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.

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

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

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

She has worked as a staff writer for The Dallas Morning News and The Wall Street Journal. Her work has aired on KERA public ...