Domestic Abusers Under Protective Orders Often Get to Keep Their Guns
Fewer than 10 of the 254 counties in Texas have standard protocols forcing subjects of an order to hand over their firearms as required by law.
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The New Children’s Crusade: Recruiting for America’s Culture War
Powerful interests are sending Texas youth out to do battle against LGBTQ+ people, abortion, and progressive causes.
Catastrophe #88: The Texas Legislature Returns for a Brutal Year
What lawmakers should do to mitigate the state's cascading crises, and what they are liable to do instead.
Roland Gutierrez Won’t Let Greg Abbott Forget Uvalde
While he's not a "singular-issue" politician, "for these parents … there’s no issue out there that matters if you don’t have your kid.”
The Uvalde Parents Won’t Back Down
Alongside diligent media members, and despite local divisions, these families aren’t letting Texas move on from the Robb Elementary School tragedy.
Rappers Keep Getting Murdered in Texas
TakeOff, of the popular Atlanta group Migos, became the latest hip-hop performer killed in Texas, as the tragic body count grows in 2022.
Arms Makers Target Kids to Boost Sales
With gun ownership declining in the United States, manufacturers and industry lobbyists like the NRA are deliberately marketing to children.
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Uvalde Vive
In tragedy’s wake, a fiery movement for justice emerges in a South Texas town that’s known an uprising before.
Three Months After Uvalde Tragedy, Hundreds Demand Increase in Assault Weapon Age Limit (Photos)
“Our children's lives depend on common-sense laws that the vast majority of Texans desperately want.“
Loon Star State: Moloch
In his latest political cartoon for the Observer, Ben Sargent considers the violent religious beliefs of the modern Republican party.