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.
Heritage of Abuse - The Texas Observer
WEBApr 23, 2012 · But dig a little below the surface, and the idyllic veneer of this place begins to peel and crumble. A Texas Observer investigation has found allegations of child sex abuse involving at least six ...
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 ...
José Garza Redefines What a Progressive Prosecutor is for Texas
WEBNov 2, 2020 · Garza, the presumed winner in the November general election in deep-blue Travis County, is part of a new wave of progressive DA candidates in Texas this year who have argued for a more ...
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 ...
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 ...
An East Texas County Fights a Bitter Battle Over a Reborn Hospital
WEBApr 29, 2024 · Currently, the hospital district board provides $225,000 to the hospital each month; $100,000 is returned to the district for the hospital lease payment. That means a net of $125,000 is used for ...
Politics - The Texas Observer
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Mike Miles Moved Texas School Funds to Colorado Through a Possible Shell Corporation Without a Paper Trail. An Observer investigation has found irregularities in how the Houston ISD superintendent ...
Civil Rights - The Texas Observer
WEBJul 30, 2024 · Neo-Nazi Gang Affiliates Attacked a Mixed-Race Family in Martindale, Only One Was Arrested. Members or supporters of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, identified by the Texas Observer and Bellingcat ...
Inside Exxon's 10-Month Lockout of Beaumont Refinery Workers
WEBMar 28, 2022 · The Battle of Beaumont. For nearly 10 months in the once-mighty union bastion of southeast Texas, ExxonMobil locked out hundreds of refinery workers in an effort to force an embattled 80-year-old ...