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Opinion

In Abilene, Stargate Project Puts AI Boom Ahead of Human Health

The first data center for a $500 billion artificial intelligence project arrives in small-town Texas, alongside a potentially harmful natural gas plant.

by Aditya Panangat

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Trump’s DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster

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How Republicans Are Willfully Endangering Immigrant Kids

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The Rio Grande Valley as Heart of LGBTQ+ Resistance and Joy

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Required Reading: Texas Republican Party Platform, 2010

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Waterworld 2011

by Texas Observer Staff

Pulling the Curtain on the Fed

by Jim Hightower

Perry’s Budget Mess

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Summer Of Tarballs

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State Board of Education Finalizes and Adopts Social Studies Standards

by Steven Schafersman

State Board of Education Begins Meeting to Revise and Adopt Social Studies Standards

by Steven Schafersman

State Board of Education Hears Public Testimony About Social Studies Standards

Texas SBOE members argue with speakers who criticize their religious and political views.

by Steven Schafersman

Who Would Want This Job?

by Jim Hightower

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