Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our January/February 2025 Issue
A note from the Editor-in-Chief
Texas Observer
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.
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.
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Tristan Ahtone is the Texas Observer’s Next Editor-in-Chief
We can’t wait for him to get started.
The Best Texas Observer Longform Stories of the 2010s
We rounded up some of our hardest hitting longreads from the past ten years.
Texas Observer Founding Editor Ronnie Dugger Reflects on 65 Years of Publication
To celebrate our 65th birthday, we asked our founding editor about where the Observer has been and what he thinks about its future.