Records reveal additional costs of the controversial Rio Grande barrier that the governor describes as “low-cost.” ...

Imposing permanent punishments for old mistakes backfires by reducing the talent pool to address Texas’ social worker ...

Last month, we at the Observer officially celebrated our 70 th year of continuous publication. Some 200 supporters gathered ...

Trans people are a gift to the world. They show us how creative God can be, and they are the embodiment of a fundamental ...

Winding up your year by the fire (or by the pool) as the temperature rises and dips? Or just taking off on a long holiday drive? In any of these scenarios, you likely need an audio book or podcast ...

Abby Rapoport continued a family tradition of making the Texas Observer possible—by filling just about every role the organization has.

Local elected officials in the border city of Brownsville are receiving talking points and media strategy from the company developing Rio Grande LNG—the Central Park-sized liquefied natural gas ...

The top two stories here, investigations of social media nazis and charter schools, were far and away our most-read of the year. After that, the list is lightly curated to reflect the diversity of ...

Incarcerated Texans describe conditions in prison following Hurricane Beryl.

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. One night last summer, I went out with my wife. Through the restaurant windows, we could see the Uvalde town square: the ...