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Prison Journalist Shows Why We Need a Free Press—Even Behind Bars

Jason Walker has been reporting from inside his cell at great risk to his personal safety.

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Poem: At the Lindale, Texas Post Office, I Ask for a Book of Stamps

Do you want flags, cowboys, or cowboy hats? A poem by Robin Turner and a message from outgoing TXO poetry editor Naomi Shihab Nye.

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Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor

Greg Abbott didn't even wait a single day before calling for the potential pardon of racist murderer Daniel Perry.

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Turning Anti-Asian Hate into Law

A pair of bills, SB 147 and SB 711, could restrict people like the author's father from owning property, based on where he was born.

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The Path to a Safe Abortion Gets Narrower—Again

Women getting help for reproductive care out of state are under siege.

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Strangest State: Ted Cruz Enjoys a White Claw

Smuggling bones. Horses with tail lights. Alcoholic seltzer goes aerial. Just another day in far-flung Texas.

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Mexican Cotton Farmers Struggle Over Genetically Modified Seed Rules

Spurred by environmental and health concerns, Mexico has stopped approving modified cotton seeds which depend on the pesticide glyphosate.

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Austin PD’s Bad DNA Analysis Nearly Cost This Man His Life

Billy Faircloth was sentenced to 60 years in prison, but an appeals court overturned his conviction.

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The Who Behind ‘Where Wolf’

A crowdfunded story of furries, journalism and murder: Film programmer-turned-comic book artist Robert Saucedo tells us about his creation.

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Tallahassee My Texas

Is Ron DeSantis running the Lone Star State? Republicans like Governor Greg Abbott seem to be in a rivalry to outdo his right-wing agenda..

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‘School Choice’ Is Just a Ploy to Defund Public Ed

The latest front in Christian nationalists’ battle to undermine separation of church and state.

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Mireille Enos Found ‘Hope’ in Lucky Hank

Sugar Land born actress Mireille Enos talks about her training at Houston’s prestigious Kinder High School for the Performing And Visual Arts.

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‘We Are in a Crisis’: Texas Public Schools on the Edge

Vouchers and property tax cuts strike at a public school system already hemorrhaging hard-working employees.

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More Than Just a Number

Participants in Ms. Texas Senior America pageant embrace the golden years in all their glamor, gumption, and glory.

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Dallas’ Evidence Fiasco: An Exoneree’s Lawyer Speaks

Cheryl Wattley helped free Richard Miles, wrongfully convicted for murder, due to Dallas police's improper evidence handling.

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Dragging Democracy into the Future

As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for democracy happening in the Lone Star State.

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The Texas Observer Lives!

After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.

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Olive Klug’s Melancholy Mood: A Visit with TikTok’s Nonbinary Folk Music Star

“They're trying to sell us and sell to us, but they're also trying to kill us,” Olive Klug said of attacks on trans rights in America.

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Confronting Queer Oppression in Moscow … And America

Queendom, a documentary that recently premiered at the SXSW film festival, should leave viewers—especially LGBTQ+ viewers—shaken.

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The Voting Vendor in Reality Winner’s Leak Is Coming to Texas

Whistleblower Reality Winner started conversations about election tech supplier VR Systems which remain controversial to this day.

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To our Texas Observer Community

To our Texas Observer Community, This afternoon, the Texas Democracy Foundation has unanimously voted to rescind previous votes for layoffs. We have secured near-term pledges to bridge our immediate budget shortfall and feel confident that there is time for the Texas Observer to determine its future, thanks to the extraordinary…

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We Did It, Y’all! Texas Observer Will Remain Open!

"Thanks to the extraordinary success of the staff’s fundraising this week," the publication's board of directors voted to rescind layoffs and shutdown.

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True Crime’s Ethical Dilemma

Citizen Sleuth begins as a search for a murder but Tends with a hard look at the murky ethics of true crime storytelling.

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Learning from the Dead

The resident donors at Texas' famed Body Ranch, operated by Texas State University, offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.

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Save the Texas Observer!

UPDATE March 29, 5:15pm: We did it, y’all! Thanks to your incredible generosity and outpouring of support, the board of directors voted to reverse the closure and layoffs. The Texas Democracy Foundation, the nonprofit parent of the Texas Observer, told its staff Monday that it is laying off employees—including journalists and…

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