Will a STAAR-Crossed Legislature Finally Enact Real Testing Reform?
Claudia de Leon describes her son Diego’s kindergarten class at Houston’s Helms Elementary School as ...View More
Picturing Palestine
All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the f ...View More
Strangest State: A Plumber’s Art, Cowboys, and a Sea of Dimes
Strangest State: A Plumber's Art, Cowboys, and a Sea of Dimes ...View More
I Came from Rural Texas to Harvard’s MD-PhD program. Now, Trump Defunded that Program.
Even lifelong Texans may not have heard of my hometown of Lindale. With just under 5,000 people whil ...View More
U.S.-Mexico Border Militarization Fails to Stop Modern Drug Smuggling Industry
Just across the Texas border, in cities like Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo, criminal networks are strengt ...View More
Veterans Who Work in Texas VA Health System: ‘The Dam’s Gonna Break’
Manning the main switchboard for the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System requires skills akin ...View More
Can Anything Halt the Gerrymandering Arms Race?
Late Sunday afternoon, dozens of Texas House Democrats boarded a charter flight at the Austin airpor ...View More
Recovering Suzanne Césaire’s Legacy
“Everything collapses in the ripping sound of great manifestations,” wrote Suzanne Césaire in 1945. ...View More
‘Shaky’ Audio Series Is a Messy, Real Look at Disabled Life
There are many words you could use to describe Nicole Tompkins, the disabled protagonist of “Shaky,” ...View More
Loon Star State: Render unto Trump…
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