The Texas Observer: Investigating Texas Since 1954
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Journalist Priscilla 'La Gordiloca' Villarreal Loses at Fifth Circuit
WEBJan 24, 2024 · In a blow to First Amendment advocates, a majority of the judges on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Tuesday not just to throw out a lawsuit by the Laredo citizen journalist and ...
Chasing the Chupacabra, a Lone Star State Legend - The Texas …
WEBOct 27, 2016 · I n the summer of 1995, a wave of livestock killings rocked the towns of rural Puerto Rico. The victims were found with wounds at their throats, seemingly empty of blood. Without a culprit, dark ...
What Must Happen for Texas to Turn Blue - The Texas Observer
WEBMay 23, 2013 · For Texas to ever become competitive for them, Democrats will need to lock down Harris County. Home to 4.2 million Texans, almost 70 percent of whom are non-white, Houston is the present and ...
A Century After the Porvenir Massacre, Remembering One of …
WEBJanuary 31, 2018, 9:24 AM, CST. On January 28, 1918, a band of Texas Rangers and ranchers raided the tiny Presidio County village of Porvenir in the middle of the night. The rangers were angry ...
What Electing A New Railroad Commissioner Means for Texans
WEBFebruary 25, 2022, 4:24 PM, CST. The race for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission is getting some long-overdue attention—for all the wrong reasons. One of three seats on the Commission ...
Prison Visitation is a Lifeline for Incarcerated People. Why is TDJC ...
WEBMay 18, 2020 · Criminal Justice. Locked Out. Visitation is a critical lifeline for incarcerated people, yet some families say Texas prison officials ban them from seeing loved ones over petty or unproven claims ...
Right-Wing Pastor Arrested for ‘No-Islam’ Graffiti in Downtown …
WEBNov 9, 2023 · by Steven Monacelli. November 9, 2023, 2:39 PM, CST. The words “No Islam” scrawled in black spray paint appeared on the walls of businesses in downtown Brownsville in mid-October, coming at a ...
Mapping Indigenous Communities of Texas: Atakapa Ishak
WEBSeptember 3, 2021, 8:00 AM, CDT. The Atakapa Ishak have lived for thousands of years in the lush green forests of southeast Texas where the Galveston Bay and the Big Thicket meet. Ishak means ...
The Poor in Texas Have Been Vastly Undercounted, New Report …
WEBJan 29, 2019 · The group released a report Monday showing that the federal government may be vastly undercounting poverty in Texas. As a result, poor Texans may face unwarranted obstacles to seeking government ...