They grapple with a system where their income, housing, or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence without oversight.

When book bans or right-wing operatives come to town, school board trustee Juan Miguel Arredondo told the Observer, “My ...

A new book doesn't romanticize our state's history, but it does establish a neglected throughline of solidarity.

Meanwhile, the U.S. energy secretary tries to soothe an anxious American oil industry, urging them to ramp up production amid ...

Last week's convictions related to a July 4 ICE detention center demonstration raise red flags about the right to protest.

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by ...

Some evangelical Christians are hammering away at the very church-state separation that allowed them, and other believers, to ...

We cannot let this cruelty continue. There are so many ways to take action, and even small acts make a difference when we do ...

This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, non-profit news organization. Lawrence Brorman eases his pickup through plowed farmland in ...

The governor’s office said the city’s two main reservoirs could dry up by May, much sooner than previous timelines. But ...

Federal appellate courts are enacting an anti-environment agenda—especially in the ultraconservative 5th Circuit, new ...

Daniel Johnson is a freelance writer based in East Texas. His work can be found in Essence, Teen Vogue, Scalawag, Level, ...