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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a #progressive #nonprofit news outlet and print #magazine covering the Lone Star State.

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2024-07-09 18:29:22

“I think it’s going to become more and more important for the state for a variety of different large energy users to have some conditions on them being able to connect [to the grid].” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-grid-heat-summer-doug-lewin/
#energy #summer #politics #USpol #Texas #ClimateChange #environment #HeatWave #OilAndGas

2024-07-02 14:03:46

“Earlier this month, a bombshell report from a religious watchdog group roiled one of the largest megachurches in Texas. ...”
But some #Texas Republicans, who’ve campaigned on ostensibly protecting children from sexualization, are conspicuously quiet. https://www.texasobserver.org/pastor-texas-gop-christian-nationalism-sex-abuse/ via @npub13uq…vy6g
#politics #USpol #abuse #religion #news #Christianity #extremism #Republicans

2024-06-28 16:59:29

“What he’s selling is difference and a lot of people are buying ‘different’ because they’re so fed up with the status quo.”
From the archives: Musician, Politician, Author Kinky Friedman died yesterday. In 2006, former TXO staff writer Dave Mann shared the exquisite theater that was a Kinky campaign rally. https://www.texasobserver.org/2333-it-only-hurts-when-he-laughs-kinkys-bravado-hides-a-dark-vision-of-politics-and-life/
#politics #USpol #history #Texas #music #KinkyFriedman #news

2024-06-27 21:52:55

“You know, this is amazing and phenomenal. And it’s something that I would never have even considered happening in my lifetime. But it happened because of a bad thing that happened to me.” https://www.texasobserver.org/library-books-censorship-smalltown-texas/
#books #censorship #homophobia #LGBTQIA+ #library #news #politics #USpol #Texas

2024-06-19 14:34:07

“The #Juneteenth story is much more than one day, or one city. But this is where it started,”
New today from @npub1ayp…yw0l: Sam Collins, better known as Professor Juneteenth, says his work to educate Americans about the holiday’s legacy is unfinished. https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-galveston-sam-collins/
#politics #USpol #history #slavery #Texas

2024-06-18 14:35:48

“It certainly seems like an issue that could be ripe for litigation because it’s right on its face discriminating against people for sexual orientation or #transgender status.”
Out today, from Kit @npub1npn…ecka: Emails obtained from the #Texas Department of Agriculture reveal the turmoil caused by Sid Miller's transphobic dress code, which the Observer first revealed last year. https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/
#news #politics #agriculture #transphobia #LGBTQIA+ #USpol #law

2024-05-28 14:53:51

Texas disappears more people in long-term solitary cells than all other states and the federal system combined. Today, we share the voices of prisoners within this hidden world: https://texasobserver.org/texans-trapped-in-solitary-confinement/
#prison #HumanRights #news #Texas #MentalHealth

2024-05-27 20:51:06

“If the facts as you just stated are true, then apparently some people are above the law.”
Last week: The Texas Observer and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting have found that armed vigilantes have forged relationships with local and federal law enforcement—ties that appear to elevate risks of violence in already volatile #border regions. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/
#politics #news #USpol #Mexico #Arizona #Texas #SouthTexas #immigration #police

2024-05-24 19:00:53

Armed vigilantes in TX and AZ are collaborating with law enforcement, who have sometimes failed to arrest or charge them—even when vigilantes were filming committing crimes in front of officers, or when police documented violations.
https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/
#news #politics #USpol #border #immigration #police #HumanRights #Texas #Arizona #extremism

2024-05-13 14:31:27

“They almost annihilated us, and that genocide continues. To destroy the environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.”
From our magazine: An industrial buildout on the southern tip of #Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died. From Correspondent Dylan Baddour: https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/
#news #politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #Indigenous #SouthTexas

2024-05-02 14:58:28

In May, we reported on how an "anti-woke" energy tycoon had hijacked the #Texas State Historical Association. Now, hundreds of historians, students and educators are supporting the newly formed Alliance for Texas #History, dedicated to telling untold stories from our state. New from [@josephinelee](https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee): https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-history-alliance-tsha/
#politics #USpol #news #culture #education

2024-04-26 21:48:56

“When members of the public are engaged in a peaceful #protest in a public space—assuming they are not obstructing traffic, or disrupting campus activities—there is very little legal basis for law enforcement to demand they leave.”
From yesterday: A UT professor and expert on freedom of expression weighs in on the controversial arrests of 57 individuals on campus. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-palestine-first-amendment/
#FreeSpeech #UTAustin #Palestine #activism #Austin #Texas #police #StudentSpring

2024-04-25 20:20:22

New today: A UT professor and expert on freedom of expression weighs in on the controversial arrests of 57 individuals, including a journalist, at a campus demonstration yesterday. An interview from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio ... https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-palestine-first-amendment/
#Palestine #Austin #UTAustin #Texas #Police #FreeSpeech #activism #protest #GregAbbott #StudentSpring

2024-04-23 16:44:29

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2024-04-03 19:54:13

From Monday: Texas highways have destroyed and dominated our built #environment. Former Texas Observer editor Megan Kimble's book "City Limits" offers a different vision of urban design. Reporting Fellow [@josephinelee](https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee) reviews ... https://www.texasobserver.org/roadmap-to-rebuilding-communities/
#Texas #transit #cars #news #books #politics #USpol #books #safety