As a rural hospital in Crockett struggles with the cost of indigent and other unpaid care, a torn community weighs how to ...

Jeff Danziger, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning, drew for the Observer in the late ’70s, after ...

A UT professor and expert on freedom of expression weighs in on the controversial arrests of 57 individuals, including a ...

Some hunting ranches in Texas routinely offer hunts of endangered or threatened exotic species. This should not be allowed.

Threats to deploy U.S. troops to Mexico ignore an appalling reality that has already been a disaster for both nations.

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

New plaintiffs have expanded a 2023 lawsuit against TDCJ, accusing the agency of “cooking [prisoners] to death." ...

PFAS do not break down but rather persist indefinitely. It is possible that Dad drank carcinogenic water for most of his life ...

Some arrestees in Austin lack legal representation at a stage that can determine their cases’ outcome. The ACLU wants to ...