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Most Recent in Politics:

1Will Hurd’s Guide to Running as a Republican in 2018

2Santa Ana’s Last Stand?

3Houston City Employees are Fighting to Uphold Marriage Equality in Texas

4Special Session a ‘Battle Royal’ for Dominionists Who Seek Christian Rule

5How ‘Mad Moms in Minivans’ Injected Themselves into Texas’ Anti-Vaccine Debate

6National Butterfly Center Founder: Trump’s Border Wall Prep ‘Trampling on Private Property Rights’

Most Recent in Environment:

1Santa Ana’s Last Stand?

2The Rising Storm

3Introducing the Texas Observer’s Rural Reporting Project

4Texas Warbler Suit Could Test Trump Administration’s Handling of Endangered Species

5Gulf Coast Environmental Group Sues Plastic Company After Slow Response from TCEQ

6The Texas Legislature’s Chainsaw Massacre

Most Recent in Border:

1Santa Ana’s Last Stand?

2Stalking Horse

3National Butterfly Center Founder: Trump’s Border Wall Prep ‘Trampling on Private Property Rights’

4‘El Peso Hero’ is the 21st-Century Borderland Superhero Texas Needs

515 Protesters Arrested After Demonstration Defending DACA at Texas Capitol

6Trump’s New Immigration Lockup Draws Local Opposition in Conroe

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Deputies Go Unpunished for Invasive Cavity Search on Houston Roadside

2Meet the Expert Who Helps Texas Cops Justify Extreme Behavior

3Why Dallas is One of the Few Places Killer Cops Could be Held Accountable

4Compassionate (Ab)use: Family Battles Texas over Medical Marijuana

515 Protesters Arrested After Demonstration Defending DACA at Texas Capitol

6Trump’s New Immigration Lockup Draws Local Opposition in Conroe

Most Recent in Education:

1Dan Patrick Accuses Joe Straus of Ponzi Scheme Ahead of Special Session

2Critics Fear New Texas Law Giving SBOE Wide Discretion Over Textbooks

3After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

4Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It

5CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

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

Most Recent in Health Care:

1Introducing the Texas Observer’s Rural Reporting Project

2Red is the New Orange: Handmaids Bring More than Just Silence to the Abortion Fight

3Compassionate (Ab)use: Family Battles Texas over Medical Marijuana

4What a Ban on Insurance for Abortions Means for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies

5Lawsuit Filed Against New Texas Abortion Law

6Texas Bill Would Revoke Medical Licenses of Doctors Who Perform Abortions

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:

1The Rising Storm

2Stalking Horse

3Seven Texas Indie Booksellers on Their Favorite Books of the Year (So Far)

4‘El Peso Hero’ is the 21st-Century Borderland Superhero Texas Needs

5‘The Hour of Land,’ Terry Tempest Williams’ Love Letter to National Parks

6Announcing the Seventh Annual Observer Short Story Contest

Most Recent in Postcards:

1Ride Like a Girl

6Feathering Their Nest

Most Recent in Essay:

1Dear Governor Abbott: The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Endangers Trans Texans Like My Son

2Stalking Horse

3Protecting Immigrant Families: A Call for an Economic Boycott of Texas

4Cut from the Same Cloth: Wearing Hijab in Houston, Post-Trump

5Going It Alone

6The Observer’s Founding Editor: ‘Bring the Fight Back’ to Texas Politics

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:

1Parallel Planes

3Poem: ‘Resistance’

4Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

5Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

6Poem: ‘Whitewashing’

Tag Archives: demographics

The Next 60: The Progressive Moment is Now

Mon, Dec 15, 2014 |

After a thorough repudiation in November—by the conservative voters who showed up to the polls and by the minorities who didn’t—Texas progressives need a ...Read More

The Carter Museum Explores the Complexity of American Identity

by Nick Swartsell

Leave a comment | Mon, Jul 15, 2013

Since the 2012 presidential election, much has been said about America’s shifting demographic makeup and its deeper political and cultural meanings. Texas has...Read More

Voting in Travis County 2012

by Forrest Wilder

What Must Happen for Texas to Turn Blue

Thu, May 23, 2013 |

Polling indicates that Democrats have no lock on the Latino vote, and that control of Texas may hinge on which Latino voters show up at the polls. ...Read More

by Eileen Smith

Texas Democrats, Make Your Move

Fri, Nov 16, 2012 |

Forget about the great GOP awakening. Now is the perfect time for Texas Democrats to figure out what the hell they’re doing. The default explanation for their...Read More

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