Editorial
Exporting Seattle
Nate Blakeslee
Nate Blakeslee is the author of the New York Times best-seller American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West. Blakeslee’s first book, Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town, was based on a story he broke at the Texas Observer in 2000 about a police corruption scandal in the Texas Panhandle. Blakeslee was the coeditor of the Observer from 2000 to 2003.
Articles by Nate Blakeslee
The Gray and the White
The murder of correctional officer Danny Nagle opens the window to a Texas prison culture of intimidation, fear, and corruption.
Dateline Dallas
Salvaging People
Media Observer
Seattle's Riotous Ink
The Law West of the Pecos
For sixteen years, Gary Painter has been the state's most flamboyant drug warrior. Is his star beginning to dim?
Zero Tolerance
The Drug War has it all: feds as funders, felons as narcs, cops as commandos, midnight fire fights. And real casualties.
A Victory in the Valley
Valley Interfaith's Living Wage Campaign triumphed in Hidalgo County. Can the people retain their victory?
Smoke and Water
Alcoa has fouled the skies over Central Texas for nearly fifty years. Now it wants more coal, more water, and more air.