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Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our September/October 2025 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
Gus Bova
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.
Articles by Gus Bova
The History of Eugenics in Texas Isn’t What You Think
A new book unearths a chapter of the state’s story when anti-intellectual fundamentalism was put to good ends.
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our July/August 2025 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
Legislature Mandates Sheriff-ICE Cooperation in Jails or Streets
Texas lawmakers are ordering nearly all counties to seek federal agreements that may be limited to jailhouses—or may convert deputies into roving immigration agents.
Three Years Later, an Uncle in Uvalde Searches for Solutions on School Board
Jesse Rizo, who lost a niece in Texas’ deadliest school shooting, turned pain into a run for public office. He thinks his town is beginning to “come back together.”
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2025 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our March/April 2025 Issue
A note from the Editor-in-Chief
‘Till They Have to Roll Me Off the Floor’
Sylvia Garcia on the immigration narrative, the 14th Amendment, and the long fight for Dreamers
Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our January/February 2025 Issue
A note from the Editor-in-Chief
Our Most-Read Stories of 2024
Online readership numbers are at least one tool to figure out what the Observer audience really loved.