On any given day, Texas county jails detain over 53,000 people who are simply awaiting adjudication. These Texans remain ...

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 ...

ENTRE, a community archive and film center based in Harlingen, hosted the gathering to help people learn more about Boca ...

Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief ...

Since 1954, the Observer has focused on communities who are often ignored. Funding from the Google News Initiative takes us to the next level.

After World War II, "People understood that if they had allowed more immigrants into the United States, many of them wouldn't ...

Molly Ivins’ official editorial run at the Texas Observer lasted six years, from 1970 through 1976; unofficially, it lasted a little longer—her syndicated columns appeared in these pages and ...

The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas leaders are cheering on Trump anyway.