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Mireille Enos Found ‘Hope’ in Lucky Hank
The Sugar Land born actress talks about her training at Houston’s prestigious Kinder High School for the Performing And Visual Arts.
Dallas’ Evidence Fiasco: An Exoneree’s Lawyer Speaks
Cheryl Wattley helped free Richard Miles, who spent more than a decade in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
Politics ⋆
Dragging Democracy into the Future
As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for fundamental rights happening in the Lone Star State.
Music ⋆
Olive Klug’s Melancholy Mood: A Visit with TikTok’s Nonbinary Folk Music Star
“They’re trying to sell us and sell to us, but they’re also trying to kill us.”
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Politics
The Voting Vendor in Reality Winner’s Leak Is Coming to Texas
The whistleblower started conversations about election tech supplier VR Systems which remain controversial to this day.
We Did It, Y’all! Texas Observer Will Remain Open!
“Thanks to the extraordinary success of the staff’s fundraising this week,” the publication’s board of directors voted to rescind layoffs and shutdown.
Environment
Farewell to a Beloved State Park
Texans—already starved for public land—have bid adieu to Farfield Lake State Park, a well-visited patch of parkland between Dallas and Houston.
Natural Gas Terminal Reopens After Massive Explosion
Regulators say the company fixed flaws at Freeport LNG which led compressed methane to burst from a pipe and catch fire.
The Lost Reservoir Inside Our Water Infrastructure
Texas could meet much of its future water need simply by plugging leaks.
Culture
Confronting Queer Oppression in Moscow … And America
Queendom, a documentary that recently premiered at the SXSW film festival, should leave viewers—especially LGBTQ+ viewers—shaken.
True Crime’s Ethical Dilemma
What begins as a search for a murder ends as a hard look at the murky ethics of “nonfiction” crime storytelling.
Learning from the Dead
The resident donors at Texas’ famed Body Ranch offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.
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