Most Recent in Politics:

1A ‘Stay-at-Home’ Order by Any Other Name

2The New U.S. Food Safety Czar is a Texas Researcher with Close Ties to the Meat Industry

3Texas Republicans’ Pandemic Performance Is True to Form

4Texas Democratic and Republican Parties Spar Over How to Hold Elections During a Pandemic

5How The Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed Abbott’s Hypocrisy On Local Control

6How Christian Nationalism Moved from the Fringe to the White House

Most Recent in Environment:

1Lessons on the Long Game from Goose Island’s Whooping Cranes

2COVID-19 is Buying Time for Gulf Coast Towns Fighting Oil and Gas Projects

3COVID-19 Could Be a ‘Double Whammy’ for Those in Pollution Hotspots

4Coronavirus is Exposing the Faulty Foundations of the Texas Fracking Industry

5In Big Spring, a Rural Community Braces for Another Oil Bust

6In Southeast Lubbock Neighborhood, Residents are Fed Up With a Feedlot

Most Recent in Border:

1In Migrants Camps Along the Texas-Mexico Border, Close Quarters and Closing Borders Raise Concerns

2U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Trump Administration on ‘Remain in Mexico’

3Following a Protest, ICE Moves Asylum-Seekers For the Second Time in Two Weeks

4Trump’s Wall May Have to Avoid Multiple Historic Cemeteries

5Following a Protest, ICE Transfers Dozens of Asylum Seekers to an Isolated Laredo Facility

6In the Trump Era, Practicing Immigration Law is Like ‘Swimming in Molasses’

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Families of Sick Prisoners Plead for Compassionate Release as Coronavirus Spreads Behind Bars in Texas

2In a Pandemic, Poor Defendants Could Pay With Their Lives

3Some Texas Officials Want to Divert People from Jail Amid Coronavirus Scare

4Texas Prosecutor Races Offer Competing Visions for Criminal Justice Reform

5Texas Prisons Ban Greeting Cards, Expand Drug-Sniffing Dog Searches to Visitors

6Alec Karakatsanis on the ‘Usual Cruelty’ of the Criminal Justice System

Most Recent in Education:

1Tough Decisions Ahead for School Leaders in Rural Texas

2‘Almost Akin to a Political Coup’: Houston Teachers Fight Back Against State Takeover of HISD

3The Creature of Martin Creek Lake Won’t Die

4The Cost of Carve-Outs

5Texas Legislature Improves Suicide Prevention in Schools, but Makes Little Progress for Adults

6Texas House Considers Free College For Students Experiencing Homelessness

Most Recent in Health Care:

1‘I Think I’m Gonna Die’: Coronavirus Compounds Risk for Dialysis Patients in the Rio Grande Valley

2Scientist Peter Hotez on Why Vaccine Development is ‘Critical to the Security of Our Nation’

3COVID-19 Could Be a ‘Double Whammy’ for Those in Pollution Hotspots

4Abortion Clinics in Texas Rely on Traveling Doctors. Coronavirus is Keeping Some of Them Home.

5The COVID-19 Crisis Points the Way Toward a Better Texas

610 Ways to Help Your Fellow Texans Endure the Coronavirus Pandemic

Most Recent in The Interview:

1Texas Observer Founding Editor Ronnie Dugger Reflects on 65 Years of Publication

2How Katharine Hayhoe Stays Hopeful as the Planet Warms

3Author William Lopez on How Immigration Raids Inflict Long-Lasting Trauma

4Why a Texas Gun Control Activist is Optimistic About the Chances for Reform

5American Health Care is Broken, Especially in Texas. What Can We Do About It?

6Thousands of Rape Kits in Texas Went Untested For Years. Lavinia Masters Is Ending That.

Most Recent in Books:

1A New Book on the Sutherland Springs Shooting Explores Resilience, Forgiveness, and Grace

2‘Trust Me’ Tackles Politics, Power, and Perception

3In a New West Texas Novel, Women Kick Ass and Take Names

413 Small Texas Presses to Read Right Now

5How Christian Nationalism Moved from the Fringe to the White House

6In ‘Barn 8,’ an Unsparing Look at the Industrial Chicken Industry

Most Recent in Features:

1San Antonio Embraces Mandaean Refugees

2The Ghosts of Jefferson

3Little Arthouse on the Prairie

4The Clothes that Make the Man

5Washington Crossing the Rio Grande

6Ghosts of the Baker Hotel

Most Recent in Essay:

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2In a Pandemic, Poor Defendants Could Pay With Their Lives

3Loneliness in the Age of Coronavirus

4‘Cheer’ Takes an Overlooked Sport Off the Sidelines

5Governor Abbott’s Campaign Against the Homeless Isn’t Just Cruel—It’s Dangerous

6Why a Small Offense Shouldn’t Have Life-Altering Consequence

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Border Tuner

2Eye on Texas: The Broken Wheel Ranch Project

3Eye on Texas: Spike Johnston

4Eye on Texas: Loren Elliott

5Eye on Texas: Charlotte Moore

6Eye on Texas: ‘My Joyful Dance’

Most Recent in Poetry:

1Author Saeed Jones on Empathy, the Power of Memoir, and Growing up Gay in North Texas

2Remembering W.S. Merwin, Honorary Texan

3Lost in Limbo in the Hays County Jail

4Houston Poet Analicia Sotelo’s Debut Smashes Latino Stereotypes

5Parallel Planes

Tag Archives: Jose Rodriguez

porvenir, texas historical commission, massacre

by Nashwa Bawab

A Century After the Porvenir Massacre, Remembering One of Texas’ Darkest Days

Most Texans still don’t know about one of the cruelest atrocities in their state’s history.

Wed, Jan 31, 2018 |

On January 28, 1918, a band of Texas Rangers and ranchers raided the tiny Presidio County village of Porvenir in the middle of the night. The rangers were angry...Read More

Oil spill on the lower Trinity River

by Naveena Sadasivam

Senator Rodríguez Demands Answers on Flood-Related Oil Spills

Thu, Jun 23, 2016 |

In a letter sent to three state agencies on Wednesday, El Paso State Senator José Rodríguez demanded an explanation for the “apparent lack of response” to...Read More

A child draws at a school desk.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Lawmakers Wrangle Over Fix for ‘Broken’ Foster Care System

Wed, Apr 20, 2016 |

Republicans said they're not sure if more money is a fix for Texas' child welfare system, where children have died, been abused and re-abused in state care....Read More

Planned Parenthood

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Fact-Finding Hearing Turns into Hours of Planned Parenthood Bashing

Wed, Jul 29, 2015 |

On Wednesday, a panel of Texas senators spent almost five hours denouncing abortion, grilling state health officials on an issue they don’t have authority ove...Read More

It’s Crunch Time for Education Reform Bills

Mon, May 18, 2015 |

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has made education reform his mission this legislative session, but the success of his agenda is in doubt now that only one measure has a c...Read More

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

New Analysis Highlights Prevalence of Sexual Assault In Texas

Tue, Apr 28, 2015 |

A new analysis released this week shows that 413,000 Texans have experienced some form of sexual assault in the past year, and multiple measures related to sexu...Read More

Sen. Jose Rodriguez, Sen. Sylvia Garcia and Sen. Kirk Watson

by Kelsey Jukam

Senators Delay Hearing on Bill Banning ‘Sanctuary Cities’

Mon, Mar 9, 2015 |

Update: Senate Bill 185 has been rescheduled for Monday, March 16 at 8 a.m. Original: The Senate Border Security Subcommittee adjourned after just six minutes...Read More

by Olivia Messer

Senate Bill Would Finally Remove ‘Sodomy Law’ from Texas Penal Code

Wed, Apr 17, 2013 |

The Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee took up Senate Bill 538 would “repeal ‘homosexual conduct’ as a criminal offense.”...Read More

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