UNBELIEVABLE: 21 - The Untold Story

The Phones Are Still Ringing

Lou Dubose edited the Observer for longer than anyone before or since. He expanded the publication’s coverage south of the border and later co-authored books with Molly Ivins.

Texas Observer · Dec 9, 2024

The Trump Picks Who Could Decide Our Climate Future

It's not just the EPA. From Elon Musk and RFK Jr. to Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Trump's choices to lead key agencies are poised to set a very different climate agenda.

Texas Observer · Dec 6, 2024

Texas Uranium Mining Portends Nuclear Revival

State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide power to large industrial facilities. But South Texas locals worry that a uranium boom could affect their groundwater.

Texas Observer · Dec 5, 2024

Texas’ Hotbed of Taiwanese Nationalism

For decades, Houston families like mine have helped keep the flame of independence burning.

Texas Observer · Nov 25, 2024

To the CEO of Centerpoint Energy, Who Smirks Next to a Thermostat that Reads 70 Degrees

I am here on the cold tiled floor with my son...

Texas Observer · Nov 22, 2024

Seeing the Unseen

"The perfect gardener leaves the yard looking as though it were nature itself. ... And thus, say I, are we."

Texas Observer · Nov 21, 2024

‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas

Media attention often focuses on trans teens fleeing the anti-trans states they’re living in. But what about those who can’t leave?

Texas Observer · Nov 20, 2024

How Texas Jails Built Migrant Incarceration

Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.”

Texas Observer · Nov 19, 2024

The Vet, the Cattle Prod, and the ‘Guttural Wail’

An equine surgeon and Texas A&M professor has been convicted of animal cruelty after repeatedly shocking a horse in front of students, among other misdeeds, exposing the shaky ethics training of some veterinarians.

Texas Observer · Nov 18, 2024

Taxpayers Fund Post-‘Roe’ Business Boom for Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Texas

Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal services.

Texas Observer · Nov 15, 2024