Texas Observer
From last week: Law and order loving right-wing bloggers get busted with drugs after taking North Carolina #militia on a tour of the #border. According to a police report, there were concerns that the group was aiming guns at migrants.
https://www.texasobserver.org/celeste-sparks-pena-ahuyon-bloggers-eagle-pass?utm_campaign=mastodon
#news #politics #USpol #immigration #EaglePass #extremism #FBI #police #Mexico #WarOnDrugs
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From our magazine: "That night, we sat outside until millions of stars appeared, tracing the Milky Way above us. It was one of what we called momentos mágicos along the frontera."
https://www.texasobserver.org/frontera-border-book-us-mexico-sergio-chapa?utm_campaign=mastodon
Texas Observer
In our magazine: After over 100 years of #Juneteenth celebrations, a museum in honor of the holiday could be coming to Fort Worth. Here's how creators are working with locals to make it a #community hub for the neighborhood ... https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-museum-fort-worth-opal-lee?utm_campaign=mastodon
#history #BlackHistoryMonth #FortWorth #culture #Texas #news
Texas Observer
In the magazine: Take a tour of far-flung #Texas with our friend Molly. https://www.texasobserver.org/strangest-state-january-february-2024?utm_campaign=mastodon
Texas Observer
Our cover story: “I had so many people messaging me and telling me, ‘You basically need to sue the city and the #police department and these individuals as a whole, because what they did to you is not right.’”
From Correspondent Jason Buch, the story of a rabble-rousing citizen journalist's fight for press freedom ... https://www.texasobserver.org/priscilla-villarreal-la-gordiloca-laredo?utm_campaign=mastodon
#PressFreedom #journalism #news #politics #Texas #Laredo #GulfCoast #FreeSpeech #CriminalJustice #law
Texas Observer
From our magazine: Refuge Ranch was meant to serve young #women who had histories of sex work, but instead it raised larger questions about the quality of the state’s efforts to serve sex trafficking victims through residential treatment.
https://www.texasobserver.org/refuge-ranch-sex-trafficking-survivors?utm_campaign=mastodon
#news #politics #Texas #HumanRights #religion #USpol #HumanTrafficking
Texas Observer
From our magazine: A network of lobbyists, PACs, and political activists has quietly infiltrated school board elections. In the second part of our School Board Backers series, we uncover the money pouring from boards into highly paid, highly partisan consultants. From Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti. https://www.texasobserver.org/school-boards-partisan-consultants-pacs?utm_campaign=mastodon
#schools #education #children #news #politics #USpol #Texas #PublicSchools #democracy #voting #elections
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From the magazine: Since 2010, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Fauna Project has documented almost 3,000 species of insect including over 50 bees, 345 flies, and over 500 different beetles. https://www.texasobserver.org/insect-lbj-wildflower-valerie-bugh-austin?utm_campaign=mastodon
#wildlife #insects #science #nature #wildflowers #culture #photography #Austin #Texas #animals
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”Hoax,” the latest from Texas Observer political cartoonist Ben Sargent, in our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/loon-star-state-hoax?utm_campaign=mastodon
#politics #news #USpol #comics #ClimateChange #environment #Republicans #GOP
Texas Observer
Today's top story: Did Greg Abbott donor and #border contractor Gothams LLC help #Tennessee's governor hitch a ride to Eagle Pass for a publicity stunt? An important scoop from Justin Miller ... https://www.texasobserver.org/gothams-greg-abbott-private-jet-eagle-pass?utm_campaign=mastodon
#news #politics #EaglePass #border #immigration #GregAbbott #GOP
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”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
Texas Observer
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
Texas Observer
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
Texas Observer
@lauren It feels like we're headed for the emotion-sensing doors from Hitchhiker's Guide as well.
Texas Observer
“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
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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
Texas Observer
“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
Texas Observer
“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
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“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
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”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
Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a #progressive #nonprofit news outlet and print #magazine covering the Lone Star State.Follow Editor-in-Chief @gabrielaranaDigital Editor Kit @oconnellSenior Writer @gusbovaSenior Politics Writer @justinmillerMcHam Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephineleeBecome a member and support our work: https://texasobserver.org/join #Texas #Politics #Culture
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