The Texas Observer: Investigating Texas Since 1954
WEBThe Texas Observer is a nonprofit news organization known for its independent, investigative reporting, narrative storytelling, and cultural criticism.
Mapping Indigenous Communities of Texas: Atakapa Ishak
WEBSep 3, 2021 · 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.
Justice For Some: A Collaborative Investigation into the Texas …
WEBIn this investigative collaboration, the Texas Observer, KXAN, El Paso Matters, and Fort Worth Report look into recent cases handled by the Texas Rangers.
Texans Can Finally Buy Beer Directly From Breweries
WEBSep 4, 2019 · On Sunday, September 1, just in time for Labor Day, breweries across the state toasted to a long-awaited landmark moment: The Beer-to-Go law finally went into effect, allowing Texas craft brewers ...
Two Years Later, I’ll Never Stop Fighting for Lexi - The Texas …
WEBMay 20, 2024 · Twice, my daughters have confronted the stark reality of guns in Uvalde schools. First, my youngest daughter, Lexi, faced a deranged 18-year-old armed with an AR-15-style rifle as he murdered 19 ...
Staff - The Texas Observer
WEBGus Bova is the interim editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer.In 2016, he joined the Observer as an intern, later becoming a staff writer and an assistant editor.He’s covered immigration ...
The Walls Prison Break–50 Years Later - The Texas Observer
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Carrasco was a brilliant but vicious drug dealer whose drug cartel flooded our streets with heroin; Weilbacher was a rogue policeman feared in the barrios and accused of being involved in racially ...
A Century After the Porvenir Massacre, Remembering One of …
WEBOn 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 about a series of recent cattle ...
We Did It, Y'all! Texas Observer Will Remain Open!
WEBUpdate March 31, 2023: On Friday, the board of the Texas Democracy Foundation, the Texas Observer’s parent nonprofit, saw six resignations while voting to add three new members, according to ...
MOLLY NATIONAL JOURNALISM PRIZES - The Texas Observer
WEBThe 2024 MOLLY Awards was held on Thursday, May 30 at The Line hotel in downtown Austin . Congratulations to our winner, Alicia Inez Guzmán at Searchlight New Mexico, for her piece “Buried ...