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Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2026 Issue
Texas Observer reader, Thus, it ends as it began as it begins as it ended. Or something like that. The state, and to some extent the nation, waits to see who prevails between... READ MORE
As License Plate Readers Expand in Texas, Privacy Advocates Are Fighting Back
Last week the City of Kyle, a fast-growing Austin suburb, interrupted a string of recent victories won by local activists to thwart the further expansion of police surveillance technology across Central Texas. On... READ MORE
What Does the Allred-Johnson Runoff Tell Us About Texas Dems?
Eight years before their heated congressional runoff, Colin Allred and Julie Johnson both rode into political office on the blue wave of the 2018 midterms. Allred, an NFL linebacker-turned-lawyer, ousted the powerful Dallas... READ MORE
Texas’ Top Criminal Court Has Stymied the State’s ‘Junk Science’ Law. Will SCOTUS Intervene?
In 1999, a Dallas County jury sentenced Charles Flores to death for capital murder after a burglary turned deadly in Farmers Branch. He had been placed at the scene of the crime by... READ MORE