The Day the Windows Shook
Grappling with the damage wrought by the Texas City disaster, more than 70 years later.
Patsy Sims
Patsy Sims lives in Washington, D.C. A Beaumont native, she is the author of The Klan and Can Somebody Shout Amen! She last wrote for the Observer about the closing of the Central State Prison.
Articles by Patsy Sims
From Chain Gangs to Chain Stores
Sugar Land's storied prison farm gives way to suburban sprawl.