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December 14, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 24
cover story:
Boots on the Ground: Veteran Rick Noriega stands up to Bush, Cornyn, and the Iraq War
November 30, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 23
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Leaves of Gold: As a new market for carbon credits takes root, East Texans wonder if they really can get paid just for owning trees.
November 16, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 22
cover story:
Letters from Prison
November 02, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 21
cover story:
That Sinking Feeling: The Water's Rising. The Island's Subsiding. And Galveston Keeps on Building
October 19, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 20
cover story:
Vote Prop 12 or this Baby is Toast!
Baby, I Lied by Suzanne Batchelor
October 05, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 19
cover story:
Witness for Justice by Alan Pogue
September 21, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 18
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Smoking for Jesus: Exiled by hurricanes, a black congregation from New Orleans takes root in the Hill Country
September 07, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 17
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Habitat for Inanity: A Rio Grande fence will separate families, wreck economies, and threaten wildlife, but it won't stop illegal immigrants.
August 10, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 16
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Summer Books Issue
July 27, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 15
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Border Seen
Impoverished children in San Benito chronicle their lives through photographs
July 13, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 14
cover story:
Don't Stop Believing
Renegade Bloggers Besiege the Southern Baptist Convention
June 29, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 13
cover story:
Slow Death, Slower Justice
How pesticides poisoned South Mission, but no one is responsible
June 15, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 12
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Blunder Boys
Our look at the 80th legislature, from soup to nuts
June 01, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 11
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They come from Mexico. They die in Brooks County. Writer Mary Jo McConahay visits Texas' graveyard for the weak and unlucky.
May 18, 2007
Vol. 23, No. 10
cover story:
Texas nurses are getting organized, with help from a veteran California labor activist
May 04, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 9
cover story:
Eminent Disaster
A cabal of politicians and profiteers targets an El Paso barrio
April 20, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 8
cover story:
The Governor's Database
Texas is amassing an unprecedented amount of information on its citizens
April 06, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 7
cover story:
There’s Not Enough
As the drought saps rural Texas, lawmakers confront a state that’s running out of water
March 23, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 6
cover story:
Separate But Toxic
The Houston environmental magnet school that's an environmental catastrophe
by Dave Mann
March 09, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 5
cover story:
I am Sullied--No More
Faced with the Iraq War's corruption and deceit, Col. Ted Westhusing chose death before dishonor
By Robert Bryce
February 23, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 4
cover story:
OBSERVER EXCLUSIVE:
Texas Youth Commission hides a sex abuse scandal
By Nate Blakeslee
February 09, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 3
cover story:
Molly Ivins
(1944-2007)
January 26, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 2
cover story:
...and They're Off
Problems State Leaders Should Fix, but Probably Won't
Plus: Newbie Legislators to Watch
January 12, 2007
Vol. 99, No. 1
cover story:
Winter Books
Literary Laredoans Fight to Keep City's Last Bookstore Open
Melissa del Bosque
Hollywood Stars Gone Wild in Marfa
Melissa del Bosque
A Wall with Gaps but No Gates
Melissa del Bosque
Exclusive! Kay Bailey Hutchison's Message to the People of Texas
Bob Moser
Hate Rears Its Head in Houston
Bob Moser
Shocking Development: A Democrat with Guts
Bob Moser
Another Glorious Achievement for Electricity Deregulation
Forrest Wilder
Texas CO2 Pollution: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Forrest Wilder
This Week In Coal
Forrest Wilder
The Contrarian Returns
Dave Mann
Does John Bradley Get It?
Dave Mann
The Willingham Hearing
Dave Mann
The Conservative Empire Strikes Back
Josh Berthume
Board of Education Takes Up Church and State on Constitution Day
Josh Berthume
"We Hate the United States": Secessionists rally at Capitol while Perry stays home
Forrest Wilder
Poe's Woes, Revisited
Sara Haji
Government forays into social media regulation
Sara Haji
Tales from Guantanamo
Sara Haji
Where the Wild Things Are
Literary Laredoans Fight to Keep City's Last Bookstore Open
The Unhealthiest Among Us
Political Science, c. 1875
State Board of Education Coverage
Condemned Inmate: Prison Officials Won't Let Guards Speak Out
Searching For Cures - From Texas to Espinazo
Pictures From the Border Wall
The Molly Ivins Tribute
Sick + Tired
Melissa del Bosque
The Fire This Time
Forrest Wilder
No Way Out
Kevin Sieff
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