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Most Recent in Politics:

1Texas Republican Called ICE on SB 4 Protesters, Threatened to Shoot Colleague

23 A.M. ‘Sanctuary’ Protest at Governor Abbott’s Mansion Blares Mariachi Music

3Special Session Edition: Dan Patrick Locks the Legislature in a Bathroom Stall

4Photos: They Fought the Lege (and the Lege Won)

5Texans Could Soon Be Jailed for Flying Drones over Oil Facilities, Animal Factory Farms

6Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

Most Recent in Environment:

1Texans Could Soon Be Jailed for Flying Drones over Oil Facilities, Animal Factory Farms

2Endangered Science

3After Eight-Year Battle Over Reforming the Railroad Commission, Oil and Gas Industry Wins

4Bill Aims to Protect Communities of Color from Polluting Concrete Facilities

5For Texas Pronghorn, an Unusual 500-Mile Journey

6Lawmaker Hopes Bill Will Encourage Legislature to End Shady Accounting Practice

Most Recent in Border:

1Texas Republican Called ICE on SB 4 Protesters, Threatened to Shoot Colleague

23 A.M. ‘Sanctuary’ Protest at Governor Abbott’s Mansion Blares Mariachi Music

3Death of ‘Baby Jails’ Bill a Win for Immigrant Families

4Activists: Greg Abbott’s SB 4 Pitch to Univision Viewers is ‘Nothing But Lies’

5On Mother’s Day, Hundreds Protest Senate Bill 4 at Governor’s Mansion

6Texas Lege on Farmworker Housing Crisis: Better Luck Next Time

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Texas Republican Called ICE on SB 4 Protesters, Threatened to Shoot Colleague

23 A.M. ‘Sanctuary’ Protest at Governor Abbott’s Mansion Blares Mariachi Music

3Texans Could Soon Be Jailed for Flying Drones over Oil Facilities, Animal Factory Farms

4Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

5Two Blatant Lies from Governor Greg Abbott’s ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Op-Ed

6Traffic Ticketing Program That Feeds Debtors’ Prison Pipeline May Be in its Final Year

Most Recent in Education:

1After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

2Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It

3CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

4‘Academic Freedom’ Bill Provides Cover to Teach Creationism, Climate Denial in Classrooms

5‘Another Book, Another Month, Another Day Closer to You’

6Dan Patrick Offers Vouchers as Solution to Special Ed Failures that He Helped Create

Most Recent in Health Care:

1Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

2Abandoning ‘Women’s Health’ Claims, Texas House Approves Wide-Ranging Anti-Abortion Bill

3CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

4Texas Is Seeking Trump’s Approval of its Planned Parenthood Ban. Will Other States Follow?

5We Were the Safety Net

6Sandra Bland Act Passes Senate Unanimously After Key Provisions Dropped

Most Recent in The Interview:

1The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

2The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party

3The Interview: Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith

4The Interview: Lupe Valdez

5The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

6The Interview: Judge John Dietz on Texas’ School Finance Crisis

Most Recent in Books:

1We Were the Safety Net

2‘Cornyation’ Celebrates San Antonio’s Most Fabulous Fiesta Tradition

3Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Tell Me How It Ends’ Is the First Must-Read Book of the Trump Era

4In the Age of Trump, the First All-Latino Sci-Fi Anthology Hits too Close to Home

5In ‘Blue Texas,’ a Historical Blueprint for Texas Activists

6Austin Writer Ed Ward Celebrates the Black Musicians Who Made Rock

Most Recent in Postcards:

5Feathering Their Nest

6The Business of Burying Horses

Most Recent in Essay:

1Going It Alone

2The Observer’s Founding Editor: ‘Bring the Fight Back’ to Texas Politics

3A Texan’s Political Guide to Resisting Trump

4The Resistance Against Donald Trump Begins in Texas

5What a 1940 Novel Can Teach Us About Fighting Trump

6A Single Mom’s Search for ‘School Choice’ in Texas

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

2Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

3Eye on Texas: TX Open Swim

4Eye on Texas: Blessing of the Hands in San Antonio

5Eye on Texas: Austin’s Chapels

6Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

Most Recent in Poetry:

2Poem: ‘Resistance’

3Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

4Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

5Poem: ‘Whitewashing’

6Poem: ‘Rice and Beans’

Human Impact

Activists Announce ‘Sanctuary in the Streets’ Ahead of Trump Inauguration

by Gus Bova | Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 17:43 CST

Austin advocates say they will put their bodies on the line to defend immigrants from Trump administration deportations.

‘Even the Birds and Animals Are Free’

Leave a comment | Thu, Dec 29, 2016

Asylum-seeker Jeelani Ghulam traveled through 11 countries over one year from Pakistan to the U.S.-Mexico border, but his ordeal was only beginning....Read More

by Emma Pérez-Treviño , Gus Bova , Jen Reel and Melissa del Bosque

America Beyond Detention

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Thu, Dec 29, 2016 |

By Gus Bova, Melissa del Bosque, Jen Reel and Emma Pérez-Treviño The United States portrays itself as a beacon of freedom and liberty, yet it operates the wor...Read More

Guardianship cover illustration

by Patrick Michels

Who Guards the Guardians?

Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them.

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Wed, Jul 6, 2016 |

Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them....Read More

June 2016 feature

by Naveena Sadasivam

Company Town

How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone.

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Tue, May 31, 2016 |

How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone....Read More

by Melissa del Bosque

More Members of the Reyes Salazar Family Win Asylum

Fri, Mar 22, 2013 |

Mexico’s new president Enrique Peña Nieto has adopted a policy of not talking about the violence plaguing his country. Gone are the press conferences touting...Read More

Access to Capital in Texas

by Texas Observer Staff

Leave a comment | Wed, Mar 23, 2011

Lege by the Numbers

by Texas Observer Staff

Leave a comment | Wed, Mar 9, 2011

Sources: Texas Taxpayers and Research Assn. American for Prosperity: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; Fort Worth Star-Telegram; CBPP and EPI...Read More

Women In Texas

by Texas Observer Staff

Leave a comment | Tue, Mar 8, 2011

12.4 m women living in Texas 50th national ranking for pregnant women receiving prenatal care in first trimester 6th highest number of women living in poverty 2...Read More

Payday Borrowing

by Texas Observer Staff

Leave a comment | Mon, Feb 28, 2011

Every session since 2005, when the payday industry found a loophole to escape regulation, numerous bills have been filed to regulate payday lenders and curb exc...Read More

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