A mass overdose event in Austin reveals the state’s backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances.

Last month, we at the Observer officially celebrated our 70 th year of continuous publication. Some 200 supporters gathered ...

Abby Rapoport continued a family tradition of making the Texas Observer possible—by filling just about every role the organization has.

Report: Even if the PUC raises power prices, blackouts may be inevitable.

New Testaments by Dagoberto Gilb (City Lights Books). A longtime chronicler of the working-class Southwest, Gilb had two ...

Online readership numbers are at least one tool to figure out what the Observer audience really loved.

The top two stories here, investigations of social media nazis and charter schools, were far and away our most-read of the ...

Yes, I am aware that the world today runs largely on TikTok, YouTube, some combination of X and Bluesky, Netflix, and surely some other internet concoctions that I’m not allowed to understand as ...

Faculty and students are experiencing profound disruption and distress, which starkly contrasts with the arrogant posture and ...