Sharing the latest dispatches from far-flung Texas.

On Monday, however, several students made a pitstop to get their makeup done by one of over a dozen drag performers, each in ...

New play tells a poetic version of the long road to recovery of Houston’s first Black prima ballerina.

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

Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...

Texas Innocence Network founder David Dow’s first foray into fiction explores the trauma of a wrongful conviction.

Despite being exposed as bogus, some right-wing organizations keep coming back from the dead. No one knows who is funding them.

A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue.