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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a #progressive #nonprofit news outlet and print #magazine covering the Lone Star State.
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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
In the latest Strangest State, our pal Molly walks us through some of the bizarre news that makes Texas ... Texas.
Read more from the March/April 2026 issue of our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/strangest-state-chases-chisos-creatures-crossings/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Featured story, from Gus Bova: November's liberal army will be helmed by James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa, after the capital city and Latino-majority areas propelled the former to victory over Jasmine Crockett. https://www.texasobserver.org/lead-blue-backlash-texas-dems-austin/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
From Public Health Watch: Accidents causing amputations are on the rise after dropping off during the COVID-19 years, increasing more than 6 percent from 2021 to 2024. https://www.texasobserver.org/workplace-amputations-on-the-rise/
#health #work #Labor #workers #safety #politics #USpol #news
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
"SB 13 also neutered librarians’ authority over their collections. I no longer det"ermine what goes into my collection. I make recommendations. ... In many districts, AI is being used to assess the lists of books turned in by librarians." https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-librarian-book-ban/
#Texas #FreeSpeech #books #bookstodon #library #schools #education
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
"The nation had scarcely processed what had unfolded when another mass shooting wracked Dayton, Ohio, thirteen hours later. We jumped into covering the twin tragedies from afar, another deadly day in a politically divided nation replete with guns." https://www.texasobserver.org/el-paso-book-jazmine-ulloa/
#books #boosktodon #history #GunViolence #border #Texas #journalism
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
From Gus Bova in our magazine: If conservatives are going to unsettle what it means to be American, maybe it’s best to accept the invitation. https://www.texasobserver.org/american-citizenship-and-other-myths/
#democracy #HumanRights #books #politics #bookstodon #politics #USpol #law
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
From our friends at Grist: In Ozona, older adults are thriving. The Crockett County government has created a strong network of senior services, and ensures that they are supported with the help of some powerful new neighbors—wind companies. https://www.texasobserver.org/rural-west-texas-ozona-wind-energy-seniors/
#energy #environment #WestTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #aging
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Our top story: “It would be easy, and not wholly incorrect, to call me a diamondback partisan. If I am, it’s because I like rattlesnakes as they are.” https://www.texasobserver.org/consider-the-rattle/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Featured story: “She was more interested in herself than serving justice. She knows how to talk the talk to the public, but the way she behaved when she was on the bench was just not appropriate.” https://www.texasobserver.org/dallas-county-da-creuzot-ouster/
#Texas #law #politics #USpol #news #Dallas #NorthTexas #midterms
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
On the streets and in the courts more than a century and a half later, we’re seeing the dire consequences that come from attempts to curtail who counts among the nation. https://www.texasobserver.org/american-citizenship-and-other-myths/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
"It didn’t take long before Tammy Fogle, the leader of our local Moms for Liberty group, issued 27 book challenges. She had no children attending our schools, but SB 13 had opened the door for her." https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-librarian-book-ban/
#censorship #books #library #Schools #education #politics #USpol #news #bookstodon
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Our top story: Increasingly, the folkloric entity and the living animal have little in common. What, then, are these snakes? And what does their legendary rattle truly mean? https://www.texasobserver.org/consider-the-rattle/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
From Grist, in partnership with the Observer: Older residents in the small town of Ozona are thriving. Here's the unique way that wind energy is keeping retirees close to home, and giving them a better quality of life. https://www.texasobserver.org/rural-west-texas-ozona-wind-energy-seniors/
#Energy #politics #USpol #news #ClimateChange #environment #WestTexas #Texas
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Out today: SB 13 neutered librarians’ authority over their collections. I no longer determine what goes into my collection. I make recommendations, and a council of parents called a School Library Advisory Council (SLAC) decides whether or not to recommend approval. https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-librarian-book-ban/
#books #education #Library #censorship #Texas #TXlege #Politics #USpol #News
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
In exciting #news, Texas Observer Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher has co-won the Texas Institute of Letters’ short nonfiction award and Investigations Editor Lise Olsen has won for best nonfiction book! Congratulations!
See the winners here: https://texasinstituteofletters.org/winners-of-2026-literary-awards/
#awards #journalism #media #bookstodon #books #Texas @bookstodon@a.gup.pe
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Our top story: Were it up to them, diamondbacks would pass their whole lives without making a sound. But trouble finds them anyway. https://www.texasobserver.org/consider-the-rattle/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
New from Kalyn Gensic: "I entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather, but I enrolled in a librarian certification program hoping it would pass over me like lamb’s blood was painted on my doorframe.
And for the first three years, wishful thinking worked ..." https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-librarian-book-ban/
#library #Books #bookstodon #education #schools #censorship #politics #USpol #Texas
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Previously: A federal jury trial that began Feb 17 is the first major test of the #Trump admin’s campaign to label left-wing activists as domestic terrorists. The case is the first time the government has ever filed terrorism charges against “antifa." https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
#antifa #activism #FreeSpecch #NorthTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #news
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
If the “heritage American” idea sounds equal parts stupid and dangerous, you’ve understood it correctly. https://www.texasobserver.org/american-citizenship-and-other-myths/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Earlier: “Neutrality” is often a way to police whose stories matter and whose expertise counts. Knowledge rooted in lived experience is repeatedly framed as political, while dominant perspectives are treated as universal. https://www.texasobserver.org/ut-system-new-controversial-topics-policy-policing-knowledge/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Molly Ivins believed #journalism should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
The 2026 MOLLY Prize for Investigative Journalism is now open🎉
🏆 $5,000 award
📍 Honored May 6 in Austin
🗓 Deadline: March 20, 2026
If your 2025 reporting challenged power, we want to read it.
Enter now: #Linkinbio
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
#ICYMI, The latest from Texas Observer cartoonist Ben Sargent's Loon Star State.
See more of Sargent's cartoons: https://www.texasobserver.org/topics/loon-star-state/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Our top story, from Steven Monacelli: Wearing black, owning zines, using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance as the government builds its "antifa conspiracy." https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
#politics #USpol #news #FreeSpeech #Texas #NorthTexas #ICE #law #antifa
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
“[State investigators] did not report finding mifepristone, the tools that would be used in a surgical #abortion, or patient records indicating that any patient had received an abortion. They did not find any documents anywhere indicating that abortions were being offered at the clinics.” https://www.texasobserver.org/ken-paxton-prosecution-midwife-power-low-income-houston/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
New from Mary Tuma: “There’s an almost shocking lack of evidence around these #abortion care accusations. What you’re seeing is an attorney general grasping at straws and rushing to indict anyone during an election year.” https://www.texasobserver.org/ken-paxton-prosecution-midwife-power-low-income-houston/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
New from Steven Monacelli: In court filings, prosecutors have cited protesters’ all-black clothing, zines and flyers they possessed, their use of the encrypted messaging app Signal, even possession of first aid kits and Faraday bags to argue that they were part of a criminal conspiracy. https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/
#antifa #antifascism #encryption #fascism #law #politics #FreeSpeech #NorthTexas #Texas #activism #Trump #ICE
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
For generations, Border Patrol has maintained a high presence in South #Texas and has operated with minimal oversight and accountability, shaping a culture in which terrorizing immigrants and their families has become part of our daily life.
Now this culture is being exported to the rest of the U.S. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-militarization-minnesota-alex-pretti/ '
#border #SouthTexas #politics #USpol #news #immigration #ICE
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
"I know exactly what messages moments like this send to children. They learn that #police are not there to protect them. They learn that even citizenship does not guarantee safety when your family is #undocumented. And they learn, most devastatingly, that they are disposable." https://www.texasobserver.org/local-police-collaborate-ice-families/
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
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New from Jason Buch: “That facility is, like, terrible, horrible. There’s a lot of people in there. A lot. Each room has like 45 capacity. And they’re putting like 60 people in each room. The restroom is a mess. Dirty. People are sleeping on the floor, people are sleeping in the restroom.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-detention-bond-prosecutorial-discretion/
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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Still open! We currently have two openings accepting applications:
⚫McHam Fellowship for Investigative Reporting
⚫2026 Elections Internship
Find out more and how to apply at https://www.texasobserver.org/jobs/
#jobs #journalism #JournoJobs #GetFediHired #FediHire #news #media
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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
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In case you find yourself this holiday season with a little extra reading time, or maybe time to return to a story you left open in a tab some many months ago, here are 10 of the best Observer longform stories from 2025. https://www.texasobserver.org/best-longform-stories-2025/
#BestOf2025 #politics #USpol #Texas #HumanRights #journalism #law #environment
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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
#BestOf2025, from @josephinelee@texasobserver.social: Seven years into the costly experiment that is Texas Partnerships, the Observer has carried out a wide-ranging investigation into whether these state-backed charter arrangements have actually benefited Lone Star State kids in struggling schools. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-partnerships-sb-1882-charter-schools/
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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
From @josephinelee@texasobserver.social: Total membership in Texas #unions has been growing. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 603,000 Texans belonged to unions in 2024, up from closer to half a million a decade ago. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-afl-cio-changing-of-the-guard/
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From @josephinelee@texasobserver.social in 2024: My family, among many others, was forbidden to publicly speak their mother tongue and relegated to an underclass in their own land. It wasn’t until the 1970s, when they moved to Houston, that they began to explore what it meant to be Taiwanese. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-hotbed-taiwanese-nationalism/
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New from @josephinelee@texasobserver.social: The Texas Observer spoke with James Talarico in late November about the policies he believes can unite working people, his faith, and why he thinks he can beat John Cornyn or Ken Paxton.
https://www.texasobserver.org/james-talarico-big-tent-revival-primary/
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New today: A UT professor and expert on freedom of expression weighs in on the controversial arrests of 57 individuals, including a journalist, at a campus demonstration yesterday. An interview from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio ... https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-palestine-first-amendment/
#Palestine #Austin #UTAustin #Texas #Police #FreeSpeech #activism #protest #GregAbbott #StudentSpring
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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
“Under no reasonable understanding can irregular migration or criminal cartels’ smuggling activities amount to an ‘invasion’ justifying #Texas engaging in ‘war.‘“
Senate Bill 4 would “turn us from the United States of America to a confederation of states,” said a federal judge. Senior Staff Writer @gusbova@texasobserver.social reports from today's hearing: https://www.texasobserver.org/sb-4-immigration-deportations-david-ezra?utm_campaign=mastodon
#immigration #border #TXLege #GregAbbott #SCOTUS #CriminalJustice #law #police #Mexico #SB4
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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a # progressive # nonprofit news outlet and print # magazine covering the Lone Star State. Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief @ gusbova McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @ josephinelee 🤠 Learn more about us: https:// linktr.ee/texasobserver Become a member and support our work: https://www. texasobserver.org/join/ # Texas # Politics # Culture
Ohio residents today are celebrating the successful passage of ballot measures protecting #abortion access and opening the door to legal #cannabis.
Senior Staff Writer @gusbova@texasobserver.social explains why Texans aren't able to do the same thing, and what would have to change so that we can. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-reason-texans-cant-vote-on-abortion-and-weed/
#politics #elections #USpol #Texas #Ohio #marijuana #voting #democracy #TXlege #news
