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How Can You Tell If Soil Is Healthy? Just Listen to It.

First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils—using underground critter concerts.

Texas Observer · Aug 27, 2024

Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech

DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Governor Abbott’s border crackdown, to “disrupt potential domestic terrorism.”

Texas Observer · Aug 26, 2024

The Mexican American Story

Sometimes learning about history hurts. But if we want to heal from these wounds, we first have to learn the truth.

Texas Observer · Aug 23, 2024

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In El Paso, a Migrant Death Crisis Emerges amid Extreme Heat

As an emergency physician, I see the cost of climate change and border militarization first-hand—ice-filled body bags and all.

Texas Observer · Aug 22, 2024

A Visionary in the Borderlands

While he lived, Canales saved countless lives in the remote South Texas ranchlands. A statewide center in Texas to identify missing migrants would be a fitting legacy.

Texas Observer · Aug 21, 2024

how to admire wildflowers

From the Texas Observer's July/August issue: "rub your eyes & see nothin’..."

Texas Observer · Aug 20, 2024

Observing the Borderlands

As the Texas Observer’s border reporter from 2008 to 2018, Melissa del Bosque investigated corruption and uncovered injustices.

Texas Observer · Aug 19, 2024

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The Walls Prison Break–50 Years Later

Questions linger about Fred Gomez Carrasco’s escape attempt and the killings that followed.

Texas Observer · Aug 16, 2024

DPS Dodges Transparency in Uvalde—Again

Director Steve McCraw reinstated a Texas ranger he’d fired over the response to the Robb Elementary shooting. The ranger’s appeal could have brought scrutiny on his agency.

Texas Observer · Aug 15, 2024

Stories from Deep in the Heart

A new collection of Joe Holley's Native Texan columns treats subjects ranging from Austin's moontowers to a notorious prison to a battle of porcine proportions.

Texas Observer · Aug 14, 2024

Turning Trauma Into Activism: She’s Fighting for Reproductive Rights in Texas and Beyond

Amanda Zurawski, whose lawsuit challenging state abortion bans was ultimately rejected by the state's high court, wants Republicans to rue Roe’s demise come November.

Texas Observer · Aug 13, 2024

A Rough Road to the Christmas Mountains

The small range in West Texas provides gorgeous vistas and huge research opportunities that are finally being realized.

Texas Observer · Aug 12, 2024

Bringing Home the Story of Ben Spencer

An innocent Texan was caught for more than three decades in a web of lies and injustice.

Texas Observer · Aug 9, 2024

When Summer Heat Hits My Texas Prison

High temperatures and scarce air conditioning cause tempers to flare for prisoners and guards alike.

Texas Observer · Aug 8, 2024

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Texas Observer · Aug 7, 2024

A Legal Fight over Legacy Oil Industry Pollution Heats Up in West Texas

A “first of its kind” lawsuit contends that oil companies including Chevron failed to properly plug and decommission wells on private property, challenging common assumptions about plugged wells.

Texas Observer · Aug 6, 2024

A Rancher Who Leads a Paramilitary-Style Group Sues Biden over Border Policies

The rancher is joined by a rural Texas sheriff, who has collaborated with vigilantes, in the legal challenge to federal immigration policies.

Texas Observer · Aug 5, 2024

Return to Kíłááhíí

"I imagine this Elder’s life alongside the arroyo, where water flows in the desert and prickly pears grow in fountains of green paddles and red fruit."

Texas Observer · Aug 1, 2024

Earth Is Still Breaking Heat Records

And 2024 could be the hottest year on record.

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Texas Observer · Jul 31, 2024

Funds to Help Low-Income Families With Summer Electric Bills Are Stretched Thin

A federal program helps people in poverty cover the costs of heat and cooling. But advocates say it disadvantages states like Texas, even though extreme heat is a key cause of weather-related deaths.

Texas Observer · Jul 30, 2024

Neo-Nazi Gang Affiliates Attacked a Mixed-Race Family in Martindale, Only One Was Arrested

Members or supporters of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, identified by the Texas Observer and Bellingcat, appear to have perpetrated a possible hate crime at the location of a river tubing company.

Texas Observer · Jul 29, 2024

This State Program Collects Money from the Deceased. Families Pay the Price.

For nearly two decades, the state’s Medicaid Estate Recovery Program has filed repayment claims against Medicaid recipients after they die, threatening the inheritances of vulnerable Texans.

Texas Observer · Jul 26, 2024

Waiting Out the Storm in Prison

Incarcerated Texans describe conditions in prison following Hurricane Beryl.

Texas Observer · Jul 24, 2024

Greg Abbott Compares Hamas Attacks to Texas Border Crossings at Sheriffs’ Conference

The governor’s comments followed a screening of raw October 7 footage for Texas lawmen.

Texas Observer · Jul 23, 2024

The Banality of Border Evil

What a long-dead, cartoonishly corrupt Texas bureaucrat can tell us about the nature of immigration enforcement and the U.S.-Mexico divide

Texas Observer · Jul 22, 2024

Their Laws. Our Bodies.

Two years after the constitutional right to abortion was eliminated, what’s left of Texans’ reproductive rights is ambiguous.

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