Records reveal additional costs of the controversial Rio Grande barrier that the governor describes as “low-cost.” ...

Imposing permanent punishments for old mistakes backfires by reducing the talent pool to address Texas’ social worker ...

A mass overdose event in Austin reveals the state’s backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances.

Trans people are a gift to the world. They show us how creative God can be, and they are the embodiment of a fundamental ...

Last month, we at the Observer officially celebrated our 70 th year of continuous publication. Some 200 supporters gathered ...

Abby Rapoport continued a family tradition of making the Texas Observer possible—by filling just about every role the organization has.

Report: Even if the PUC raises power prices, blackouts may be inevitable.

New Testaments by Dagoberto Gilb (City Lights Books). A longtime chronicler of the working-class Southwest, Gilb had two ...

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

Web traffic is a fickle thing, somewhat subject to the whims of tech overlords. And an overemphasis on traffic is also a path to sacrificing journalism’s higher callings, as sensationalism and ...

Yes, I am aware that the world today runs largely on TikTok, YouTube, some combination of X and Bluesky, Netflix, and surely some other internet concoctions that I’m not allowed to understand as ...