Quilts of Color

Laverne Brackens and her family carry on the interwoven legacy of Black quiltmakers in East Texas.

Features

by Amal Ahmed
Human Rights
Bringing the Dead Home

Thirty years after Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, only a fraction of human remains held by Texas’ museums and universities have been returned.
by Sophie Novack
Health Care
How We Got Here

Texas’ health system has been underfunded, understaffed, and unprepared for years. Here, COVID-19 found the perfect place to spread.
by Roxanna Asgarian
Health Care
The Forgotten Children of Texas

Each year, thousands of foster children in Texas are shuffled into little-known “treatment centers” where they are frequently neglected and abused. State officials have largely ignored allegations of wrongdoing and calls for reform.
by Tristan Ahtone , Lorena Allam , Leilani Rania Ganser , Kalen Goodluck , Brittany Guyot and Anna V. Smith
News
The Anti-Indigenous Handbook

Across the globe, anti-Indigenous organizations and sympathizers work to undermine the collective rights of Indigenous peoples. This collection of reports reveals some of the most common attacks Indigenous communities face today.

News
The Work is All of Us
by Kimberly Meyer
News
F is for Fake
by Chris O'Connell and Savannah Maher
Economy
Austin and America’s Thirty-Year War on the Homeless
by Gus Bova
Environment
The Wasteland Underwater
by David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen
Economy
Death in Dalhart
by Dana Ullman
Health Care
Conception Deception
by Lise Olsen
Civil Rights
A Monumental Undertaking
by Michael Barajas
Health Care
Portraits of the Pandemic
by Texas Observer Staff
Border
The Coronavirus Pipeline
by Anna-Catherine Brigida and Morena Pérez Joachin

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Quilts of Color

Features

Bringing the Dead Home

Thirty years after Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, only a fraction of human remains held by Texas’ museums and universities have been returned.

How We Got Here

Texas’ health system has been underfunded, understaffed, and unprepared for years. Here, COVID-19 found the perfect place to spread.

The Forgotten Children of Texas

Each year, thousands of foster children in Texas are shuffled into little-known “treatment centers” where they are frequently neglected and abused. State officials have largely ignored allegations of wrongdoing and calls for reform.

The Anti-Indigenous Handbook

Across the globe, anti-Indigenous organizations and sympathizers work to undermine the collective rights of Indigenous peoples. This collection of reports reveals some of the most common attacks Indigenous communities face today.

The Magazine

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After the Deaths of Two Soldiers at Fort Hood, the Navajo Nation Wants Answers

‘Pink Slime’ Journalism Finds a Home in Texas’ News Deserts

José Garza Redefines ‘Progressive Prosecutor’

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