Caroline Collier is an editor and writer based in Fort Worth whose work spans scientific research and music to public policy ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Ashlee Watts, a veterinary equine surgeon and Texas A&M ...

Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal ...

Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Governor Abbott’s school voucher majority for the 2025 ...

In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality.

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A school board vote to cancel a summer Pride event represented one of the first government-sponsored cancellations of the ...

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A strong and clear editorial vision, committed to the values we’ve upheld at the Texas Observer for 70 years, is critical to ...

In my 33 years as an educator, I’ve never known teachers to come out against a bond. I’ve never seen so much community ...

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A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Under various and ever-shifting policies curtailing access ...