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Most Recent in Politics:

1Confederate Monument Protests Draw Hundreds in Houston and Dallas

2Despite Self-Congratulation, Lawmakers Did Virtually Nothing about Maternal Mortality Crisis

3Will Hurd’s Guide to Running as a Republican in 2018

4Santa Ana’s Last Stand?

5Houston City Employees are Fighting to Uphold Marriage Equality in Texas

6Special Session a ‘Battle Royal’ for Dominionists Who Seek Christian Rule

Most Recent in Environment:

1Fanning The Flames

2Santa Ana’s Last Stand?

3The Rising Storm

4Introducing the Texas Observer’s Rural Reporting Project

5Texas Warbler Suit Could Test Trump Administration’s Handling of Endangered Species

6Gulf Coast Environmental Group Sues Plastic Company After Slow Response from TCEQ

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:

1Despite Self-Congratulation, Lawmakers Did Virtually Nothing about Maternal Mortality Crisis

2Introducing the Texas Observer’s Rural Reporting Project

3Red is the New Orange: Handmaids Bring More than Just Silence to the Abortion Fight

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

5What a Ban on Insurance for Abortions Means for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies

6Lawsuit Filed Against New Texas Abortion Law

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:

1‘Sip’ Seeks Dystopian Depth, and Fine Dining, in the Shadows

2The Rising Storm

3Stalking Horse

4Seven Texas Indie Booksellers on Their Favorite Books of the Year (So Far)

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

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

Most Recent in Postcards:

1Ride Like a Girl

2High-Wire Act

3Fungi Town

4Crossing Over

5Signs of God

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

2Options

3Poem: ‘Resistance’

4Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

5Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

6Poem: ‘Whitewashing’

Tag Archives: Fatal Shootings

by Melissa del Bosque

Border Residents Tell Congress They Need Better Schools and Jobs, Not More Drones and Guns

Thu, Nov 21, 2013 |

In April 2012, PBS aired footage of as many as 20 border agents beating an unarmed man, Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, to death. After viewing the shocking footage,...Read More

by Melissa del Bosque

Federal Investigation Does Little to Explain Killings by Border Patrol Agents

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Tue, Sep 24, 2013 |

A new Investigation by the Department of Homeland Security Does Little to Explain Spate of Fatal Shootings and Beatings by Border Patrol Agents....Read More

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