Saving Lone Star Literary Life
A literary website that has connected bookish Texans since 2015 nearly closed this year. Then one of its readers saved it.
Since 1954
A literary website that has connected bookish Texans since 2015 nearly closed this year. Then one of its readers saved it.
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PFAS do not break down but rather persist indefinitely. It is possible that Dad drank carcinogenic water for most of his life.
Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages.
Some arrestees in Austin lack legal representation at a stage that can determine their cases’ outcome. The ACLU and some officials want to change that.
A high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export.
The Texas senator’s iHeartMedia deal, which sent over $600,000 to an aligned super PAC, may have broken campaign finance laws—or exploited a new loophole.
The attorney general’s close ties to Texas’ right-wing think tank and its large network of uber-wealthy donors and special interests
A new investigation of a deadly fire that killed 40 migrants in a locked detention cell in Mexico shows that keys and fire extinguishers were readily available, but withheld.
Robie Flores’ “The In Between” is a love letter to la frontera—and a humanizing refutation of GOP fear-mongering.
“Surges in immigration do not constitute an ‘invasion’ within the meaning of the Constitution.”
Texas highways have destroyed and dominated our built environment. Megan Kimble’s book “City Limits” offers a new vision.
As co-editors of the Texas Observer, Kaye Northcott and Molly Ivins used humor and embedded themselves in the feminist movement.
The documentary reminds us how to revel in creative play and the company of others.
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