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The Truth About How Pregnant Women Are Treated in Texas County Jails
Letters from Death Row: Alone on the Inside
In an informal Observer survey, death row inmates describe a world of extreme isolation, where mental illness is both cause and symptom.
The Observer found that prisoners often choose a life of permanent isolation, refusing to leave their cages. It’s a catch-22: Mental illness can lead inmates ...Read More
Gun Control Activists Fight to be Heard at Capitol
Opponents of open carry and campus carry say their access to lawmakers has sometimes been limited, even as the most extreme gun activists get meetings with top elected officials.
Opponents of open carry and campus carry say their access to lawmakers has sometimes been limited, even as the most extreme gun activists get meetings with top ...Read More
Now You See It
Artist Mel Chin revisits home in Houston.
"Rematch," Mel Chin's overtly political career-retrospective exhibition, will dominate the Houston museum world for two months....Read More
This Land Is His Land: Remembering Bob Armstrong
Bob Armstrong doubled Texas’ park acreage, hosted legendary campouts in Liberty Hill, and created the famous Austin queso dip that bears his name....Read More
Death on Sevenmile Road
The rush to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border has tragic consequences in Texas.
Beefing up border security means an increasingly military-style presence on the ground and in the air. The Observer investigates a surge that puts immigr...Read More
The Return of La Llorona
A new horror, and a new film, bring the weeping woman back to life....Read More
The Hidden Confederate History of the Texas Capitol: An Unofficial Guide
A visitor to the Capitol gleans a particular story of Texas from the monuments and plaques: one that celebrates the state’s involvement in the Civil War and o...Read More
Laws Of Unintended Consequences
Opponents claim religious freedom proposals could open the door to Sharia law, faith-based abortions and cost Houston the 2017 Super Bowl.
Two proposed religious freedom amendments to the Texas Constitution could lead to more than just anti-LGBT discrimination, according to legal experts. ...Read More
Seeking Asylum in Karnes City
An up-close-and-personal view of family detention in a for-profit lock-up in South Texas.
When women and children seeking asylum are detained in Texas, they encounter an immigration system that seems designed to discourage them at every turn....Read More