Press Releases - The Texas Observer

Most Recent in Politics:

1Lawyers Seek to Reform ‘Ethical Minefield’ of Public Defender’s Office Controlled by Texas Prison System

2‘Heart-Wrenching, Gut-Wrenching’: How Child Therapy Providers Deal with State Budget Cuts

3Redistricting Guru Michael Li on Texas’ Gerrymandered Maps

4‘I’m Really Scared Now to Go to School’: Texas Students Lead Walkout to Protest Gun Laws

5Jorge Ramos’ New Book, ‘Stranger,’ is a Journalist’s Manifesto

6Blake Farenthold and the Consequences of Extreme Gerrymandering

Most Recent in Environment:

1Despite Trump, Water Agency Fosters Cross-Border Cooperation Between U.S. and Mexico

2Trump’s Border Wall Lands Rio Grande on List of Nation’s Most Endangered Rivers

3Alleging ‘Environmental Racism,’ El Paso Activists File Civil Rights Complaint Against School District

4‘The Natural History of Texas’ Celebrates the State’s Lesser-Known Critters and In-Between Places

5How the Fate of Texas’ Endangered Mussels Could Affect Water Usage Statewide

6Investigation Finds Culprit in Panhandle ‘Chemical Drift’ Case, State Yet to Take Action

Most Recent in Border:

1Trump’s Border Wall Lands Rio Grande on List of Nation’s Most Endangered Rivers

2Militarization of Texas-Mexico Border a Sign of Complacency, but Not From Border Residents

3Elecciones presidenciales en México. ¿Finalmente puede ganar la izquierda?

4Will Mexico Elect its First Leftist President Since 1934?

5Courts: Police Can Shoot and Kill People As Long They Are Across the Border

6I Grew Up on the Texas-Mexico Border, but Now I Barely Recognize It

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Lawyers Seek to Reform ‘Ethical Minefield’ of Public Defender’s Office Controlled by Texas Prison System

2Women in Texas Prisons Denied Same Academic, Job Training Opportunities as Incarcerated Men

3Galveston Lawsuit Is Writing on the Wall for Other Counties that Haven’t Ended ‘Wealth-Based Detention’

4Bail Lawsuit Accuses Dallas County of Violating Poor People’s Rights in Secret Hearings

5Courts: Police Can Shoot and Kill People As Long They Are Across the Border

6AG Opinion: Texas Cops Under Investigation Can Watch ‘Any’ Body Cam Footage Before Answering Questions

Most Recent in Education:

1Texas Teachers ‘Blow the Whistle’ After Conservatives Accuse Them of (Gasp!) Getting out the Vote

2Nazis Go To School

3‘I Would Have to Drop Out’: 200 Texas Grad Students Walk Out to Protest GOP Tax Bill

4Homelessness in Texas Public Schools is a Suburban and Rural Problem, Too

5Another Strikeout for Mexican-American Studies in Texas

6Amid Anti-Confederate Push, San Antonio School District Changes Lee High School … to LEE High School

Most Recent in Health Care:

1‘Heart-Wrenching, Gut-Wrenching’: How Child Therapy Providers Deal with State Budget Cuts

3What’s Going on with Texas’ Maternal Mortality Rate?

4In Her Own Letter to Trump Officials, Texas Republican Fact-Checks Ken Paxton’s False Claims on Women’s Health

5Texas AG Ken Paxton is Very Angry About Women’s Health Programs He Doesn’t Seem to Understand

6Anti-Vaxxers are Claiming Victory After Texas Primaries. Will Their Influence Grow?

Most Recent in The Interview:

1Meet Nueces County’s New DA, a Self-Professed ‘Mexican Biker Lawyer Covered in Tattoos’

2The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

3The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party

4The Interview: Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith

5The Interview: Lupe Valdez

6The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

Most Recent in Books:

1Jorge Ramos’ New Book, ‘Stranger,’ is a Journalist’s Manifesto

2On Giant’s Shoulders: New Cinema History Dissects Texas Tropes

3In ‘God Save Texas,’ Lawrence Wright Explains the Lone Star State to Outsiders

4‘The Natural History of Texas’ Celebrates the State’s Lesser-Known Critters and In-Between Places

5‘The Red Caddy’ Is Charles Bowden’s Pithy, Witty Posthumous Tribute to Edward Abbey

6Houston Poet Analicia Sotelo’s Debut Smashes Latino Stereotypes

Most Recent in Postcards:

3Field Notes from Santa Ana

4The King of Pulp

5Ride Like a Girl

Most Recent in Essay:

1I Grew Up on the Texas-Mexico Border, but Now I Barely Recognize It

2Somewhere It Hides a Well

3Drinking the Kool-Aid at the Garden of Eden

4The Road to Huntsville

5The Impossible City

6Dear Governor Abbott: The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Endangers Trans Texans Like My Son

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Gentrification in East Austin

2Eye on Texas: Transgender Youth in Texas

3Eye On Texas: Hurricane Harvey

4Eye on Texas: Fantastical Taxidermy

5Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

6Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

Most Recent in Poetry:

1Houston Poet Analicia Sotelo’s Debut Smashes Latino Stereotypes

2Parallel Planes

4Poem: ‘Resistance’

5Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

6Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

Press Releases

Storytime: Calling for Short Story Contest Entries

by David Duhr | Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:27 CST

by Emily Williams

Esther Kaplan wins MOLLY National Journalism Prize

Thu, May 28, 2015 |

In honor of legendary reporter and former Observer editor, Molly Ivins, the 2015 MOLLY Journalism Prize was awarded to Esther Kaplan for her story "Los...Read More

Texas Observer Names AP Veteran Chris Tomlinson as Managing Editor

by Texas Observer Staff

Thu, Aug 13, 2009

The first choice for the Observer Book Club is, naturally, Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life, by Bill Minutaglio and W. Michael Smith. This is a natural choice because ...Read More

Bob Moser on GRITtv and Liberadio

by Texas Observer Staff

Wed, Jul 8, 2009

Don’t miss these two great interviews with Observer editor Bob Moser Bob was born interested in politics. He was a Reagan supporter when he was twelve, bu...Read More

Bob Moser on GRITtv

by Texas Observer Staff

Mon, Jul 6, 2009

GRITtv with Laura Flanders airs Mon-Thurs, at 8pm & 1 am ET, on Free Speech TV (DISH Network ch. 9415), on public stations and online at www.grittv.org and ...Read More

New Ben Sargent Exclusive

by Texas Observer Staff

Wed, Jul 1, 2009

Only in the Observer Starting in August, a new feature byPulitzer Prize winner Ben Sargent To stay informed about when, where, and how you can enjoy every one, ...Read More

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