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Deep in the Hearts of Children: 50 Years of Public Poetry

Naomi Shihab Nye, our outgoing poetry editor reflects on decades of artistic expression and education in Texas.

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Allen City Council Member Condemns Nazis, Also Compares Pride Flags With Fascist Flags

"I cannot say for certain he held Nazi views," Dave Shafer tweeted about the Allen shooter, who had swastika and SS tattoos.

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Dow’s River

Dow chemical company holds all the cards on the Brazos River. Part of the Observer's "Drifting Toward Disaster" series on Texas waterways.

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Controversial Matagorda Bay Ship Channel Grows Closer to Reality

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans on dredging a superfund site to complete the projected expansion of a massive terminal for oil tankers.

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Strangest State: There’s No Place Like … Texas

What's weirder than Ken Paxton? Not much, but here's a couple of other Lone Star oddities from Austin to Lufkin.

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Over 20 Years, Texas Allowed 1 Billion Pounds Excess Emissions

So-called "excess" emissions have ballooned in Texas, thanks to an almost total lack of enforcement, report Grist and Science Friday.

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Unionized Texas Journalists Face Biggest Opponent Yet: Gannett

On Monday, Austin American-Statesman workers went on strike against Gannett. “I think that today is just a warning shot,” said one.

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The Awful 88th

Losers during the 88th session of the legislature included taxpayers, teachers, trans youths, and anyone who uses electricity.

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Texas Republicans Refuse to Condemn Allen Shooter’s Extremist Beliefs

When it comes to the hypermasculine, nationalist beliefs of the Allen shooter, Texas Republicans find themselves caught in a bind.

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A Watchdog in the Water Wars

Flooding and bureaucracy drove Mary Kelleher to run for a spot on a powerful North Texas river agency board.

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The Legislature Ignores Suffering Pregnant Texans

Eight more women have joined a lawsuit asking the courts to clarify exceptions to Texas abortion law for unviable pregnancies.

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200,000 Steps on the Lone Star Hiking Trail

This 96-mile Lone Star Hiking Trail, leading from Richards to Cleveland, offers respite from the pandemic and urban sprawl.

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Who Judges the Judges?

In Texas, an opaque system undermines accountability for judges.

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Paxton Is Burning

Has accountability finally come to Texas?

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Oaxaca’s Silk Farmers Seek to Protect Their Way of Life

Oaxacan artisans seek to preserve the unique ways of making the fabric found in their region since the 1500s.

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¿Quién Se Queda con el Dinero Robado a México?

Los planes del Departamento de Justicia para devolver el dinero robado del estado de Coahuila generan dudas sobre quién debería recibir el dinero.

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Who Gets Mexico’s Missing Money?

The Justice Department’s plans to return funds stolen from the state of Coahuila raise questions about whom should get them.

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Charlatans, False Prophets and Flimflammers

A veteran NPR reporter tells all about his misadventures covering religion in America during the rise of Christian nationalism.

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‘May Their Memory Be a Blessing’: Hundreds Gather for Uvalde Anniversary Vigil

A year later, law enforcement has faced nothing approaching systemic accountability for failures at Robb Elementary.

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‘American Born Chinese’ and the Limits of Cultural Representation

The hero in Disney+'s show American Born Chinese follows a familiar journey for colonized people, predicted by theorist Frantz Fanon.

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Wrecking Women’s Healthcare

Low-income Texans depend on family planning clinics. The clinics depend on a program that's in trouble.

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Loon Star State: Reports of Our Death …

The Texas Observer lives! The latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent takes on the near-death of our publication.

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Fast & Furious XI: Texas’ Transgender Youth

Headed for the governor’s desk, SB 14 shows the Legislature has no idea what healthcare for trans kids even is.

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‘A Man Without a Gun Is Not a Citizen’

Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown traces the road from Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to the January 6 insurrection and MAGA extremism.

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In Houston Schools, It’s the Mike Morath Show

An audio recording of trainings for unelected school managers paints a bleak picture of the Bayou City’s educational future.

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