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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2024 06:31:24 JST Texas Observer -
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 06:40:08 JST Texas Observer “Most enslaved people had worked in the southeast region of Texas, close to the coast. So people would go back home … and celebrate it with their families. It’s been a tradition since 1865.” https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-galveston-sam-collins/
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 06:01:22 JST Texas Observer ”Why do victims of nonsexual violent crimes usually involve authorities while most rape survivors remain silent?”
In the Eye on Texas column from our magazine, a survivor searches for answers for herself and for society. https://www.texasobserver.org/why-i-stayed-silent/
(CW: Sexual assault)
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 00:48:02 JST Texas Observer “The #Juneteenth story is much more than one day, or one city. But this is where it started,”
New today from @josephinelee: Sam Collins, better known as Professor Juneteenth, says his work to educate Americans about the holiday’s legacy is unfinished. https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-galveston-sam-collins/
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 06:51:43 JST Texas Observer Last week: San Antonio #police have a history of mishandling evidence in murder cases ... like the bullet which killed eight-month-old Rosalinda Martinez.
https://www.texasobserver.org/san-antonio-lost-bullet-police/#news #politics #USpol #GunViolence #SouthTexas #SanAntonio #HumanRights #CriminalJustice
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 06:17:43 JST Texas Observer “Between here and the port of entry where they would be processed—wherever it was—another cartel operated. The migrants said they didn’t have anything else to give and were afraid of what the next cartel would do to them.” https://www.texasobserver.org/between-the-concertina-wire-and-the-cartel/
#news #politics #USpol #border #HumanRights #Mexico #immigration #refugees #Texas
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 05:58:25 JST Texas Observer “The word ‘prophet’ might bring to mind a Gandalf-like figure: long white beard, eyes that see into the spirit realm, etc. These Texas prophets don’t much resemble that image.“
Our top story: A “prophetic” movement, led in part by Texans, is gaining ground—and everyone should pay attention. https://www.texasobserver.org/new-apostolic-reformation-texas-leaders/ via @drdrbrockman
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 00:17:01 JST Texas Observer “This is not a response to the high number of crossings, it is a purely political move to seem tough on the #border in advance of the debates.”
More migrants are being stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border under Biden’s executive order. https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-asylum-biden-order/
#Mexico #immigration #Biden #news #politics #USpol #HumanRights
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 01:34:17 JST Texas Observer 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
#Democrats #politics #USpol #Houston #GulfCoast #news #Texas #election2024 #activism
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 03:36:16 JST Texas Observer 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/
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 07:49:54 JST Texas Observer “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
#news #politics #USpol #education #schools #religion #extremism #Texas #NorthTexas #homophobia
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 03:10:15 JST Texas Observer “The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system.”
Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Garrett Foster, a protester at a Black Lives Matter march in 2020. Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti explains all the context the governor ignored: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-pardon-daniel-perry-garrett-foster/
#news #politics #USpol #GregAbbott #BlackLivesMatter #protest #GunViolence #Texas
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 02:26:27 JST Texas Observer Earlier: “The indictment is spectacular. It’s one of those things that is shocking for the magnitude and shocking for the unprecedented nature.” https://www.texasobserver.org/henry-cuellar-indictment-bribery-azerbaijan-mexico/
#news #politics #USpol #democracy #Democrats #corruption #Texas
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 00:29:37 JST Texas Observer “They almost annihilated us, and that genocide continues. To destroy the environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.”
From our magazine: An industrial buildout on the southern tip of #Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died. From Correspondent Dylan Baddour: https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/
#news #politics #USpol #environment #ClimateChange #Indigenous #SouthTexas
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Apr-2024 03:19:38 JST Texas Observer From yesterday: Environmental advocates called it “a land grab of Boca Chica State Park land for a private space corporation that is clearly not in the public interest.” So why is the state parks agency seemingly so eager to work with #SpaceX? https://www.texasobserver.org/spacex-tpwd-park-land-musk/
#politics #ElonMusk #news #USpol #Texas #corruption #environment #pollution #SouthTexas
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 05:22:25 JST Texas Observer “This is extremely abnormal. This level of funding brings the possibility of raising the cost of being a legitimate candidate.”
From the archives: Conservative consultants and PACs are turning Texas school boards into partisan battlegrounds. Via @stevanzetti ... https://www.texasobserver.org/school-board-pacs-consultants-right-wing/
#politics #USpol #Texas #education #democracy #elections #corruption #schools #NorthTexas
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 16:57:06 JST Texas Observer New today: 'The Hobby,' a #documentary about the board gaming community, reminds us how to revel in creative play in the company of others. Reporting Fellow @josephinelee explains why this wholesome story moved her to tears ... https://www.texasobserver.org/the-hobby-board-games-sxsw/
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 09:54:12 JST Texas Observer Previously: As #drought rages across #Texas, a high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available #water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export. https://www.texasobserver.org/water-energy-environment-corpus/
#ClimateChange #environment #news #politics #SouthTexas #USpol #pollution
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 02:05:42 JST Texas Observer Previously: At Abbott's sprawling (and costly) #border base, National Guard soldiers deployed in Eagle Pass will enjoy “chef-driven meals,” a fitness center, a lounge, a sand volleyball court, and an arcade. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-border-military-base-millions/
#news #politics #USpol #Immigration #Mexico #Texas #GregAbbott #corruption #Republicans
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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 13:43:27 JST Texas Observer ”At the Legislature, they immediately noticed Molly, because she was so amusing, and so everybody would read the Observer—we probably had 100 percent readership at the Legislature.”
Previously: Remembering Molly Ivins, with Kaye Northcott ... https://www.texasobserver.org/forging-their-own-way-kaye-northcott/
#journalism #media #history #news #politics #USpol #Texas #Austin #TXlege
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