Notices by Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social), page 4

”This has come to haunt us in our homeland. It’s come to haunt us in the U.S. It’s come to haunt us in #Texas. This is not acceptable.”

The family of a stabbing victim, attacked in an alleged hate crime after Sunday's pro-#Palestine rally in Austin, joined the growing calls for the city to support a #ceasefire resolution. Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher brings us the latest: https://www.texasobserver.org/palestinian-austin-stabbing-hate-crime-ceasefire?utm_campaign=mastodon

#news #politics #Austin #USpol #Israel #Islamophobia #HateCrimes #extremism #activism

Just in: A private jet, owned by a major #border contractor and a donor to the Greg Abbott campaign, may have flown #Tennessee's governor to Eagle Pass. Senior #Politics Writer @justinmiller has the scoop ... https://www.texasobserver.org/gothams-greg-abbott-private-jet-eagle-pass?utm_campaign=mastodon

#news #USpol #EaglePass #GregAbbott #Texas #corruption #Republicans #GOP #immigration

Record levels of forced migration are tied to an environmental collapse that Republicans worsened on behalf of the fossil fuel industry. The #Texas governor's escalation of the crisis at the #border helps distract from his own culpability. Reprinted with permission from Greg Harman at @deceleration:
https://www.texasobserver.org/greg-abbott-border-crisis-climate-change-refugees?utm_campaign=mastodon

#news #environment #ClimateChange #GregAbbott #politics #USpol #Mexico #EaglePass #immigration #Republicans #refugees

@lauren It feels like we're headed for the emotion-sensing doors from Hitchhiker's Guide as well.

“The American Indian Native studies course that we’ve developed is heavily focused on modern #indigenous people, both in #Texas and beyond because we do still exist.”

But a Republican has blocked these new teaching standards just as they were about to be implemented, according to McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee:
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-appointee-slams-breaks-on-k-12-native-studies-course?utm_campaign=mastodon

#education #schools #PublicSchools #NativeAmerican #history #culture #News #politics #USpol

Even as rates fall nationwide, teen pregnancies are up in #Texas for the first time in 15 years. Researchers point to one major cause: the end of Roe v. Wade, and they expect the trend to continue to worsen. Senior Writer and Editor Lise Olsen shares the findings of a new report from the University of Houston's Institute for Research on #Women, Gender & Sexuality. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-teen-birth-rate-after-roe?utm_campaign=mastodon

#RoeVWade #healthcare #news #politics #abortion #HumanRights #children

“Right now, queer people in #Texas are dealing with a lot.”

Earlier this week: The laws in our state may be so bad that they violate decades worth of international human rights treaties, according to a letter recently sent to the United Nations by four major orgs. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-anti-lgbtq-laws-united-nations-human-rights?utm_campaign=mastodon

#news #politics #USpol #transphobia #homophobia #LGBTQIA+ #TXlege #healthcare #trans #UnitedNations #HumanRights

“Water to meet environmental needs is frequently the first to be negotiated away.”

Between heat waves, #drought and overuse of its aquifers and rivers, #Texas is on the brink of environmental collapse:
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-reservoir-drought-water-restrictions-2024?utm_campaign=mastodon

#news #politics #USpol #ClimateChange #environment #water #pollution #GulfCoast

“The ICCPR and other human rights treaties are the law of the land, and they should supplant any #Texas law that violates them.”

The Lone Star state could be violating decades of international agreements, and these groups are asking the United Nations to intercede on behalf of #LGBTQIA+ residents, reports Digital Editor Kit @oconnell: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-anti-lgbtq-laws-united-nations-human-rights?utm_campaign=mastodon

#UnitedNations #news #politics #USpol #transphobia #homophobia #TXlege #law #HumanRights #healthcare #schools #education

”Thanks to #Republicans, one in three women of reproductive age now live under an #abortion ban.”

On the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, with Representative Jasmine Crockett: https://www.texasobserver.org/abortion-ban-roe-v-wade-election-2024?utm_campaign=mastodon

#women #RoeVWade #Trump #Texas #election2024 #democracy #healthcare #news #politics #USpol

“What is the Observer’s legacy?

I think it’s partly the mission statement. And I don’t think there is a newspaper in Texas today that has a book reviews section. And poetry? Is there another publication in Texas that has poetry?”
https://www.texasobserver.org/carlton-carl-texas-observer-70th?utm_campaign=mastodon

#TexasNeedsAnObserver #journalism #nonprofit #history #politics #news #USpol

Top story: The governor's move to block Border Patrol agents from, well, patrolling the #border represents a significant on-the-ground escalation of his feud with the Biden administration and his bid to wrest control of #immigration enforcement away from the federal government.
https://www.texasobserver.org/greg-abbotts-new-years-resolution-sow-chaos-at-the-border?utm_campaign=mastodon via @gusbova

#news #politics #USpol #Texas #Mexico #GregAbbott

Earlier: Ted Cruz is sacrificing his presidential ambitions (hey, there’s always 2028) to secure a third term in the tony confines of the U.S. Senate. But a pair of Democrats are becoming the most likely opponents ... https://www.texasobserver.org/ted-cruz-roland-gutierrez-senate?utm_campaign=mastodon via @justinmiller

#TedCruz #politics #USpol #Democrats #election2024 #democracy #Texas

“The commission doesn’t like it when you double check their homework. They rely on this process being super complicated to get away with what they do.”

#ICYMI: How big polluters team up with the #Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to fool the federal government. https://www.texasobserver.org/tceq-permits-minor-polluters-federal-law?utm_campaign=mastodon

#ClimateChange #environment #news #politics #pollution #GulfCoast #OilAndGas #Dallas

In #birdsite news, our Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti has been suspended with no warning or explanation, along with numerous other #journalism accounts such as Ken Klippenstein, Rob Rousseau and others. #SocialMedia #ElonMusk

#BestOf2023: A thread of our favorite stories we published in 2023 ... The year we almost went under.

In our first cover story after our financial crisis, we investigated the crisis occurring in Women's Health Care and a crucial low-income #healthcare program many #Texas families depend on ... https://www.texasobserver.org/wrecking-womens-healthcare?utm_campaign=mastodon #YearInReview

#news #politics #USpol #health #women #poverty #HumanRights

#BestOf2023: Honorable mention goes to ... The fact that we didn't go under this year, thanks to a huge boost from our readers, especially on the #fediverse!
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-texas-observer-lives?utm_campaign=mastodon

You can still help us thrive as we enter our 70th year! Right now, all donations are matched: https://donate.texasobserver.org/b/5kA9EteqHerB5kkbII

If you can't donate, recommended us to one of your friends? Thanks! 🤠
#news #politics #journalism #nonprofit #fundraising

#BestOf2023: McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee looked at how "threat assessment" policies are misused against students by teachers and police at #schools, a story that turned out to be prescient given what we reported on later in the year ... https://www.texasobserver.org/students-pay-as-texas-school-districts-violate-threat-assessment-law?utm_campaign=mastodon

#news #politics #USpol #education #police #Texas #PublicSchools #students

“American criminal law has essentially created an underground market in which we permit the state to trade leniency for information.“

A deep dive from our friends at @theintercept into the troubling true-crime career of one #Houston prosecutor: https://www.texasobserver.org/kelly-siegler-the-cold-case-killer?utm_campaign=mastodon

#Media #TrueCrime #TV #CriminalJustice #law #murder #news #politics #USpol #Texas

“We’ve got an overzealous prosecutor who, regardless of what the facts or lack of facts there may be, made decisions that have proven to be more harmful than anything else time and time again.”

#ICYMI, our investigation found that the school-to-prison pipeline is thriving in #Brownsville, the city where #police previously placed 11-year-old Timothy Murray in #solitary confinement: https://www.texasobserver.org/prosecutors-wont-drop-charges-against-brownsville-isd-honor-student?utm_campaign=mastodon

#news #politics #USpol #prison #HumanRights #students #PublicSchools #Texas