“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/
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.
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.
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 That has been the whole point of fascist politics for generations - delegitimize actual law and convince violent bigots that it's up to them to "save" the USA by any means except democracy.
@TexasObserver Wow. I volunteered for that group. The birth control and abortion counselling center was right down the hall from the draft counselling center across from the university. We also had a statewide organization that was an uneasy coalition between rich upper middle class, socialist, and hip women.