Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes

And what Prop Q could mean for the future of local governments in Texas

Texas Observer · Oct 20, 2025

Trump’s ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country.

Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.

Texas Observer · Oct 20, 2025

‘Failures and Grift’: Gina Hinojosa Wants to Stop Greg Abbott from Making History

The five-term Austin state representative will wage an underdog campaign to deny the powerful Texas governor an unprecedented fourth term—and the chance to further entrench his “corruption.”

Texas Observer · Oct 16, 2025