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The COVID-19 Crisis Points the Way Toward a Better Texas

Once the virus passes, there's no reason to let the powerful return peacefully to business as usual.

Texas Observer · Mar 17, 2020

10 Ways to Help Your Fellow Texans Endure the Coronavirus Pandemic

Give to your local food bank, donate blood, or support an emergency housing fund.

Texas Observer · Mar 16, 2020

Some Texas Officials Want to Divert People from Jail Amid Coronavirus Scare

Fearing coronavirus, some sheriffs are calling on police to stop arresting and jailing people on low-level charges, which reformers have pushed for years.

Texas Observer · Mar 16, 2020

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A Houston Art Exhibit Redefines ‘Chopped and Screwed’ Music

DJ Screw’s life and work act as a springboard for 15 mixed-media artists, reflecting ideas of identity and agency outside the mainstream.

Texas Observer · Mar 16, 2020

Coronavirus is Exposing the Faulty Foundations of the Texas Fracking Industry

The oil and gas sector was already having problems, but the fear and uncertainty around a global pandemic could end the Texas fracking boom.

Texas Observer · Mar 13, 2020

Seven Austin Workers on How They’re Scrambling After the SXSW Cancellation

Gig workers reported more than $2 million in lost wages after SXSW was called off. These are their stories about what they lost and what they will do next.

Texas Observer · Mar 13, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Trump Administration on ‘Remain in Mexico’

Following weeks of back-and-forth in the courts, SCOTUS has reversed the decision of an appeals court and allowed Remain in Mexico to continue.

Texas Observer · Mar 11, 2020

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In Big Spring, a Rural Community Braces for Another Oil Bust

As prices plummet, the impacts of oil busts and booms are on full display in Texas towns—and local officials are closely watching the price of crude.

Texas Observer · Mar 11, 2020

How Christian Nationalism Moved from the Fringe to the White House

Katherine Stewart’s The Power Worshippers exposes the Christian right’s attempts to revise history and create an American theocracy.

Texas Observer · Mar 10, 2020

An ‘Election Meltdown’ in Texas

How voter suppression, poor planning, incendiary rhetoric, and fear of coronavirus could erode public confidence in elections.

Texas Observer · Mar 10, 2020

With Paid Leave Policies, Texas Cities Tried to Prepare for Coronavirus

Too many Texas workers can’t stay home when they’re sick. Two years ago, a movement tried to change that. Now, as coronavirus spreads, Texas is unprepared.

Texas Observer · Mar 10, 2020

Following a Protest, ICE Moves Asylum-Seekers For the Second Time in Two Weeks

ICE moved 47 women to Laredo following a protest for better medical care. Last week, more than 100 detainees were sent to Louisiana, where courts are harsher.

Texas Observer · Mar 10, 2020

A Day in the Harris County Eviction Court

Harris County evictions increased dramatically from 2015 to 2016, and then remained higher from 2017 to 2019. No one knows why.

Texas Observer · Mar 9, 2020

Loon Star: About Those Elections…

Ben Sargent's latest takes on the 2020 Texas Primary.

Texas Observer · Mar 9, 2020

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Texas Observer · Mar 6, 2020

Confusion Reigns in Matamoros Migrant Camp Over ‘Remain in Mexico’

Amid a chaotic back-and-forth from the courts, asylum-seekers in Matamoros are still waiting.

Texas Observer · Mar 6, 2020

Trump’s Wall May Have to Avoid Multiple Historic Cemeteries

In a bid to protect a high-profile South Texas graveyard, Congress appears to have shielded other notable cemeteries too.

Texas Observer · Mar 5, 2020

Off the Texas Gulf Coast, Tugboat Crews Are Stuck on Their Boats Without Pay

Bouchard Transportation, a massive shipping firm, hasn’t paid docking fees or worker salaries, leading to a rare quandary in U.S. waters.

Texas Observer · Mar 5, 2020

The Architecture of Gentrification

The rules and systems that have produced gentrification aesthetics—financial ones as well as political ones—create a kind of socioeconomic standardization.

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Texas Observer · Mar 5, 2020

Henry Cuellar Prevailed Against Progressive Insurgency, But He Didn’t Go Unscathed

The resilient Blue Dog Democrat held on to his South Texas seat, but it was a much closer call than expected.

Texas Observer · Mar 5, 2020

In ‘Barn 8,’ an Unsparing Look at the Industrial Chicken Industry

Deb Olin Unferth’s darkly comic novel imagines a chicken heist gone wrong—and takes on the factory farming industry.

Texas Observer · Mar 4, 2020

Upset: Incumbent Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton Ousted by Newcomer

A South Texas businessman and political newcomer, Wright has criticized commissioners for accepting donations from the same industry they regulate.

Texas Observer · Mar 4, 2020

A Democratic Socialist Damn Near Won the Texas Primary

It took a small army of politicians and pundits to stave Bernie Sanders off. Progressives should take heart that it was so tough to beat him.

Texas Observer · Mar 4, 2020

Democratic Voters Surge in Texas Primary, Waiting in Punishingly Long Lines as Officials Struggle to Keep Up

Grueling wait times stretched hours past closing time at polling locations in the Texas primary. One voter waited nearly seven hours to cast his ballot.

Texas Observer · Mar 4, 2020

Texas Prosecutor Races Offer Competing Visions for Criminal Justice Reform

In Harris County, Kim Ogg’s more cautious approach to reform wins big while Travis County’s incumbent DA still faces a challenge from the left.

Texas Observer · Mar 4, 2020

State Senator Eddie Lucio Is Headed to a Runoff

The Texas Senate’s most conservative Democrat may not be invincible.

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