An Inside Look at Taser Use in Texas Prison
The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.
Essays
The Texas Observer Lives!
After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
I Am a Trans Texan
A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.
Texas’ White Guy History Project
The 1836 Project—the GOP's taxpayer-funded "patriotic education"—will indoctrinate unsuspecting domestic migrants with fables about Texas history.
Is Gay Marriage Safe?
There are many reasons to hope that the freedom to marry victory remains secure—even while there is reason, of course, to fear.
Jane Crow
The South has risen again, which means anything that involves substantive due process and privacy is done and gone.
Indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton Epitomizes Texas’ Exceptionalism on Corruption
Our governor, lawmakers, and judges have distinguished themselves from their colleagues in other states by failing to take timely action against a rogue public official who refuses to step down.
COVID-19 Robbed Me of the Joys of Teaching
I thought remote instruction during the pandemic would be the worst of it. I was wrong.