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In South Texas House Runoff, It’s a Progressive Insurgent Versus the Establishment

In Hidalgo County's open House District 41, Bernie-backed Julio Salinas is up against McAllen City Commissioner Seby Haddad, who’s backed by most of the local politicos.

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‘An hour of abuse’: Jeremy Corbyn on Labour coups, and whether he feels sorry for Starmer

As Keir Starmer endures a slow ousting, his predecessor recalls the day in 2016 when colleagues tried to force him out – and assesses who might come next

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Jesse Jackson Comes to Town

In honor of the late civil rights leader, the Observer resurfaces an encounter between the reverend and Molly Ivins.

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In Diverse Southwest Houston, Longtime Incumbent Hubert Vo Forced into Runoff Row

After 20 years in office, opponents say he’s become out of touch and absent. Now he must survive a runoff against Alief school board member Darlene Breaux.

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The Gas Peddle

Special interests spent years influencing city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.

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As License Plate Readers Expand in Texas, Privacy Advocates Are Fighting Back

The Kyle City Council voted to apply for more state grant money for Flock Safety cameras despite a string of local-level contract cancellations of the booming surveillance company’s services.

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What Does the Allred-Johnson Runoff Tell Us About Texas Dems?

In a cycle rife with intraparty tension, a runoff in a newly gerrymandered district finds two mainstream Dems searching for an edge on the left.

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Trump’s New Tool to Speed Up Wall Construction May Be a Trap for Texas Landowners

The administration is using a new kind of “right-of-entry” request that allows building earlier in the legal process. Property owners could be signing away more than they realize, attorneys say.

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As Contract Negotiations Drag On, Texas Starbucks Workers Have Learned the Power of Organizing

“We have an in everywhere. It's not hard to talk to other people that do the same thing that you do on a daily basis, and oftentimes they have the same grievances that you do."

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‘La Gordiloca’ Lost at the Supreme Court but Won in Laredo

The citizen-journalist and social media provocateur's case against local officials was thrown out in a decision that horrified First Amendment advocates. But, at home, observers say arresting her proved more trouble for the government than it was worth.

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Immigration Court Interpreter Detained by ICE at Texas Airport, Case Heads to Federal Court

A Texas immigration court interpreter who has spent years helping South Asian migrants navigate the U.S. legal system is now fighting her own detention inside an ICE facility in South Texas, according to court records

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Mike Miles Cancels Moonlighting Contract with His Former Charter School Network

Houston ISD says its state-appointed superintendent has ended a paid agreement with Third Future Schools, after the Observer obtained the contract and requested comment. A 2025 state law restricts moonlighting by superintendents.

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Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport

The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

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How Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Could Devastate Endangered Species Along Texas’ Gulf Coast

If left intact, the exemption for oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico could forever harm vulnerable species and their habitats.

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ProPublica and The Texas Tribune name five newsroom partners for investigative initiative

Big Bend Sentinel, the Houston Chronicle, KRIS 6 News in Corpus Christi, KXAN Investigates in Austin and the Texas Observer will report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control.

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Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in Texas

Some school district leaders say they believed they had only one option for a partnership to avoid state takeover.

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‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline

The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

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Glen Baxter obituary

Absurdist artist and cartoonist who was a staple of the greeting cards rack and of publications such as the New Yorker

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‘Proudly Claiming Our Tears’: Fathers Stand Together for Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids

In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their unconditional love for their children.

Texas Observer

Defending the Most Vulnerable in San Marcos

When book bans or right-wing operatives come to town, school board trustee Juan Miguel Arredondo told the Observer, “My colleagues have to have those conversations with an openly gay man next to them.”

The Guardian - UK

The Salt Path author published earlier book under alias, despite debut claims

Raynor Winn’s lawyers have confirmed she published a previous book in 2012, years before the memoir that won a £10,000 prize for debut writers

The Independent UK

The Salt Path writer secretly published earlier book despite claims she was a debut author

Raynor Winn’s lawyers confirm she published a previous book in 2012 under an pseudonym

Texas Observer

How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance

Last week's convictions related to a July 4 ICE detention center demonstration raise red flags about the right to protest. “This can happen to you, and if they can do it to you, they will.”

The Guardian - UK

Len Deighton obituary

Writer whose ‘anti-Bond’ hero in his 1962 novel The Ipcress File had a seismic impact on spy fiction

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Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our March/April 2026 Issue

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