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Our Most-Read Stories of 2024

Online readership numbers are at least one tool to figure out what the Observer audience really loved.

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Our Best Longform Stories of 2024

This sort of nonfiction is designed to be started, finished, and actually leave you with something to show for it.

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Bearing Witness

Pogue has spent his career photographing fights for social justice. Along the way, he captured the history of the Observer, too.

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TEA Exoneration of Mike Miles’ Charter Schools Leaves Questions Unanswered, Raises New Ones

An agency report challenging media stories overlooks the charter schools’ compliance with federal tax and state business laws, on the watch of the now-HISD superintendent, while revealing new out-of-state payments.

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Anonymous Neo-Nazi X User Exposed as JP Morgan Chase Exec in Bombshell Report

A regional vice president of JP Morgan Chase has been revealed as one of the many individuals identified to be operating neo-Nazi accounts on X (formerly Twitter).

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The Vet, the Cattle Prod, and the ‘Guttural Wail’

An equine surgeon and Texas A&M professor has been convicted of animal cruelty after repeatedly shocking a horse in front of students, among other misdeeds, exposing the shaky ethics training of some veterinarians.

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Announcing the Texas Observer’s Editor-in-Chief

A strong and clear editorial vision, committed to the values we’ve upheld at the Texas Observer for 70 years, is critical to not only the future of our organization, but the future of Texas and all who live here.

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Border 911: The Misinformation Network Profiting Off the ‘Invasion’ Narrative

Dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential election challenges.

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Houston ISD superintendent didn’t illegally funnel state money to out-of-state schools, TEA says

The Texas Education Agency found that checks mailed to Miles’ charter school network in Colorado were eventually deposited into the network’s Texas account.

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Texas State Police takes cue from ICE, invests heavily on controversial surveillance technology

AI-powered web platform Tangles has been labelled a "surveillance-for-hire outfit" as critics claim it has serious privacy implications

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Observing the Borderlands

As the Texas Observer’s border reporter from 2008 to 2018, Melissa del Bosque investigated corruption and uncovered injustices.

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Neo-Nazi Gang Affiliates Attacked a Mixed-Race Family in Martindale, Only One Was Arrested

Members or supporters of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, identified by the Texas Observer and Bellingcat, appear to have perpetrated a possible hate crime at the location of a river tubing company.

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Texas Republicans Put Trans, Nonbinary Teachers in the Crosshairs

Trans educators speak out after the Texas GOP adopted a platform plank to ban them from the classroom.

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The Return of the MOLLY

At 70, the Observer is publishing stories that are as vital as ever and building its community of support.

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Shaping the Narrative: Nate Blakeslee Discusses a Pivotal Moment in Observer History

Blakeslee sought to elevate the Texas Observer’s writing while righting wrongs in Tulia and throughout the state.

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Border Vigilantes Are Blurring the Lines of Law Enforcement

Armed groups in Arizona and Texas are collaborating with and courting police and immigration agents—with alarming results.

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The State Says Shelby Park Is Open. Some Locals Beg to Differ.

The experiences of Eagle Pass residents and a journalist contradict government statements, which themselves are inconsistent, about access to a public park.

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Distillers Want to Decriminalize Making Booze at Home

Modern moonshiners are caught between the interests of the federal government, spirits industry bigwigs, and even the Federalist Society.

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Forging Their Own Way: Kaye Northcott on Texas Observer History

As co-editors of the Texas Observer, Kaye Northcott and Molly Ivins used humor and embedded themselves in the feminist movement.

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‘The Queen vs. Texas’ Revisits the Battle over Lone Star Drag

Raemonn James, better known as Hermajestie the Hung, teamed up with a filmmaker to tell a moving story of activism and queer culture.

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The Texas Observer Loses Three Editorial Staff, Plans to Grow Business Team

On Monday, the board of directors of the Texas Democracy Foundation—the parent nonprofit of the Texas Observer—announced that Gabriel Arana is no longer editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer. Arana had led the Observer since he took over as interim editor-in-chief in 2021. He chose not to immediately comment on the…

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A Statement from the Texas Democracy Foundation

On February 26, the board of directors of the Texas Democracy Foundation—the parent nonprofit of the Texas Observer—announced that Gabriel Arana is no longer Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Observer. Independently, the board announced that the Observer has been restructured to ensure its financial stability. As part of this process, two…

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The Judges Who Ruled Against La Gordiloca Are Criminalizing Watchdog Journalism

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lawsuit by Laredo’s most famous citizen journalist, Priscilla Villarreal, aka La Gordiloca.

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La Gordiloca Goes to Court

An unconventional citizen journalist stands up for free speech by suing the Laredo public officials who had her arrested.

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Texas Observer: Covering What Others Won’t

From reader to publisher, Carlton Carl has been part of the Texas Observer for most of its 70 years. A look back at his time with us.

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