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  •  | ILLUSTRATIONVICTOR JUHASZ | MR Online

    Trump’s Texas tycoons

    Originally published: Texas Observer on January 13, 2025 by Justin Miller (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Jan 16, 2025)

    Meet the Lone Star megadonors, think tankers, and politicians poised to play big roles in Trump’s comeback tour.

  •  | What Libraries Are Open Near Arlington   Menotomy Matters | MR Online

    The booksellers’ revolt

    Originally published: Texas Observer on March 11, 2024 by Matthew Patin (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Mar 19, 2024)

    The READER Act would have required vendors to rate books on “explicitness” before selling to schools—and blacklisted those that didn’t comply.

  •  | COURTESYWIKIMEDIA COMMONS PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONSUNNY SONE | MR Online

    ‘it’s the South’: Harris County sends 15 times more Black men to death row than white

    Originally published: Texas Observer on February 22, 2024 by Michelle Pitcher (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Feb 26, 2024)

    Texas’ largest county remains the state’s deadliest when it comes to capital murder convictions, a new report says.

  •  | Hospital Photo niskanencenterorg | MR Online

    The Cancer Factory

    Originally published: Texas Observer on February 7, 2024 by Lise Olsen (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Feb 13, 2024)

    Too many U.S. workers still suffer and die from exposure to well-known toxic substances, a Texas investigative reporter’s new book says.

  •  | A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT OVERLOOKS THE CITY OF BONHAM TEXAS DREANNA L BELDENUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS LIBRARIES THE PORTAL TO TEXAS HISTORY | MR Online

    Jim Crow still lingers in Bonham, civil rights lawyers say

    Originally published: Texas Observer on February 7, 2024 by Josephine Lee (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Feb 09, 2024)

    Civil rights complaint alleges biracial child faced two years of racially motivated attacks.

  •  | A group of migrants seeking US asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol | MR Online

    Abbot’s border standoff fueled by a climate crisis he helped to create

    Originally published: Texas Observer on January 31, 2024 by Greg Harman (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Feb 06, 2024)

    Record levels of forced migration are tied to an environmental collapse that Republicans worsened on behalf of the fossil fuel industry.

  •  | AFTER ABORTION BAN TEXAS TEEN BIRTH RATE RISES | MR Online

    After abortion ban, Texas teen birth rate rises

    Originally published: Texas Observer on January 30, 2024 by Lise Olsen (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Feb 05, 2024)

    The increase reverses a 15-year trend. And unwanted pregnancies will rise, researchers predict.

  •  | BORDER AND IMMIGRATION | MR Online

    Texas is challenging 150 years of immigration law

    Originally published: Texas Observer on December 14, 2023 by Gus Bova (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Dec 16, 2023)

    Senate Bill 4 could be the vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to finally unleash Lone Star Republicans on the world’s huddled masses.

  •  | COMMUNITY FRIDGES FIGHT HUNGER AND CLIMATE CHANGE | MR Online

    Community fridges fight hunger and climate change

    Originally published: Texas Observer on October 27, 2023 by Max Graham (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Nov 02, 2023)

    These dropoff sites for free food appeared across the U.S. during the pandemic, reducing waste and methane emissions in the process.

  •  | FOCAL FOTOFLICKR | MR Online

    I am a trans Texan

    Originally published: Texas Observer on March 16, 2023 by April Ortiz (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Mar 20, 2023)

    A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.

  •  | THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS DRAG SHOWS | MR Online

    The war on Christmas drag shows

    Originally published: Texas Observer on December 21, 2022 by Steven Monacelli (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Dec 29, 2022)

    GOP endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ “groomer” rhetoric inspired armed fascist groups to harass queer events, spurring a diverse, celebratory community response.

  •  | C | MR Online

    Are you ok? The lives of young trans Texans

    Originally published: Texas Observer on November 18, 2022 by Kit O'Connell (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Nov 21, 2022)

    In Jesse Friedin’s photos, viewers glimpse the bravery of transgender youth and the power of unconditional family support.

  •  | Hundreds listen to speakers at the Unheard Voices March  Rally in honor of the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary mass shooting in Uvalde Texas on July 10 2022 Photo by Kaylee Greenlee BealTexas Observer | MR Online

    Uvalde Vive

    Originally published: Texas Observer on August 29, 2022 by Gus Bova (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Sep 07, 2022)

    In tragedy’s wake, a fiery movement for justice emerges in a South Texas town that’s known an uprising before.

  •  | DYLAN BADDOUR | MR Online

    Mexican drought spurs a South Texas water crisis

    Originally published: Texas Observer on August 15, 2022 by Dylan Baddour (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Aug 19, 2022)

    Reservoirs in the Rio Grande Valley are running dry—sparking emergency water conservation measures.

  •  | THERE ARE NO REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR TOXIC EMISSIONS EVENTS | MR Online

    There are ‘no real consequences’ for toxic emissions events

    Originally published: Texas Observer on August 1, 2022 by Savanna Strott (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Aug 16, 2022)

    In some cases, these “chemical releases” aren’t illegal. In others, state regulators give polluters the benefit of the doubt.

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    Next on the GOP’s list: starving queer kids

    Originally published: Texas Observer on August 1, 2022 by Nancy Goldstein (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Aug 02, 2022)

    Republican attorneys general, including Ken Paxton, have filed suit over a federal school lunch program that prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ children.

  •  | THE MEXICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN TEXAS TAKES A DEEP LOOK AT OUR SORDID STATE HISTORY | MR Online

    ‘The Mexican American Experience in Texas’ takes a deep look at our sordid State history

    Originally published: Texas Observer on February 11, 2022 by Martha Menchaca (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Feb 15, 2022)

    Martha Menchaca’s new book examines events that have shaped the lives of so many in the Lone Star State.

  •  | Abortion access for all sign | MR Online

    Texas’ abortion ban is having a ‘domino effect’ on clinics across the U.S.

    Originally published: Texas Observer on November 18, 2021 by Mary Tuma (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Nov 24, 2021)

    “We are seeing massive ripple effects across the country for other states taking on displaced patients.”

  •  | Prison fence | MR Online

    Invisible Scars

    Originally published: Texas Observer on November 10, 2021 by Jennifer Toon (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Nov 15, 2021)

    For women inside prison, the fight for survival is less physical than psychological.

  •  | SpaceX | MR Online

    The Final Frontera

    Originally published: Texas Observer on August 31, 2021 by Gus Bravo (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Sep 13, 2021)

    lon Musk wants to go to Mars. Money, regulations, and public beaches are no object.

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