Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our September/October 2025 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
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Our Most-Read Stories of 2024
Online readership numbers are at least one tool to figure out what the Observer audience really loved.
Our Best Longform Stories of 2024
This sort of nonfiction is designed to be started, finished, and actually leave you with something to show for it.
Editorial Moves at the Observer
A bit of good news
Announcing the Texas Observer’s Editor-in-Chief
A strong and clear editorial vision, committed to the values we’ve upheld at the Texas Observer for 70 years, is critical to not only the future of our organization, but the future of Texas and all who live here.
‘This Weird, Messy State We All Love in Spite of Ourselves’
Abby Rapoport continued a family tradition of making the Texas Observer possible—by filling just about every role the organization has.
The Return of the MOLLY
At 70, the Observer is publishing stories that are as vital as ever and building its community of support.
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Loon Star State: Reports of Our Death …
The Texas Observer lives!
The Texas Observer Lives!
After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
The Observer’s Best Longform Stories of 2020
We rounded up some of our hardest hitting longform stories from this unprecedented year.