Strangest State: Drones, Drugs, Deer, and a Dutiful Dog
Strangest State: Drones, Drugs, Deer, and a Dutiful Dog ...View More
With Islamophobia on the Rise, Houston Becomes Home to First Ismaili Center in the Country
Between 2022 and 2025, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s Islamophobia Index increa ...View More
Ex-Con Congressman Attempts a Texas Comeback
Former Congressman and felon Steve Stockman, a Friendswood-area conservative who was convicted of 23 ...View More
Lina Hidalgo Had a Vision. Harris County Won’t See It.
On September 9 at 6:51 p.m., Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo exited an ongoing budget meeting in pr ...View More
Nowhere to Go: Inside the Texas Boarding Home System Where Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Are Widespread
Editor’s Note: This article was produced and published by In These Times and Type Investigation ...View More
A Trip Through Willie Nelson’s Golf Course, His Unorthodox Rules, and His Uncertain Tribal Identity
In a pre-dawn raid in November 1990, feds armed with warrants, padlocks, and chains seized everythin ...View More
Remembering David Richards, 1933-2025
On November 13, surrounded by family and listening to Guy Clark songs in the capital of the state on ...View More
Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization ...View More
With Primary Field Still in Flux, James Talarico Pitches His Big Tent Revival
Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate race in Texas for more than 35 years. In 2018, Beto O’Rourke cam ...View More
The Ballad of Betty Rizzo
All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the f ...View More
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