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We’re proud to welcome to the Observer masthead @candicequestions@newsie.social and Mary Tuma as special investigative correspondents, joining @stevanzetti@mstdn.social as freelance reporters helping us tackle the #environment, reproductive rights, and #extremism respectively: https://www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/

#ReproductiveRights #abortion #healthcare #ClimateChange #news #fascism #journalism #nonprofit #media #environment

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The administration is trying to kill every program that pops up in a search for the word “climate.” In the process, the heart is being cut out of agencies that produce information that the state needs to manage its environmental threats. https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-texas-doge-cuts-disaster-aid/

#weather #Trump #FEMA #politics #USpol #news #Texas #environment #ClimateChange

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Introducing the July/August 2025 issue of our magazine, with reporting from Sandy West on predatory adoption agencies, Chilton Tippin on international #politics and natural resources, and much more.

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#journalism #Texas #nonprofit #culture #news #USpol #environment #water #children

The July/August 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine shows a Black woman in a suburban home, children's photos, and paperwork along with the headline: "New Mom? In Distress? Sign Here. Private adoption agencies are targeting vulnerable mothers who end up in messy custody disputes. by Sandy West." Other headlines: The Great Texas-Mexico Water Standoff by Chilton Tippin, Remembering Ronnie Dugger by Joe Holley.

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We've been publishing stories all year related to our 70th anniversary, but today marks the actual date that the Texas Observer published its first issue in 1954, with the top story dedicated to a retail workers' #strike in Port Arthur: https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1954/12/13#page=1

#journalism #history #media #nonprofit #news #Texas #politics #USpol

Old Texas Observer front page with the headline Shepperd Urges Port Arthur Truce with an accompanying black and white photo showing a smiling woman with sign that says "Employees on strike CIO 1814". Another major headline says Webb County Split By One-Party Rule.

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UPDATE: a spokesperson from JP Morgan Chase told the Texas Observer they fired the operator of a neo-Nazi X account who we identified as their employee.

"This person is no longer at the firm. We do not tolerate hate in any form and take incidents such as this very seriously."
https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/

#politics #USpol #extremism #racism #antisemitism #Texas #news #SocialMedia #ElonMusk

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“What if we lived in a world where we were free to protect our hair and take pride in how we do it?”

Cindy Elizabeth's #photography series, "Protect and Serve," showcases the beauty of Black women and men "protecting" their hair while "serving" up looks. From our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/black-hair-scarves-durags-protect-photos?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience

#culture #BlackArt #fashion #design #sewing #Texas #Georgia

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