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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.

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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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News Orgs Fight to Unseal Records in the Paxtons’ Divorce Case

The media outlets, including the Texas Observer, argue that the Paxtons are elected officials subject to public scrutiny.

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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.

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‘I Am Not Your Enemy’

Book excerpt: “The world’s biggest terrorist has a Pikachu bedspread.”

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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.

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‘Never Again’ at the Texas Border

Fighting for immigrant justice is a Jewish religious and cultural obligation.

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Life in the Time of Hurricanes

So late in the season, this was likely a bad one, if it came this way...

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The Arc Doesn’t Bend Itself

A new memoir traces the evolution of a trailblazing civil rights group in Texas.

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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.

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Embattled Texas Oilfield Waste Company Fined After Worker’s Death

A 26-year-old employee at McBride Operating in Waskom was killed when a valve blew off a pump last year. Another worker had sued the company two years earlier after being injured on the job.

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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."

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Texas Legislature Passes ‘Bounty Hunter’ Ban on Abortion Pills

House Bill 7 attacks one of the last remaining options for reproductive care in Texas and declares legal war on blue states.

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🎶It’s His Party and He’ll…🎶

Kendall Scudder on Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg, disaster politics, and his state's economic success

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Where the Water Reached

One photographer’s view of the July 4th Hill Country flood, the state’s deadliest in more than a century

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New Texas Map Starts Game of Political Musical Chairs

GOP’s Trumped-up redrawing took a wrecking ball to congressional districts. Now comes the mad dash for seats.

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Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our September/October 2025 Issue

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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.

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Racism Wrapped in Rural Warmth

Staying in my hometown means facing subtle prejudice in day-to-day life.

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Dems in Congress Are Being Denied Access to ICE Facilities. Now They’re Suing.

As immigration enforcement spending ramps up, oversight mechanisms have been stifled—including for members of Congress.

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Texas, No Exodus

I insist on survival every day I stay in Texas...

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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.

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The Future of Public Education Is on the Ballot in Cy-Fair ISD and Beyond

I’m scared of what’s being lost in our classrooms: critical thinking, open dialogue, and the freedom to be ourselves.

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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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