REVEALED: 21 | Vintage Vibes

How Texas Jails Built Migrant Incarceration

Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.”

Texas Observer · Nov 19, 2024

The Vet, the Cattle Prod, and the ‘Guttural Wail’

An equine surgeon and Texas A&M professor has been convicted of animal cruelty after repeatedly shocking a horse in front of students, among other misdeeds, exposing the shaky ethics training of some veterinarians.

Texas Observer · Nov 18, 2024

Taxpayers Fund Post-‘Roe’ Business Boom for Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Texas

Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal services.

Texas Observer · Nov 15, 2024

For Texas Democrats, a Lost Decade

Or, how to lose in every way, all at once.

Texas Observer · Nov 7, 2024

‘They Bought a Legislature’: What the GOP’s Gains Mean for Vouchers in Texas

Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Governor Abbott’s school voucher majority for the 2025 session.

Texas Observer · Nov 7, 2024

Texas Will Be on the ‘Front Lines’ of Mass Deportation

“We're going to defend our immigrant communities from Trump's attacks, while we hold Trump and people like Elon Musk accountable for spreading lies and scapegoating immigrants.”

Texas Observer · Nov 7, 2024

Texas House Dems Trip Over Their Own Low Bar

On Tuesday, the most modest of boasts became famous last words for the lower chamber’s dwindling Ds.

Texas Observer · Nov 6, 2024

Texas Goes All Red for Ted

Maybe Dems need to recover the lessons of Beto 2018. Or maybe the sun will die before the state turns blue.

Texas Observer · Nov 6, 2024

In the Rio Grande Valley, the Red Wave Makes Landfall

Perhaps it’s just Trump. Or perhaps Texas Democrats are doomed.

Texas Observer · Nov 6, 2024

GOP Claws Back Dem Judicial Seats with Big Money and Big Red Wave

The Judicial Fairness PAC pumped millions of dollars into an effort laser-focused on ousting Dems from appellate courts from Houston to Dallas.

Texas Observer · Nov 6, 2024