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The March/April issue of the Texas Observer, featuring some of our best work in 2023. The cover depicts a cartoon of young boy dressed as a militia member.

Top 20 Stories From the Year We Nearly Went Under

After roaring back with an issue on women’s health, we exposed heat deaths at Tesla and USPS, went after Angela Paxton, and broke news on queer rights.

by Lise Olsen and Gabriel Arana

Keep Reading

A Paris to Marfa March for Reproductive Rights

by Gayle Reaves

Domestic Abusers Under Protective Orders Often Get to Keep Their Guns

by Michelle Pitcher

Uvalde’s Locks Were Its First Line of Defense. They Failed.

by Annelies Zijderveld

immigration, border Dec 19, 2018

Year in Review: Loon Star State in 2018

The year in political cartoons from the strangest state in the union.

by Ben Sargent

dallas shooting Dec 13, 2018

Botham Jean’s Death Could Lead to an Overhaul of Police Oversight in Dallas

The outrageous shooting of a man in his own apartment has triggered calls to reform Dallas’ toothless, decades-old system of police oversight.

by Michael Barajas

Photos of Lisa Aimone and Ziad Abu Naim in 2009 (left) and on vacation in Turkey in 2008 (right). Jan 04, 2016

‘Go Back to Islam’

When hatred collides with Texas’ Stand Your Ground law, the result is fatal.

by Leah Caldwell

A black-and-white photo of a gun. Dec 18, 2015

Here Are 21 Texas Mass Shootings ‘Good Guys’ with Guns Didn’t Stop in 2015

Nearly four dozen people, including at least six children, have been killed (so far) in Texas mass shooting incidents this year.

by Michael Agresta

Larry McQuilliams Nov 24, 2015

It’s Not ‘P.C.’, but White Communities are in Crisis

The white community says it deserves our respect, but white-on-white crime and a tradition of anti-government violence should give us all pause.

by Andrea Grimes

May 18, 2015

Senate Brings Texas One Step Closer to Open Carry

by Kelsey Jukam

bullets Jan 31, 2013

Gun Violence is More than Just Mass Shootings

by Cindy Casares

Jan 16, 2013

Rick Perry Offers His Solution to Gun Violence: Pray

by Forrest Wilder

Dec 19, 2012

Goodbye to Gun Culture

by Forrest Wilder

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