Health Care
Marcia Ball Is Seeing Red
Hundreds of people gathered on Tuesday, March 6, to oppose defunding of women’s health services in Texas at a protest organized by musician Marcia Ball. The p...Read More
Observer Podcast: The Deadliest Place in Mexico and Women’s Health
Find out what happens when four talented, talkative journalists crowd into a basement room that doubles as a fallout shelter (no, really), open a bottle of wine...Read More
Alice Waters in Houston: – Shelling Peas’ for the Greater Good
Alice Waters, the famed chef, author, and activist, addressed a packed house at the Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater in Houston on Monday night, sharing her va...Read More
Women’s Health Program Appears Finished
State decides to exclude Planned Parenthood from key program.
Update (Thursday, Feb. 23. 11:40 a.m.): Texas health officials apparently have chosen to end their participation in the Women’s Health Program, which pays for...Read More
Future of Women’s Health Program Still in Doubt
State officials must choose between excluding Planned Parenthood and losing key health program.
State health officials will soon have to decide which is more important: Providing health care to poor Texas women or punishing Planned Parenthood? The answer t...Read More
Nancy Pelosi’s Big, Polite ‘Howdy’ in Aggieland
Little protest for the 'San Francisco liberal' on President's Day at A&M
When Ted Kennedy dropped by College Station in 2003, the pissed-off Aggies turned out in droves, mocking the late senator with a look-alike contest, a grape-jui...Read More
Pro-life Groups Want Women Informed – Sometimes
The pro-life movement has a baffling relationship with the concept of being “informed.” Yesterday, US District Judge Sam Sparks ruled that, because of an ap...Read More
Field Goal
Paul Quinn College turns a football field into a farm to end a food desert.
The football games ended years ago at Paul Quinn College. The Tigers’ purple jerseys were packed away, marking the conclusion of a tradition that dated back a...Read More
People Power Restores Komen Grants to Planned Parenthood
This morning, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation announced it will not cut breast-screening funds for Planned Parenthood after all. This is what democra...Read More