Report: Google Fiber Subcontractors’ Record Shows Value of Union Labor
“High-speed reliable broadband is a social justice issue, it’s a climate justice issue, and it’s an economic justice issue because of the workers it takes to do it.”
Gus Bova
Gus Bova is a senior staff writer and assistant editor at the Texas Observer. He covers labor, politics, and other major Texas stories. He has written extensively on topics ranging from the border wall to homelessness. 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
Texans Show Up in Force to Protect ‘Roe’
The Supreme Court is about to overturn the 1973 landmark reproductive rights ruling. Austinites are not here for it.
The San Antonio Border Security Expo Is Decadent and Depraved
Robot dogs, cocktails, a shooting competition, and more taxpayer money than you can shake a drone at.
Neither Here, Nor There
The City of Austin is back to playing whack-a-mole with its large unsheltered population.
Guardian of the Guard
Jason Featherston, who has devoted more than half his life to the National Guard, is now the leading critic of Governor Greg Abbott’s border surge, Operation Lone Star.
‘What We Leave Behind’ Is a Beautifully Understated Migration Story
And an exciting feature debut for Texan director Iliana Sosa.
Rio Grande Valley Voters Face Stark Choices in May Runoffs
From Henry Cuellar’s reelection to the fight to succeed Eddie Lucio, multiple progressive women advance to runoffs as the RGV ponders its political status quo.
Progressive Greg Casar Trounces Competition in Central Texas Congressional Primary
Longtime State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, meanwhile, flops.
Brownsville Cops Arrest Activist for Anti-SpaceX Graffiti, Mayor Posts Her Info on Facebook
Why did police show up in force to apprehend a local activist, and why is the city’s top elected posting her mugshot and job details on social media?
Lone Star ‘Squad’: AOC Rallies for Texans Greg Casar and Jessica Cisneros
The two progressive candidates would represent a new left edge of the state's congressional delegation if primary voters from Austin to San Antonio to Laredo back them.