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Texas ObserverFeatured story: By converting a digital camera to reveal infrared light, photographer Jordan Vonderhaar turns surveillance tech back on itself, with bright foliage highlighting the intensity of Texas' border militarization. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-river-and-the-fever-dream-photo-essay/
#photography #border #Immigration #tech #surveillance #Texas
Texas ObserverOur MOLLY Award Submissions are now OPEN! Our annual prize for investigative #journalism is open to both print and digital outlets, with an annual award of $5000.
Stories can be submitted until March 20. Find out how to enter your work here: https://www.texasobserver.org/molly-awards/the-molly-awards-submissions/
#award #media #news
Texas ObserverPacifico’s GW Ranch in Pecos County is authorized to release more than 12,000 tons per year of regulated air pollutants, according to permitting documents from the #Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, including soot, ammonia, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds.
The complex can also release up to 33 million tons per year of greenhouse gases. https://www.texasobserver.org/developer-gw-ranch-pecos-county-largest-power-project-us/
#pollution #environment #ClimateChange #news #energy #Oil #USpol
Texas ObserverStill open! We currently have two openings accepting applications:
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McHam Fellowship for Investigative Reporting
⚫2026 Elections Internship
Find out more and how to apply at https://www.texasobserver.org/jobs/
#jobs #journalism #JournoJobs #GetFediHired #FediHire #news #media
Texas Observer“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation.”
But beneath it all, #privacy experts warn that smartphone-monitoring software "Tangles" is the latest in a law enforcement arsenal, from surveillance #tech to an army of drones, operating with little oversight.
Our latest from Francesca D'Annunzio is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/
#police #surveillance #law #politics #USpol #news
Texas ObserverExciting News: We're hiring for our David McHam Fellowship for Investigative Reporting! This one-to-two-year full-time fellowship allows experienced journalists to pursue investigative projects and enterprise stories about #Texas politics, policy, and social issues.
See more details and preferred qualifications here: https://www.texasobserver.org/jobs/
Apply by February 6!
#journalism #JournoJobs #politics #USpol #news #GetFediHired #FediHired #nonprofit
Texas ObserverOut today from Gus Bova: Highlights of our newest issue include criminal justice reporting from Michelle Pitcher, exploring #Houston culture with @josephinelee@texasobserver.social, the war over homelessness policy with @stevanzetti@mstdn.social, and much more. https://www.texasobserver.org/editors-letter-january-february-2026/
#journalism #media #HumanRights #Texas #politics #USpol #culture #GulfCoast #law
Texas Observer#BestOf2025, from Kit @oconnell@federate.social: “The modern enforcement of marijuana prohibition that exists today, that system began in #Texas in 1915 in El Paso. It was the very first city in the entire country that prohibited marijuana.” https://www.texasobserver.org/dan-patrick-texas-devastating-thc-ban/
#cannabis #drugs #law #politics #USpol #news
Texas ObserverNew today: “I have a gut feeling God has got something in store for this place. … To me, that plant is causing a lot of trouble, and to me, the Lord’s going to let a big hurricane come and wipe this place out.” https://www.texasobserver.org/the-valley-fossil-fuel-future-freeport-louisiana/
#politics #environment #USpol #news #ClimateChange #SouthTexas #border #energy #OilAndGas
Texas ObserverNew from Lise Olsen: Former Congressman and felon Steve Stockman, a Friendswood-area conservative who was convicted of 23 federal corruption charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison back in 2018, has declared himself rehabilitated and fit to run again for the U.S. House of Representatives. https://www.texasobserver.org/steve-stockman-rides-again/
#politics #USpol #news #Houston #GulfCoast #corruption #Republicans #elections