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Texas Observer“Trans visibility is important, but also trans people deserve to have fun.”
Featured story: Come to the "Trans Takeover" at #Austin's Barton Springs, a moment of joy an resilience that came weeks after a violent attack ... https://www.texasobserver.org/protect-trans-joy-barton-springs/
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Texas ObserverLast week: On the day the feds came to shut Willie down, Trigger somehow slipped out of bed, made it to the golf course, travelled by mail to Hawaii, and hid out until Willie got his house and taxes back in order. https://www.texasobserver.org/willie-nelson-golf-course-essay/
#history #music #culture #Indigenous #sports #golf
Texas ObserverDavid Richards, In Memorium: "Captivating, funny, profane, contemptuous of establishment figures who busted unions, shut minorities out of power, and claimed ownership of the state’s Legislature and executive mansion, David always left you wanting more." https://www.texasobserver.org/remembering-david-richards-1933-2025/
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Texas ObserverEarlier, from Michelle Pitcher: “In America, this risk [of wrongful conviction] is not only a defining feature of the modern death penalty, but it also results in the disproportionate conviction and execution of innocent Black people.” https://www.texasobserver.org/aclu-report-death-penalty-exonerations/
#DeathPenalty #racism #law #politics #USpol #news #prison #HumanRights
Texas ObserverCommunity meetings, such as those organized by the 817 Podcast, have galvanized Tarrant County residents in recent months. Here's how this type of organizing is changing politics in North #Texas: https://www.texasobserver.org/tarrant-county-redistricting-grassroots-pushback/
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Texas ObserverFrom Gabriel Arana in 2021: This #Thanksgiving, tell your racist aunt she is a racist. Call your sexist uncle a misogynist. Inform your transphobic cousin that kids don’t deserve to suffer because of his fragile masculinity. https://www.texasobserver.org/this-thanksgiving-call-your-racist-uncle-a-racist/
#politics #USpol #culture #LGBTQIA #Republicans #extremism
Texas Observer“I felt like Dred Scott. I felt like a person sitting in front of white people with no rights, knowing that I hadn’t done anything to anybody, but I could not control what they were trying to do to me.” https://www.texasobserver.org/aclu-report-death-penalty-exonerations/
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Texas ObserverFeatured story: “[McBride] is one of, if not the worst, operators in the state of #Texas. They’ve had four years of second chances.” https://www.texasobserver.org/east-texas-oil-waste-pits-mcbride/
#pollution #politics #USpol #news #OilAndGas #mining #environment #ClimateChange #EastTexas
Texas ObserverFrom Michelle Pitcher: “In America, this risk [of wrongful conviction] is not only a defining feature of the modern death penalty, but it also results in the disproportionate conviction and execution of innocent Black people.” https://www.texasobserver.org/aclu-report-death-penalty-exonerations/
#DeathPenalty #politics #law #USpol #news #prison #HumanRights #racism #Texas
Texas ObserverAre you interested in covering politics in the Lone Star State? The Texas Observer is hiring an intern to help us cover the 2026 elections! Apply here: https://www.texasobserver.org/jobs/
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