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Communities of Color in Houston Will Face Another Hurricane Season Without Adequate Flood Control

After nearly $4 billion in county and federal funding for infrastructure projects, the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods still aren't protected.

Texas Observer · Jul 13, 2021

The Road Home

The Texas Department of Transportation intends to spend $25 billion widening highways to fix traffic in Texas cities. What if we tore them down instead?

Texas Observer · Jul 12, 2021

Greg Abbott’s Summer Special Session Sideshow

The governor gives second life to the GOP’s elections crackdown, along with a smattering of other right-wing priorities that failed to pass in the spring.

Texas Observer · Jul 9, 2021

Moments From the Reopening of Balmorhea Pool

The popular West Texas swimming spot has been closed since 2019 for repairs.

Texas Observer · Jul 5, 2021

Mapping Indigenous Communities of Texas: Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (kirikir?i:s)

The Wichita built towns along Red and Brazos River in North Texas. Those sites remain important to the tribe to this day.

Texas Observer · Jul 2, 2021

Undocumented Immigrants Continue to Be Expelled From the U.S. Under Title 42 COVID-19 Measures

The Trump-era public health order was issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020 and calls for rapid expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers without the right to trial, citing COVID-19.

Texas Observer · Jul 1, 2021

A Place Where Two Things Can be True at Once

Despite the United Methodist Church’s history of violence toward Indigenous people, the Dallas Indian Mission is a place of cultural exchange and community.

Texas Observer · Jun 30, 2021

A Wrongful Execution in Texas Points to the Fallibility of the Death Penalty

A new documentary, ‘The Phantom,’ explores the case of Carlos DeLuna and bolsters the disturbingly convincing case that Texas executed the wrong man.

Texas Observer · Jun 29, 2021

Austin Performer p1nkstar Is Creating New Worlds as a Trans Musician

Austin's groundbreaking trans musician p1nkstar presents pop music that centers trans women and femmes.

Texas Observer · Jun 28, 2021

Resignation Letter

I didn’t become a teacher for the paycheck. I did it to fight for marginalized students.

Texas Observer · Jun 25, 2021