‘Cocks Not Glocks’ at 10
A decade on, the iconic campus protest has come to symbolize a time of relatively free expression.
Essays
It’s Time to Defend the History of All Texans
The way we learn about our collective past is under attack.
Paxton Is Burning
Has accountability finally come to Texas?
Fast & Furious XI: Texas’ Transgender Youth
Headed for the governor’s desk, SB 14 shows the Legislature has no idea what healthcare for trans kids even is.
Those Who Don’t Know the Past…
The outcome of a fight to control a nonprofit group could shape the teaching of history in Texas.
How (Not) to Mourn a Mass Shooting
Two local churches in Allen offered contrasting visions of how the community can heal in the wake of mass murder.
Investigative Reporting Is Under Attack in the Americas. We Need More Action.
U.S. journalists are publicly asking the Biden administration to actively support freedom of the press.
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.