Stephen Harrigan explores his own Catholic boyhood in Texas—and the prophecy left behind by a Portuguese prophet girl—in a ...

The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer investigation has uncovered numerous academic and financial issues.

The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer ...

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

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 ...

We still have one, after all, so may as well act like it.

It’s the sort of day where you can tell that the state Capitol is bustling with civic activity well before you pass through ...

A reporter returns to a border town riven by a drug war.

More than 50 years later, some Houston families still wait for confirmation that their sons and brothers were among the victims of serial killer Dean Corll.

In 'The Jemima Code,' Toni Tipton-Martin introduces readers to the African-American women who created Southern cooking.

Ruben Gutierrez was convicted of murder in 1999 under Texas’ “Law of Parties.” He says he had nothing to do with the killing.