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The Change Makers: For our 60th anniversary, photographer Matt Wright-Steel created portraits of some of the artists and activists who are changing Texas for the better.
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It isn't hard to understand why the rest of the country has gotten the impression that Texas is an absolute living hell of anti-gay bigotry.
We’re excited about tonight! Join us at the White Horse as we say goodbye to 2014 and dance the night away. https://www.facebook.com/events/731834250197782/
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Texas is uniquely vulnerable to a changing climate but also poised to take advantage of a carbon-free economy that includes wind and solar power.
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My neighbors and I have wrestled with the fact that the man we knew, Steve McQuilliams, scarcely resembled the figure who shot up downtown Austin.
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The future of the borderlands, and by extension Texas, will be shaped by whether we approach the future clinging to mythical notions of the past and a status quo that marginalizes a Latino population that will soon be the Texas majority.
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New research by Texas Appleseed finds that Texas payday lenders routinely file criminal charges against their customers for missing payments, even though it's against the law.
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A new report outlines how state agencies can better support Texans who take in their family members' children.
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After a repudiation in November—by the conservatives who came to the polls and by the minorities who didn’t—Texas progressives need a new path forward.
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Joe Lansdale kicks off our look at Texas' next 60 years...
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Today is our 60th anniversary! Here's founding editor Ronnie Dugger's account of how the Observer came to be.
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60 years ago today. https://60th-anniversary.texasobserver.org/
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In this week's Observer Radio, hear from a Denton activist on how Austin politicians are undermining the city's new fracking ban.
And Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster discusses building a more livable Dallas by reinventing its massive jails.
And Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster discusses building a more livable Dallas by reinventing its massive jails.
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The Observer community—you, our readers—is how we have survived, and why we now thrive. So please join us for a look back, a look forward, and a brief victory lap. And then you’ll have to excuse us. There’s so much still to do.
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Texas legislators have filed proposed constitutional amendments that would limit the ability of cities to enforce LGBT non-discrimination laws.
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State regulators announced plans to close 14 charter schools on Tuesday, the largest revocation in the state's history.
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Tonight at 6 p.m., Oxford American magazine will debut its Texas Music issue at Waterloo Records in Austin.
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Some Denton residents are ready to see the Texas Railroad Commission abolished since its leaders have sought to undermine the city's ban on fracking.
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