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Articles tagged: terrorism

People at the hearing spoke about how El Pasoans remain on edge, wary of going shopping or taking their kids to school.

by Andrea Valdez

Editorial: Reckoning with El Paso

People like to believe things are getting better—but what happened in El Paso underscores just how little has changed.

Fri, Nov 1, 2019 |

As I write this editorial, I’m exactly three months into my tenure at the Texas Observer. In that time, I’ve had the good fortune to hear readers express ge...Read More

‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Plays into Dangerous Borderland Tropes

Texan Taylor Sheridan created the 21st-century Western, but his attempts at political nuance are overshadowed by the failures of “Soldado.”

Tue, Jul 24, 2018 |

Taylor Sheridan’s movies are depressing. The native Texan has a knack for a script, and he’s largely responsible for bringing the modern Western into being,...Read More

poem image fire bomb

Poem: Aleppo Oslo Jos Boston

Wed, Apr 20, 2016 |

The Texas Observer's April issue poem, by San Antonian Evan Beaty, explores the connections and chaos between terror and technology....Read More

Ted Cruz campaigns in January at Penny's Diner in Missouri Valley, Iowa.

by Andrea Grimes

Ted Cruz’s Plan to ‘Utterly Destroy’ Terrorism Will Utterly Encourage It

Tue, Mar 22, 2016 |

Cruz's plan to "patrol" and "secure" Muslim neighborhoods echoes the militarization tactics that experts say foment, rather than discourage, terrorism....Read More

A black and white photo of Ted Cruz in Greenville, South Carolina in November 2015.

by Andrea Grimes

Ted Cruz is Right. There’s No War on Women.

The draconian policies favored by the GOP are better described as a war on the American family.

Tue, Dec 1, 2015 |

Indeed, if you want a home for policies that restrict legal abortion, that would ban birth control, that decry parental leave as unnecessary, that deride breast...Read More

Peter Klein #JeSuisCharlie Charlie Hebdo

by Andrea Grimes

Being Charlie Hebdo

Tue, Jan 27, 2015 |

We cannot simply stop at support for free speech when we talk about the murders at Charlie Hebdo; we must go further and ask: What do we do next?...Read More

Peter Klein #JeSuisCharlie Charlie Hebdo

Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, Charlie Hebdo?

Mon, Jan 12, 2015 |

If #JeSuisCharlie is too divisive, how about #JeSuisEverythingButTheTerrorists?...Read More

by Christopher Hooks

WTF Friday: Perryception

Fri, Jul 11, 2014 |

It's Perry, in good times and bad. Perry vs. Perry. Perry and a gun. Perry with a smile. President Perry. Wendy Davis, jihadi. Sorrow in the Metroplex....Read More

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