
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our January/February 2025 Issue
A note from the Editor-in-Chief
Since 1954
Gus Bova is the editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer. In 2016, he joined the Observer as an intern, later becoming a staff writer and an assistant editor. He's covered immigration, homelessness, labor, politics, and other major Texas stories. Before coming to the Observer, he worked at a shelter for recently arrived immigrants and asylum-seekers. He studied Latin American Studies at the University of Kansas.
A note from the Editor-in-Chief
Online readership numbers are at least one tool to figure out what the Observer audience really loved.
This sort of nonfiction is designed to be started, finished, and actually leave you with something to show for it.
A bit of good news
Alan Pogue has spent his life documenting progressive struggle. Along the way, he captured the history of the Observer, too.
Lou Dubose edited the Observer for longer than anyone before or since. He expanded the publication’s coverage south of the border and later co-authored books with Molly Ivins.
Or, how to lose in every way, all at once.
Perhaps it’s just Trump. Or perhaps Texas Democrats are doomed.
A note from the interim editor-in-chief
Abby Rapoport continued a family tradition of making the Texas Observer possible—by filling just about every role the organization has.