House Loads up Homeland Security Bill with Controversy
This session’s sweeping homeland security bill, SB 9, still doesn’t have a House sponsor but that didn’t prevent a new slate of controversial programs [...]
The Disappearance of Gertrude Beasley
In 1987, my mother received a letter from Larry McMurtry inquiring about an obscure Texas author named Edna Gertrude Beasley, and another family obsession [...]
Senate Passes Redistricting Map that Threatens Davis
It wasn’t quite the 16-hour marathon redistricting debate we saw in the House. After about an hour or so of discussion today, the Texas [...]
Green Terror
For Will Potter, the subject matter behind Green is the New Red is personal. While working at the Chicago Tribune, he got a visit [...]
The Texas Observer Interviews Will Potter
Michael May interviews Will Potter, author of “Green is the New Red,” a book about heavy-handed law enforcement efforts aimed at environmental activists.