The Texas Observer: Investigating Texas Since 1954
WEBThe Texas Observer is a nonprofit news organization known for its independent, investigative reporting, narrative storytelling, and cultural criticism.
Staff - The Texas Observer
WEBGus Bova is the interim editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer. In 2016, he joined the Observer as an intern, later becoming a staff writer and an assistant editor. He’s covered immigration ...
What the Black Lives Matter Protests Mean for East Texas
WEBJun 19, 2020 · Lives. Matter. Racism and high rates of violence in East Texas can be traced to slavery. By 1860, the vast majority of enslaved Black people in Texas–who made up 30 percent of the state’s ...
Mapping Indigenous Communities of Texas: Atakapa Ishak
WEBSeptember 3, 2021, 8:00 AM, CDT. The Atakapa Ishak have lived for thousands of years in the lush green forests of southeast Texas where the Galveston Bay and the Big Thicket meet. Ishak means ...
The Strange and Sudden Demise of the Houston Press - The Texas …
WEBDec 7, 2017 · A 1998 exposé by Bob Burtman about the wrongful murder conviction of Roy Criner led to Criner winning a pardon. Food writer and three-time James Beard Award winner Robb Walsh helped put Houston ...
Heritage of Abuse - The Texas Observer
WEBApr 23, 2012 · But dig a little below the surface, and the idyllic veneer of this place begins to peel and crumble. A Texas Observer investigation has found allegations of child sex abuse involving at least six ...
Who Runs Texas? - The Texas Observer
WEBJul 30, 2010 · All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions:. Articles must link back to the original article and contain the ...
Politics - The Texas Observer
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Mike Miles Moved Texas School Funds to Colorado Through a Possible Shell Corporation Without a Paper Trail. An Observer investigation has found irregularities in how the Houston ISD superintendent ...
A Century After the Porvenir Massacre, Remembering One of …
WEBJanuary 31, 2018, 9:24 AM, CST. On January 28, 1918, a band of Texas Rangers and ranchers raided the tiny Presidio County village of Porvenir in the middle of the night. The rangers were angry ...
Officials: Undocumented Children Won't Break Texas' Schools
WEBJul 21, 2014 · Despite the freak-out over undocumented Central American children stealing desks from Texas kids, schools say they're prepared for next school year.