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Mythbusting Texas’ Reactionary Past
The function of foundational myths is to fence off the present from ideas, counter-histories, and traditions from below that could cut through the barbed wire and reopen a sense of political possibility. As... READ MORE
Climate Activists Confront Iran War Profiteering at Big Oil Confab in Houston
Inside the lush conference venue at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Monday, oil and gas industry elites wrung their collective hands about the global oil price shock set off... READ MORE
After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley
Editor’s Note: This story is copublished with The Border Chronicle. About 10 miles upstream from the mouth of the Rio Grande, along a quiet bend of the river near a historic Civil War... READ MORE
‘Riding Shotgun’
Editor’s Note: The following is a preview of a new podcast released by the Texas Observer and Free Range Productions. Look for The Unforgotten—season five: “Riding Shotgun”—wherever you get your podcasts. Jill Barganier,... READ MORE