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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.

"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.

UPDATE March 29, 5:15pm: We did it, y’all! Thanks to your incredible generosity and outpouring of support, the board of directors voted to reverse the closure and layoffs. The Texas Democracy Foundation, the nonprofit parent of the Texas Observer, told its staff Monday that it is laying off employees—including journalists and…

David Shabani’s life took him on an international journey from France to the Live Music Capital of the World.

What the historic 2023 election for mayor meant for Celia Israel, for Austin, and women in Texas politics.

Doctors are left to guess at whether helping patients, facing severe complications during pregnancy loss, could land them in prison.