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Corpses of Poor, Black and Vulnerable Frequently Sent to Medical Schools for Dissection

Between 2017 and 2021, the number of unclaimed bodies accepted by Texas medical schools increased nearly sevenfold.

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‘Civil and Human Rights Disaster’: Texas Wants to Seize Immigration Authority from Feds

House Bill 4, which an expert called a "civil and human rights disaster," could turn police into border enforcers—with new unchecked power.

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Chaplains in Schools Test the Boundaries of the First Amendment

When public school counselors are in short supply, should chaplains be allowed to fill the gap? From law expert Charles J. Russo.

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Community Fridges Fight Hunger and Climate Change

Community fridges for free food appeared across the U.S. during the pandemic, reducing waste and methane emissions in the process.

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Four Texas Counties Now Ban Travel for Abortions

The travel ban bars pregnant Texans from leaving the state to access an abortion. From Truthout's Zane McNeil.

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Unmasking Texas Neo-Nazis

Police cited four men for distributing antisemitic and racist flyers in Fort Worth and Weatherford. From Steven Monacelli.

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University of Houston’s LGBTQ+ Students Build New Community After Resource Center Closure

Religious leaders and other allies are struggling to fill the gap left by the loss of the vital LGBTQ+ resource center.

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‘Go Away TEA,’ Say Houston ISD Parents and Teachers

“We are professional educators. We demand to be respected.”

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Texas Still Issues Thousands of Permits for Natural Gas Flaring

Advocates say the Texas Railroad Commission process is more of a "rubber stamp" for oil and gas companies to keep polluting indefinitely.

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No Path to Redemption for Devout Death Row Inmates

Texas offers religious education to the condemned but rarely values religious growth when considering clemency requests.

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Study: More Infants Die in States that Restrict Abortion

The same study found that the mortality rate for Black infants was more than twice that of white ones. From Truthout.

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Abbott Lobbies for More Money As Border Wall Burns Through Budget

In the wake of President Joe Biden’s fencing flip-flop, the Texas governor doubles down on his barrier construction.

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In Mexico, Tensions Rise Again over 1944 Water Treaty

After decades of negotiations and even protests, Mexico and the U.S. struggle to find a compromise over a 1944 water treaty.

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The Tower Sniper’s Wife

A book from UT Press provides a troubling twist on the vow “until death do us part.” Reviewed by Texas Observer Senior Reporter Lise Olsen.

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Choose Native Plants!

More Texas gardeners are choosing native plants after 2023’s brutal weather—attracting bees, butterflies, and lower water bills.

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Abbott’s Voucher Fight Isn’t About Kids. It’s About Money, Politics, and Religion.

The Senate passed its bill this week as the governor continues to pressure House members to compromise.

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Strangest State: Alligators, Tigers & Hailstorms, Oh My!

Weird weather, unusual attacks on education, and zoo animals keeping cool, in the latest dispatch from far-flung Texas.

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Texas Wants to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns

TCEQ is proposing to quietly adopt its 17-year-old cancer standard that leading scientists and public health officials call inadequate.

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A Possible Reprieve for the Mentally Ill on Death Row

Scott Panetti was deemed incompetent for execution.

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USPS Is Falsifying Safety Docs As Its Workers Die of Heat

Even after workers' deaths, the company continues to violate its own rules.

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Abbott Demands Vouchers—Or Else

The governor and the billionaires behind him are determined to defund public schools.

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Domestic Violence Murders in Texas Are Going Up

A new report from the Texas Council on Family Violence analyzed hundreds of deaths in the Lone Star State.

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Biden Administration Waives 26 Laws to Accelerate Border Wall Construction

On the campaign trail, the president once promised there would “not be another foot” constructed under his watch.

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Ghosts from Texas’ Past

Dispatch from a haunted—and historically fraught—building in Austin, from Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher in the Texas Observer magazine.

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The Lonesome Writing Guru

How the Texas author—and an editor of a new book of essays about him—helped shepherd a Lone Star literary community.

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