A Rough Road to the Christmas Mountains
The small range in West Texas provides gorgeous vistas and huge research opportunities that are finally being realized.
Gayle Reaves
Gayle Reaves is a former editor-at-large at the Texas Observer. She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has worked everywhere from tiny weeklies to major daily papers, as state capitol bureau chief, Washington correspondent, and investigative reporter and editor. She and a Dallas Morning News team won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for a series on violence against women worldwide. With two other News reporters, she won a George Polk Award for courageous regional reporting on drug-related corruption in South Texas. Born in Hallettsville, Texas, she lives in Fort Worth and is a past president of the Journalism and Women Symposium. She also writes poetry, including a chapbook, Spectral Analysis. For several years, she has edited the Best American Newspaper Narratives anthologies, published by UNT Press in connection with the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.
Articles by Gayle Reaves
70 Years of Skewering
The “magic dust” of adding funny drawings to words has been an important part of the Texas Observer.
A Paris to Marfa March for Reproductive Rights
A West Texas teenager says she’s only begun to fight for access to livesaving care.
UAW’s Historic Strike Win Has ‘Huge Implications’ for Texas Autoworkers
The revitalized union is coming after Toyota, Tesla, and other non-union carmakers.
Building D.E.E.P. Bridges
Houston's Deborah Mouton is creating a legacy, a mythology, and connections between cultures and artistic worlds.
A Subdivision for Stargazers: Limpia Crossing Residents Look Aloft
In this tiny subdivision in the Davis Mountains near McDonald Observatory, dark skies are a precious resource.
Texas Bookstores Are Writing Their Own Stories
Indie bookshops across the state are embracing change, to thrive and stay alive. But a lot depends on the upcoming holiday season.
What We Owe to the Children Ripped from Their Parents at the Border
Researchers have called “adverse childhood experiences” the single most powerful factor in health, social and economic well-being, a hidden epidemic more damaging than cancer or heart disease.
Texas Lawmakers Are Singlehandedly Derailing Affordable Housing for Seniors
Unlike most states, Texas essentially gives state legislators veto power over affordable housing in their districts. Now that law is being used to derail low-income senior housing.
The House Always Wins
Some legislators want to keep affordable housing out of their districts — and they've given themselves the power to do it.