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.
Dallas County DA John Creuzot Calls New Reforms ‘A Step …
WEBApr 11, 2019 · Last year, Dallas was ground zero in the national movement to elect prosecutors willing to help shrink the bloated carceral state. The race for Dallas County DA pitted Democrat John Creuzot, a ...
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 ...
Civil Rights Lawyer Lee Merritt on Reimagining Public Safety in Texas
WEBNovember 2, 2021, 9:00 AM, CDT. This election cycle, the first high-profile Democrat to announce a statewide run in Texas is also one of the nation’s leading civil rights lawyers. Lee Merritt ...
How Texas Institutions Flout the Native American Graves …
WEBNov 16, 2020 · Under a federal law called the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), passed in 1990, institutions such as museums and universities that receive any federal funding and ...
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 ...
Kathryn Jones - The Texas Observer
WEBFeb 8, 2023 · Kathryn Jones, a veteran journalist, author, and longtime Texan, has also written for The Dallas Morning News, Time magazine, The New York Times, and Texas Monthly.She has been inducted into the ...
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 ...
Local Control and Fracking Lights Up the Texas Lege
WEBMar 24, 2015 · Convergence of Local Control and Fracking Lights Up the Lege. by Priscila Mosqueda. March 24, 2015, 11:04 AM, CDT. Even before voters in Denton passed a measure that made their city the first in ...
The Rural Health Care Crisis, Mapped - The Texas Observer
WEBNov 20, 2019 · More than a quarter of Texans live in an underserved county. As a result, many of Texas’ rural residents end up traveling hours for care—and because of this, people are dying. Using data from ...