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Inside the U.S. Capitol Insurrection

A Lone Star journalist finds himself shoulder to shoulder with rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.

Texas Observer · Jan 6, 2022

Pandemic Without Borders

Laredo's vaccination program has innoculated more than 60,000 Mexican residents.

Texas Observer · Jan 5, 2022

A Boom of Strip Club Lawsuits in Texas

For eight years, Cristal M. Vera danced on a raised stage bathed in violet light inside a windowless club along busy West Expressway 83 in Harlingen. She and other entertainers served as the main attractions for the strip club called Jaguars. And though they worked long hours, performing on stage…

Texas Observer · Jan 3, 2022

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Are the poor subsidizing the University of Texas?

In November 2012, Austin voters were asked to approve a proposition that promised to expand health care for the poor. They approved a ballot measure creating a pool of $35 million in tax money each year for the nonprofit Central Health, an agency charged by the state with funding indigent…

Texas Observer · Dec 30, 2021

Why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Needs Texan Johnny Nash

The “I can see clearly now” singer was much more than a one-hit wonder.

Texas Observer · Dec 29, 2021

Political Retirements Will Paint Texas a Fresh Coat of Red in 2022

If you thought 2021 was brutal, 2022 may be worse.

Texas Observer · Dec 28, 2021

Love—and Casseroles—in the Time of COVID-19

During the pandemic, once-ordinary dinners with friends take on new meaning.

Texas Observer · Dec 23, 2021

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Follow the Money: Part III

Texas money laundering investigations provided federal regulators with a roadmap for overseeing the real estate industry. They didn’t follow it.

Texas Observer · Dec 22, 2021

COLLAB Results

The purpose of this project was to take a rehabilitative approach toward this history of oppression.

Texas Observer · Dec 21, 2021

How Code Enforcement Fuels Displacement in San Antonio

San Antonio officials say demolition orders are a tool of last resort—yet issue them far more often than every other major city in Texas combined.

Texas Observer · Dec 20, 2021

The Observer Recommends 10 Texas Books of 2021

From correcting the record on racism and Texas history, to queer love on the border, to the #MeToo movement in federal courts, we rounded up some of our favorite books this year.

Texas Observer · Dec 16, 2021

COVID-19 Robbed Me of the Joys of Teaching

I thought remote instruction during the pandemic would be the worst of it. I was wrong.

Texas Observer · Dec 13, 2021

The Supreme Court Lets SB 8 Stand, But Allows Abortion Providers Their Day in Court

In an 8-to-1 ruling, the Justices ruled that lawsuits against Texas’ anti-choice law could proceed, but left women in the state to suffer its consequences in the meantime.

Texas Observer · Dec 10, 2021

Pauline Oliveros Emerges From The Underground

The little-known musician finally gets the acknowledgment she deserves.

Texas Observer · Dec 10, 2021

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Texas Observer · Dec 9, 2021

The EPA Placed a Texas Superfund Site on its National Priorities List in 2018. Why Is the Health Threat Still Unknown?

Predominantly Latino residents in Grand Prairie, west of Dallas, say they’ve been told little or nothing about air, soil and groundwater poisoned by TCE, a known human carcinogen.

Texas Observer · Dec 8, 2021

Fragile Evidence

In 2008, Gabriel Solis traveled around the state collecting stories from Texans whose loved ones had been sentenced to death.

Texas Observer · Dec 7, 2021

Justice Department Enters Fray, But Only Congress Can Fix Racist Gerrymandering in Texas

A new lawsuit adds federal weight and resources to an increasingly uphill battle for fair maps.

Texas Observer · Dec 7, 2021

The Export Boom

The export facilities and expansions proposed in Texas could propel the United States to becoming one of the largest oil and gas exporters in the world.

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Texas Observer · Dec 7, 2021

Envisioning the Effects of Big Oil and Gas Along the Texas Coast

These images create an ahistorical record of the land, visualizing the impact and scale LNG facilities will have.

Texas Observer · Dec 6, 2021

Texas Legislators Ask Biden Administration To Reinstate Planned Parenthood As Medicaid Provider

Democratic lawmakers say Texas’ new abortion ban compounds the many existing barriers to reproductive health care for the state’s poorest patients.

Texas Observer · Dec 3, 2021

When A Steer Escapes At A Carnival

Notes from far-flung Texas.

Texas Observer · Dec 2, 2021

The Supreme Court Is Itching to Overturn Roe v. Wade

The Justices seemed poised to allow Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban to stand.

Texas Observer · Nov 30, 2021

A Texas Town Stopped an Energy Giant from Drilling Next to a Day Care. But It’s Trying to Start Up Again.

Arlington’s experience shows how difficult it can be to stop greenhouse gas production – even when it’s putting children’s health at risk.

Texas Observer · Nov 30, 2021

Beyond Books in Pottsboro

In a town like Pottsboro, the library isn’t just a social center.

Texas Observer · Nov 29, 2021

Escape From Kabul

As the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan in August, the Sadaat family was unsure how they'd ever make it back home to Austin.

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