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Can We Survive Naomi Klein’s Depiction of ‘End Times Fascism’?

Klein and co-author Astra Taylor's new book is too bleak and unfocused for our shameless and sharp-edged political moment.

by Josephine Lee

Keep Reading

Why Texans Live and Die by the Gun

by Jack McCordick

An Ode to Austin’s Unsung Proletariat

by Irene Vázquez

Excerpt: How to Close a Camp

by John Washington

Apr 01, 2025

The Scientist and the Serial Killer: Cracking the Case of Houston’s ‘Lost Boys’

More than 50 years later, some Houston families still wait for confirmation that their sons and brothers were among the victims of serial killer Dean Corll.

by Lise Olsen

Feb 18, 2025

Inside Fort Worth’s Narcotic Farm Experiment

Rehab on the Range tells the story of Texas’ role in one of the largest federal forays into drug treatment.

by Michelle Pitcher

Dec 30, 2024

Booked Up in 2024: What to Read from a Strong Year in Texas Letters

Some Texas nonfiction, novels, and poems to get through those long winter nights.

by Texas Observer Staff

Dec 18, 2024

Uvalde’s Darkest Hour

A new book by the publisher of the Uvalde Leader-News illuminates events that forever altered lives in this small Texas city.

by Craig Garnett

Dec 02, 2024

When the Prophetic City Fails

The unexpected fate of Houston’s Northside holds lessons that the city’s boosters may not wish to hear.

by Sam Russek

Nov 21, 2024

Seeing the Unseen

New collections of fiction and nonfiction build on Dagoberto Gilb’s long career as chronicler of the working-class Southwest.

by Roberto Ontiveros

Nov 19, 2024

How Texas Jails Built Migrant Incarceration

Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.”

by Brianna Nofil

Oct 11, 2024

Did the First American in Space Take an Extra Golf Ball to the Moon?

A new book reveals the secrets of moon memorabilia and the friendship between a famous Texas astronaut and his barber.

by Barbara Radnofsky and Ed Supkis

Sep 24, 2024

Lost in Austin: Climate Change, Displacement, and Race in the Texas Capital

The story of Rainey Street is Austin gentrification in microcosm.

by Alex Hannaford

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