Tag Archives: Ronnie Dugger
Book Review: How NAFTA Transformed a Mexican Border Town
Boom, Bust, Exodus follows how NAFTA, coupled with Maytag’s move to Mexico, helped signal doom for Appliance City and transform a small border town....Read More
The Next 60: Agenda for a New Texas
“I have never heard of or seen in my 80 years watching Texas a more empathy-dead, society-wide INJUSTICE than the refusal of...tens of billions in Medicaid money.”
An idea can change society, and being the people, we have lots of ideas. Let’s look, too, for more good, young new leaders and also some not so young. ...Read More
When The Texas Observer Decided to Exist
Founding editor Ronnie Dugger tells the little-known story of how and why, in the winter of 1954, the Observer was made....Read More
The Fate of The Daily Texan And What It May Mean to Future Journalists
Watchdogging is a skill, and the Texan has always been a place where student journalists learn by doing....Read More
An Introduction to The Texas Observer
An introduction to The Texas Observer from current and former staffers. Video shot and edited by Matt Gossage....Read More