Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal ...

Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Governor Abbott’s school voucher majority for the 2025 ...

In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality.

A school board vote to cancel a summer Pride event represented one of the first government-sponsored cancellations of the ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

A strong and clear editorial vision, committed to the values we’ve upheld at the Texas Observer for 70 years, is critical to ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Under various and ever-shifting policies curtailing access ...

In my 33 years as an educator, I’ve never known teachers to come out against a bond. I’ve never seen so much community ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

We're going to defend our immigrant communities from Trump's attacks, while we hold Trump and people like Elon Musk ...

This December, come hell or highwater, the Texas Observer will celebrate its 70th anniversary, and we want YOU to be part of ...