Dave Richards
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The ACLU in Texas – The Early Years
On March 8, the Texas ACLU will celebrate its 70th anniversary. It’s a storied history full of setbacks and improbable victories. Today, the organization [...] Full Story -
Fab Five
The recent death of Don Kennard, longtime legislator and Democratic stalwart, caused me to unearth this photo of now-gone grand compadres. Left to [...] Full Story -
Texas’ Steady Hand: Dolph Briscoe, 1923-2010
Former Gov. Dolph Briscoe, who died on Sunday at 87, was first and foremost a decent and honorable man, qualities that seem in short [...] Full Story -
Wayne Justice
Civil Rights attorney and Observer contributing writer David Richards assesses the Judge Justice’s impact: See also: Justice for the Dispossessed: William Wayne Justice 1920-2009 U.S. [...] Full Story -
So Long to the Communist Threat
When Creekmore Fath died in June at 93, we’d officially seen the last of an influential cluster of liberal activists who came of age [...] Full Story
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The Last River Run
I got a call from Molly about a year ago. She was in Seton Hospital in Austin for one more of her never-ending bouts [...] Full Story -
In Memoriam
Malcolm McGregor was a man of the Texas West, specifically El Paso, and he enjoyed all of the history and mischief that the borderland [...] Full Story -
Unitarians and Other Radicals
I remember a touching moment in the seventies, when I spoke in Austin along with other activists at an “Impeach Nixon” rally on the [...] Full Story -
In Memoriam
Oscar Mauzy died in October after a long, productive, and combative life in Texas politics. Put the emphasis on combative. As Lloyd Doggett, who [...] Full Story -
On the Left
Texas lagged behind California and the East Coast in embracing the counter-culture and New Left politics of the sixties. But by 1968, the movement [...] Full Story