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INSANE: 4 - The Real Truth

Lord Taverne obituary

Ousted Labour MP who had a famous byelection win against his old party in 1973 and later joined the SDP

The Guardian - UK

Texas Can’t Keep Up with Surge in Workers’ Wage Theft Complaints

State labor investigators struggle to process more and more paycheck complaints, with millions of dollars in workers’ pay at stake.

Texas Observer

ICE Still Won’t Answer Questions About Prosecutor with White Supremacist X Account

Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer's reporting.

Texas Observer

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Trump’s ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country.

Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.

Texas Observer

Lesley Cookman obituary

Other lives: Author of the Libby Sarjeant ‘cosy crime’ series

The Guardian - UK

In Dallas, Organizers Mourn the Immigrant Victims of Recent ICE Shooting

At a vigil outside city hall last week, advocates gathered to “center the victims” and to condemn the “dehumanization” of migrants by the federal government.

Texas Observer

Inside the Rift Between Texas Dems and a Soros-Backed PAC

The Texas Majority PAC is the latest deep-pocketed initiative meant to turn Texas blue. But have its dollars just brought more discord?

Texas Observer

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‘I Got a Lot of People Believing in Me’: Robert Roberson Stares Down Death, Again

Set to be the first U.S. person executed based on the controversial “Shaken Baby Syndrome” diagnosis, Roberson told the Observer last week he hopes his story will mean something.

Texas Observer

Burden of Proof

Her mother had been in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now, the state wanted its money back: “It was like wild animals pouncing on meat."

Texas Observer

Inside Tarrant County’s Dogged Prosecution of a Pro-Palestine Activist

Raunaq Alam has been in and out of jail five times in relation to anti-Israel graffiti on a Christian church. His lawyer says the case shows "how easily the government can roll back all of our civil rights."

Texas Observer

Liv Little and Miranda Sawyer’s hot culture takes: best podcasts of the week

The gal-dem CEO and Observer critic join forces to dissect everything from Jade Thirlwall’s rise to true crime. Plus, is word-of-mouth hit Wisecrack the next Baby Reindeer?

The Guardian - UK

Texas Domestic Workers Face Trump Attack on Minimum Wage

Advocates warn a proposed rule by the Department of Labor will deepen the country’s “crisis of care.”

Texas Observer

Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.

A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven gang-related accusations.

Texas Observer

A Wave of School District Takeovers Could Be Coming. Some Past Interventions Ended with More Failing Schools.

Fort Worth ISD is among the districts that could join Houston in having its elected board deposed, while Beaumont and Edgewood ISDs offer a cautionary tale.

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How Texas Localities Have (and Haven’t) Spent Settlement Funds to Fight the Opioid Crisis

Experts say that how the opioid funds are used in these early years could set the tone for the next nearly two decades that Texas receives settlement dollars.

The Guardian - UK

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Texas Observer

The Health Penalty

At a North Texas prison, one nurse practitioner racked up more than 20 federal lawsuits over alleged medical mistreatment. The patients’ stories illuminate a healthcare system that often seems like another form of punishment.

Texas Observer

Twenty Years Later, Katrina Still Haunts the Gulf from New Orleans to Houston

A killer storm two decades past still teaches lessons about survival and resilience in a world where weather is getting more extreme.

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The Eyes of Chihuahua

The 20-story Torre Centinela looming over Juárez is part of a much larger AI-powered network that won’t stop at the U.S.-Mexico divide.

Texas Observer

Police ‘Secrecy Grab’ Dies After Senate Refuses Uvalde Compromise

"We’re hopeful that it means it doesn’t come back again, and that we can preserve some level of transparency for all Texans."

Texas Observer

West Texas Congressman’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Cuts Could Harm Rural Hospitals in His District

Jodey Arrington was the House architect of Trump’s massive tax-and-spend bill that includes steep healthcare cuts.

Texas Observer

A Venezuelan Was Detained as a ‘Documented’ Gang Member by ICE, Which Refused to Provide Proof

The Venezuelan immigrant, who has no criminal record, previously worked for a multinational corporation that sells snacks, food, and soft drinks.

The Independent UK

BBC ‘not institutionally antisemitic’, editor says after row over Gaza coverage

The BBC has been criticised for a number of incidents in recent months

Evening Standard

BBC ‘not institutionally antisemitic’, says Observer’s editor-in-chief

James Harding delivered this year’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Texas Observer

The Innocent and the Executed: James Beathard’s Long-Forgotten Story

Beathard was put to death in 1999 for murders that his co-defendant claimed to have committed without him. A new documentary-in-progress seeks to bring his case to light.

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