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‘It’s Time for a Change’: Dem Behind HISD Takeover Faces Challengers

House Representative Harold Dutton Jr. stands behind the state takeover of the district. Can he survive another reelection after its fallout?

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Poem: Drought

We sit by the window of the nursing home where her face can feel the sun. Poetry by Thomas Mason, a retired environmental lawyer from Austin.

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Federal Judge Halts Texas Deportation Law

Senate Bill 4, the controversial state immigration law, “slaps the federal immigration law right in the face."

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Parker County ‘White Nationalist Fight Club’ Leader Exposed

Rhett Murry Loftis, the Texas Active Club leader, blurred his face but forgot to scrub his socials. From Steven Monacelli.

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Judge Dismisses Charges Against Brownsville ISD Honor Student

For a third time, the Cameron County District Attorney's Office had asked for more time to pursue criminal charges against 11-year-old Timothy Murray.

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Austin Officials Condemn Anti-Palestinian Hate Crime but Remain Divided over Ceasefire Resolution

Mayor Kirk Watson condemned last week’s attack after a pro-Palestine rally, while warning against a ceasefire resolution.

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Anti-DEI Law Implementation Has Been a Disaster

Kowtowing to the legislature, UT Austin disbanded all its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs wholesale—with little input from students or faculty.

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Port Arthur’s 30-Year Fight for Environmental Justice

30 years after a landmark executive order, a report from the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor of Port Arthur and Beaumont.

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Loon Star State: Hoax

Cartoonist Ben Sargent on the Republican view of science and climate change, from the January/February 2024 issue of Texas Observer.

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Right-Wing Bloggers Busted During Militia Border Tour

Bloggers arrested for drug possession after receiving information that someone in a caravan was pointing a gun at migrants, DPS report says.

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Jim Crow Still Lingers in Bonham, Civil Rights Lawyers Say

Civil rights complaint alleges biracial child faced two years of racially motivated attacks in Bonham. From Reporting Fellow Josephine Lee.

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The Cancer Factory

Too many U.S. workers still suffer and die from exposure to well-known toxic substances, a Texas investigative reporter’s new book says.

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A Palestinian American Was Stabbed in ‘Bias-Motivated’ Attack in Austin

Police are investigating the assault as a potential hate crime as advocates call for local leaders to back a ceasefire in Gaza.

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Did an Operation Lone Star Contractor Fly Tennessee’s Governor to Eagle Pass?

Flight records indicate one of the governors at a Texas press event may have flown there on a jet owned by Gothams, a border contractor.

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Insects All Around Us

Exploring the foliage for crawling, flying critters in one of Austin’s most beautiful nature preserves, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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The Long Road to a Juneteenth Museum

Architects have made a Fort Worth neighborhood’s history part of the plan for this unique Juneteenth museum.

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Abbott’s Border Standoff Fueled by a Climate Crisis He Helped to Create

Record levels of forced migration are tied to a climate crisis that Governor Greg Abbott worsened on behalf of the fossil fuel industry.

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After Abortion Ban, Texas Teen Birth Rate Rises

According to a University of Houston report, the increase reverses a 15-year trend. And unwanted pregnancies will rise, researchers predict.

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Abbott Appointee Slams Brakes on American Indian/ Native Studies Course

The chair of the state Board of Education claims he needed more time to assess the curriculum without “drama or controversy.”

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San Fernando: The Last Stop

A disturbing new book from journalist Marcela Turati reveals organized criminals routinely targeted and killed travelers at the Texas border.

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Border Angels and Magic Moments

A professor and a journalist report from the communities along the U.S.-Mexico border in Frontera, a new book from Sergio Chapa.

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Texas Counties Try to Fight Poverty with Cash

A Harris County poverty relief program intended to put money into needy pockets faces a challenge from a Texas state senator.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in Texas May Violate Human Rights Treaties

Four nonprofits are urging the United Nations to pressure the federal government to protect LGBTQ+ residents of Texas.

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The Judges Who Ruled Against La Gordiloca Are Criminalizing Watchdog Journalism

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lawsuit by Laredo’s most famous citizen journalist, Priscilla Villarreal, aka La Gordiloca.

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Will Texas Cities Stay Silent on Gaza?

Pro-Palestine advocates are pleading with recalcitrant local officials to take a stand for Gazans.

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