Right-Wingers Gain Ground in Texas School Board Elections Anti-“critical race theory” crusaders picked up seats in May elections around the state as part of a nationwide movement. Texas Observer · May 13, 2022
Here Are the Latest Environmental Reasons You Must Stop Eating Meat Climate change is happening. What you eat may mean more for our futures than the car you drive. Texas Observer · May 12, 2022
Texas’ White Guy History Project The 1836 Project will indoctrinate new Texans with fables about our history. Texas Observer · May 11, 2022
Is Gay Marriage Safe? There are many reasons to hope that the freedom to marry victory remains secure—even while there is reason, of course, to fear. Texas Observer · May 10, 2022
Jane Crow The South has risen again. Anything that involves privacy is gone. Texas Observer · May 9, 2022
How the War in Ukraine Could Slow Texas’ Energy Transition Europe’s demand for non-Russian energy is supercharging exports. Texas Observer · May 9, 2022
Texas Republicans Crow about ‘Roe’ Reversal, Lament Supreme Court Leak State GOP leaders have spun the leak as the rightful return of abortion regulation to the realm of red-state rights—and a crusade against the conservative Court. Texas Observer · May 5, 2022
Greg Abbott’s Wasteful Border War Is Draining the State’s Coffers The cost, scope, cruelty, and failure of the governor’s immigration dragnet far exceed that of any of his predecessors. Texas Observer · Apr 27, 2022
Texas’ Firestorm Future With climate change, Texans must prepare for worse conflagrations. Texas Observer · Apr 26, 2022
Melissa Lucio Is Spared Execution, for Now The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of a possibly innocent woman’s execution on Monday. A lower court will review the evidence. Texas Observer · Apr 25, 2022
Texas Anti-Trans Laws Target Intersex People, Too Bans on trans kids' healthcare ensure intersex people continue to be subject to medically unnecessary surgeries in infancy. Texas Observer · Apr 25, 2022
Why Was a Texas Woman Charged with Murder for a ‘Self-Induced’ Abortion? Officials Won’t Say. After a national uproar, the Starr County District Attorney dropped charges against the 26-year-old. Texas Observer · Apr 15, 2022
A Bipartisan Win for Texas: Electric School Buses Diesel-fueled engines harm kids’ health and pollute the atmosphere. Texas Observer · Apr 12, 2022
Will Governor Greg Abbott Stop Melissa Lucio’s Execution? Supporters of the 53-year-old Latina mother hope for a last-minute reprieve. Texas Observer · Apr 7, 2022
Texas Observer · Apr 1, 2022 A Grandmother Is Fighting for Custody of Her Murdered Daughter’s Child. Will She Be Silenced? Gag orders in family court protect judges, not children, critics say.
Texas Observer · Mar 31, 2022 A Lexicon of the Border Wars The “Bard of Juárez” and a Tucson artist co-created a glossary of the violence so many have endured.
Texas Observer · Mar 30, 2022 Filemon Vela Is Just the Latest Texas Congressman to Swing Through the Revolving Door Of the 15 members who’ve left the U.S. House since 2018, at least half have gotten into the business of political influence-peddling.
Texas Observer · Mar 29, 2022 Take Back the Vote We spoke with her about her career, the threat against voting rights in Texas, and the power of the law to protect access to the ballot.
Texas Observer · Mar 29, 2022 A Hollow Victory for Texas Oyster Fishers At a meeting besieged by protest, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission postponed a decision on closing oyster reefs.
Texas Observer · Mar 28, 2022 The Battle of Beaumont A grueling labor fight dragged on in the once-mighty union bastion of southeast Texas, pitting the oil giant against an embattled Steelworkers local.
Texas Observer · Mar 28, 2022 Neither Here, Nor There The City of Austin is back to playing whack-a-mole with its large unsheltered population.
Texas Observer · Mar 25, 2022 Kelcy Warren’s Defamation Suit Has Beto O’Rourke Spoiling for a Fight Texas has strong protections against frivolous defamation suits that impede public discourse. Will the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful use them?
Texas Observer · Mar 23, 2022 A Last Stand for Texas Oyster Fishers After a decade of struggle, the industry has reached a breaking point.
Texas Observer · Mar 23, 2022 Houston’s Hayan Charara Plumbs the Politics of the Personal Plainspoken yet profound, a new collection of poems by Houston’s Hayan Charara plumbs the politics of the personal.
Texas Observer · Mar 22, 2022 Will the Next Texas Land Commissioner Forget the Alamo—and Focus on More Important Duties? From coastal resilience to disaster recovery, candidates for land commissioner could transform the position from a political stepping-stone into a force for good.