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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a #progressive #nonprofit news outlet and print #magazine covering the Lone Star State.

Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief https://texasobserver.social/@gusbova
McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee

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Crossing a historic threshold, Mexicans appear poised to elect a woman as president this Sunday but to otherwise leave politics largely unchanged. Reprinted with permission from palabra. and Puente News Collaborative: https://www.texasobserver.org/in-mexicos-historic-vote-politics-are-little-changed/

TexasObserver, to politics
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“While Phelan’s political veneer has shown cracks, it’s still difficult to oust a sitting speaker, who can effectively whip any potential straying reps into line by stick or carrot–promises or threats.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/phelan-abbott-house-republican-runoffs/

TexasObserver, to history
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From our magazine: Nate Blakeslee sought to elevate the Texas Observer’s writing while righting wrongs in Tulia and throughout the state. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-interview-nate-blakeslee-tulia/

TexasObserver, to Texas
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“The water is coming up, up and up. ... You can see the little fish in my yard. It was like a river.”

From the archives, 2019: An Observer investigation found that unregulated dams across #Texas are increasingly failing—putting people and property in jeopardy. https://www.texasobserver.org/dammed-to-fail/

#infrastructure #politics #USpol #news #flood #weather

TexasObserver, to politics
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Runoff coverage: Two community organizers-turned-candidates see their wins as a progressive blueprint for taking on the establishment and mobilizing the Democratic base. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-progressives-win-runoffs/ via @josephinelee

TexasObserver, to news
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“This is not about the blatant public of bribes, extortion, and theft. This is about the corruption of looking the other way.”

From the archives, by Investigations Editor Lise Olsen: The Texas Rangers are tasked with investigating corruption and crimes by public officials. Those officials are rarely held accountable. https://www.texasobserver.org/corrupt-texas-politicians-face-little-accountability/

TexasObserver, to politics
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“I didn’t realize what a head-slapping story it was until I got out there.”

In 2000, Nate Blakeslee wrote a story for the Observer about a drug bust in Tulia that reverberated nationwide. From our magazine, a discussion with Blakeslee on his landmark reporting ... https://www.texasobserver.org/the-interview-nate-blakeslee-tulia/

TexasObserver, to incarcerated
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“I have friends in hell. They send me pain-soaked letters every month that feel like a punch to the gut when they land in the mailbox.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texans-trapped-in-solitary-confinement/

TexasObserver, to politics
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The battle between Brandon Herrera and Tony Gonzales was a masterclass in mutual mudslinging, but also reveals the limits of the influencer-turned-politician model, at least in this strangely cut swath of the Lone Star State.

From Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova: https://www.texasobserver.org/congressman-youtuber-gonzales-herrera-runoff/

TexasObserver, to news
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Both Lauren Ashley Simmons, who trounced four-term incumbent Shawn Thierry, and Molly Cook, who narrowly beat House Representative Jarvis Johnson, drew upon the community they helped organize to turn out votes leading up to yesterday’s runoff election. It paid off.

From Reporting Fellow @josephinelee: https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-progressives-win-runoffs/

TexasObserver, to Texas
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The Republican Party's destruction of anti-voucher incumbents is complete. But they fell short of winning their ”prized pelt” in the run-off election, reports Senior Writer Justin Miller: https://www.texasobserver.org/phelan-abbott-house-republican-runoffs/

TexasObserver, to politics
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“I know I can be a pain in the ass. You have to be tenacious to do this work; you have to have a little bit of crazy.” https://www.texasobserver.org/laredo-wall-tricia-cortez-profile-border/

TexasObserver, to books
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Previously: Daniel Chacón's latest short story collection, The Last Philosopher in Texas, shows how fiction and superstition often mix with reality in the lives of many Chicanos. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-chicano-time-traveler/

TexasObserver, to news
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Earlier: “They feel more legitimized and more like what they do will be overlooked or even encouraged by law enforcement.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/

#border #Police #news #politics #USpol #Texas #Arizona #extremism #immigration

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@gooba42 can't argue with that, but it's disturbing to see how far they've come!

TexasObserver, to Texas
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From the archives: “My mind whirred with all the reasons I was not the right person. We never thought we were filing what would become the Supreme Court case.” https://www.texasobserver.org/roes-grassroots-beginnings-abortion-ut-austin/

TexasObserver,
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@WINGS_radio sounds like a fascinating experience, thank you for sharing

TexasObserver, to incarcerated
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Texas disappears more people in long-term solitary cells than all other states and the federal system combined. Today, we share the voices of prisoners within this hidden world: https://texasobserver.org/texans-trapped-in-solitary-confinement/

TexasObserver, (edited ) to politics
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“If the facts as you just stated are true, then apparently some people are above the law.”

Last week: The Texas Observer and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting have found that armed vigilantes have forged relationships with local and federal law enforcement—ties that appear to elevate risks of violence in already volatile #border regions. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/

#politics #news #USpol #Mexico #Arizona #Texas #SouthTexas #immigration #police

TexasObserver, to news
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“The Remnant Alliance is just the latest version of an ongoing effort to politicize evangelical pastors and their congregations by the radical right wing of the Republican Party.”

Featured: A new coalition of Christian nationalist groups is mobilizing congregations to take over Texas school boards. https://www.texasobserver.org/christian-schoolboards-education-k12/ via @stevanzetti

TexasObserver, to poetry
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From our magazine: “You've built your beach homes
on a slow sinking island
that the dune grass abandons
the ocean will overrun.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/poem-the-gulf-gives-fair-warning-at-galveston-island/

TexasObserver, to random
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We're excited to share the finalists and winner of the 2024 MOLLY National Journalism Prize! The MOLLY Prize honors former TXO editor/columnist Molly Ivins’ legacy, and awards the best investigative journalism in the U.S. This year's judges had their work cut out for them!

1/10

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On "Unprepared," a judge wrote "This is an incredible feat of reporting. Mass shootings and gun control reform get a lot of coverage, but this reporting delves below the surface to highlight the systematic failures...The writing is lucid, simple, and devastating."

7/10

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We'll be honoring our winner and finalists next Thursday, May 30, at 6pm at our annual MOLLY National Journalism Prize Gala. The event also serves as our largest single fundraiser. And this year, the MOLLY Awards kick off the Observer’s 70th year in publication.

8/10

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We’ve been telling it like it is, which we call “hewing to the truth,” since 1954, and we're not slowing down. There are still sponsorships available, as well as individual tickets on sale. Join us to deliver urgently needed funding for our journalism. https://www.texasobserver.org/molly-awards/sponsor-molly-2024/

9/10

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Congratulations to all of the finalists and winner! 10/10

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