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Who Judges the Judges?

In Texas, an opaque system undermines accountability for judges.

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Paxton Is Burning

Has accountability finally come to Texas?

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Oaxaca’s Silk Farmers Seek to Protect Their Way of Life

Oaxacan artisans seek to preserve the unique ways of making the fabric found in their region since the 1500s.

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¿Quién Se Queda con el Dinero Robado a México?

Los planes del Departamento de Justicia para devolver el dinero robado del estado de Coahuila generan dudas sobre quién debería recibir el dinero.

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Who Gets Mexico’s Missing Money?

The Justice Department’s plans to return funds stolen from the state of Coahuila raise questions about whom should get them.

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Charlatans, False Prophets and Flimflammers

A veteran NPR reporter tells all about his misadventures covering religion in America during the rise of Christian nationalism.

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‘May Their Memory Be a Blessing’: Hundreds Gather for Uvalde Anniversary Vigil

A year later, law enforcement has faced nothing approaching systemic accountability for failures at Robb Elementary.

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‘American Born Chinese’ and the Limits of Cultural Representation

The hero in Disney+'s show American Born Chinese follows a familiar journey for colonized people, predicted by theorist Frantz Fanon.

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Wrecking Women’s Healthcare

Low-income Texans depend on family planning clinics. The clinics depend on a program that's in trouble.

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Loon Star State: Reports of Our Death …

The Texas Observer lives! The latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent takes on the near-death of our publication.

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Fast & Furious XI: Texas’ Transgender Youth

Headed for the governor’s desk, SB 14 shows the Legislature has no idea what healthcare for trans kids even is.

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‘A Man Without a Gun Is Not a Citizen’

Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown traces the road from Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to the January 6 insurrection and MAGA extremism.

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In Houston Schools, It’s the Mike Morath Show

An audio recording of trainings for unelected school managers paints a bleak picture of the Bayou City’s educational future.

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Murió ayudando a construir la Gigafábrica de Tesla. Tesla no reportó su muerte a funcionarios locales.

Antelmo Ramírez era papá, abuelo y esposo. Su muerte por hipertermia no figura en el informe de Tesla requerido como parte del acuerdo fiscal con el condado de Travis.

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Those Who Don’t Know the Past…

The outcome of a fight to control a nonprofit group could shape the teaching of history in Texas.

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A Postpartum Page-Turner

Austin author Szilvia Molnar's memoir-esque novel about motherhood, The Nursery, is both engaging—and disturbing.

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Texas Transportation Advocacy Revs Up at the Lege

After the passage of a road safety bill in 2021, proponents see another opportunity.

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‘He Failed to Signal’: When DPS Traffic Stops Turn Deadly

Shandra Hodge speaks out about her son’s death at the hands of state troopers in 2019.

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‘We Have to Put These People Back in Their Place’: Gene Wu Explains White Supremacy, Reddit, and Life in the Minority

"A lot of these little things had a very strong white-supremacist basis."

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Documents Reveal ‘How to Defund Trans Pediatrics’ in Texas

The American College of Pediatricians (ACPEDS)—designated a hate group by the SPLC—found common cause with GOP megadonor Monty Bennett.

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How (Not) to Mourn a Mass Shooting

Two local churches in Allen offered contrasting visions of how the community can heal in the wake of mass murder.

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Houston-area Shell Refinery Had Troubled History Before Fire

Before the fire at the Shell refinery, "upsets" like tripped compressors, pressure loss and more resulted in thousands of pounds of pollution.

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Investigative Reporting Is Under Attack in the Americas. We Need More Action.

U.S. journalists are publicly asking the Biden administration to actively support freedom of the press.

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He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials.

Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required in a county tax deal.

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Mental Illness Shouldn’t Land You in Jail

Up to 40 percent of the people who end up behind bars in Travis County need mental health care. Diversion offers better options.

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