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The Texas Observer Lives!

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

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Olive Klug’s Melancholy Mood: A Visit with TikTok’s Nonbinary Folk Music Star

“They're trying to sell us and sell to us, but they're also trying to kill us,” Olive Klug said of attacks on trans rights in America.

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Confronting Queer Oppression in Moscow … And America

Queendom, a documentary that recently premiered at the SXSW film festival, should leave viewers—especially LGBTQ+ viewers—shaken.

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The Voting Vendor in Reality Winner’s Leak Is Coming to Texas

Whistleblower Reality Winner started conversations about election tech supplier VR Systems which remain controversial to this day.

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To our Texas Observer Community

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…

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We Did It, Y’all! Texas Observer Will Remain Open!

"Thanks to the extraordinary success of the staff’s fundraising this week," the publication's board of directors voted to rescind layoffs and shutdown.

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True Crime’s Ethical Dilemma

Citizen Sleuth begins as a search for a murder but Tends with a hard look at the murky ethics of true crime storytelling.

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Learning from the Dead

The resident donors at Texas' famed Body Ranch, operated by Texas State University, offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.

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Save the Texas Observer!

UPDATE March 29, 5:15pm: We did it, y’all! Thanks to your incredible generosity and outpouring of support, the board of directors voted to reverse the closure and layoffs. The Texas Democracy Foundation, the nonprofit parent of the Texas Observer, told its staff Monday that it is laying off employees—including journalists and…

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‘I’ve Always Been a Transplant’: A Global Perspective on Texas Hip-Hop

David Shabani’s life took him on an international journey from France to the Live Music Capital of the World.

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Celia Israel’s Got ‘Both Feet on the Ground’

What the historic 2023 election for mayor meant for Celia Israel, for Austin, and women in Texas politics.

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Abortion Laws Stand Between Pregnant Texans and the Care They Need

Doctors are left to guess at whether helping patients, facing severe complications during pregnancy loss, could land them in prison.

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A Border Crossing with the Devil

Hail Mary, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, reframes the immigration crisis through a supernatural, biblical lens.

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This Burned-out Texas Teacher Unseated His School Board President

The Texas public school system almost broke Andrew Gonzales' spirit. Then he won a leadership role in Austin Independent School District.

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Houston ISD Takeover Is a Trojan Horse for Privatization

Leaders of low-income communities of color worry the state’s power grab could deepen inequalities at schools like Wheatley High.

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Clarence Brandley: Unjustly Convicted, Overdue for Justice

One of Texas’ most famous death row exonerees died before winning compensation under a law inspired by his own story.

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The ‘Dallas Express’: Your Go-To Source for Right-Wing, Astroturf News

The formerly Black-owned, progressive newspaper has re-emerged as a "pink slime" media site that launders conservative propaganda.

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Dallas Has a Problem With ‘Zombie’ Astroturf Groups

Despite being exposed as bogus, some right-wing organizations keep coming back from the dead. No one knows who is funding them.

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I Am a Trans Texan

A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.

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For Trevante Rhodes of ‘Moonlight’ Fame, Acting Was Plan B

The actor talks about his move into producing and his unique journey to becoming an actor.

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‘We Won’t Be Bullied’: Abortion Pill Website Fights Texas Censorship

Tracy Droz Tragos’ documentary Plan C, now screening at SXSW, follows the ongoing fight to expand access to abortion medication.

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A Houston Opera About the Unhoused, Inspired by the Streets

Drawing on 60 hours of interviews with homeless residents, the production transmutes daily life and hardship into art.

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The Life, Death, and Life of San Antonio’s Symphony

A decades-long fight for music and high art is also a fight for organized labor in the state’s second-largest city.

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Haunting the Border

"Deadland," the directorial debut of Lance Larson which premiered at SXSW, is a surreal father-son migration movie that will linger with you.

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Border Militia Bill Reveals Texas GOP’s Scheme to Expand State Enforcement Powers

Opponents call it a dangerous vigilante move that will get innocent people killed.

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