This year, Texas’ original champion of independent journalism is 70 years old. Our inaugural issue was published on December ...

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Since the Kingdom of Life Academy moved from its location at the Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler to its own 23-acre ...

We're going to defend our immigrant communities from Trump's attacks, while we hold Trump and people like Elon Musk ...

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

On August 20, state Representative Nate Schatzline took the stage inside a black box-style room at the Mercy Culture Church campus in Fort Worth, where he serves as a pastor. But he wasn’t there ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue.

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