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Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott posing for a photo inside a newsroom.

Forging Their Own Way: Kaye Northcott on Texas Observer History

As co-editors of the Texas Observer, Kaye Northcott and Molly Ivins used humor and embedded themselves in the feminist movement.

by Eva Ruth Moravec

Keep Reading

Houstonians Force Anti-LGBTQ Democrat into Runoff with Progressive Challenger

by Josephine Lee

The Free People’s Village: Everyday Life in Solarpunk Texas

by Texas Observer Staff

Hays County’s Transformation Gives Democrats Hope in Hill Country House District

by Justin Miller

Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine join hands as balloons drop on the last night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Jul 29, 2016

At the DNC, Dems Launch a New Left — Right into the Center

With the GOP in Trump-afflicted disarray, the Dems have wrested the mantle of strength, security and stability away from the right with ease.

by Christopher Hooks

Left-of-the-left protesters outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Jul 28, 2016

Dispatch from the DNC: Sanders Supporters Shouldn’t Follow Stein Over Crank Cliff

by Christopher Hooks

Bill Clinton speaks at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, deconstructing and reconstructing Hillary Clinton's public biography. Jul 27, 2016

Dispatch from the DNC: The ‘Real’ Hillary, as Told by Bill

by Christopher Hooks

Bernie Sanders at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Jul 26, 2016

Dispatch from the DNC: The Dems are All Right

Nobody knows how to worry and fret quite like Democrats.

by Christopher Hooks

right turn Mar 28, 2016

Turning Hard Right

Daniel Oppenheimer's 'Exit Right' looks at why some of the left's brightest lights gave up the cause.

by Christopher Hooks

Feb 26, 2014

Kesha Rogers, Democrat in a Tinfoil Hat, Is Likely Senate Nominee

by Jo DePrang

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