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Participants in Ms. Texas Senior America pageant embrace the golden years in all their glamor, gumption, and glory.

Cheryl Wattley helped free Richard Miles, wrongfully convicted for murder, due to Dallas police's improper evidence handling.

As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for democracy happening in the Lone Star State.

After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.

“They're trying to sell us and sell to us, but they're also trying to kill us,” Olive Klug said of attacks on trans rights in America.

Queendom, a documentary that recently premiered at the SXSW film festival, should leave viewers—especially LGBTQ+ viewers—shaken.

Whistleblower Reality Winner started conversations about election tech supplier VR Systems which remain controversial to this day.

To our Texas Observer Community, This afternoon, the Texas Democracy Foundation has unanimously voted to rescind previous votes for layoffs. We have secured near-term pledges to bridge our immediate budget shortfall and feel confident that there is time for the Texas Observer to determine its future, thanks to the extraordinary…

"Thanks to the extraordinary success of the staff’s fundraising this week," the publication's board of directors voted to rescind layoffs and shutdown.

Citizen Sleuth begins as a search for a murder but Tends with a hard look at the murky ethics of true crime storytelling.

The resident donors at Texas' famed Body Ranch, operated by Texas State University, offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.