Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
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Jane Goodall, the Natural World, and Why I Track Skunks
Whenever I see one, I think: fashion show. Something from Chanel. A bit of art deco. That black and white aesthetic.
Houston’s Top Magnet High Schools Could Become Private Partnership Charter Schools, Raising Equity Concerns
Texas’ largest school district may even convert its renowned performing arts institution under a program that benefitted the state-appointed superintendent in his previous career.
Opinion ⋆
My University Just Taught Extremists How to Eliminate Academic Programs They Don’t Like
Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.
Reviews ⋆
The ‘Queen Mother’ of the Reparations Movement Gets Her Due
A UT-Austin historian tells the under-told story of Audley Moore, “one of the most important activists and theorists of the twentieth century.”
Books ⋆
Black Bookstore Owners, Government Spies, and Murder
Authors bring new insights to complex stories in nonfiction featured at the 2025 Texas Book Festival.
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Politics
Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes
And what Prop Q could mean for the future of local governments in Texas
‘Failures and Grift’: Gina Hinojosa Wants to Stop Greg Abbott from Making History
The five-term Austin state representative will wage an underdog campaign to deny the powerful Texas governor an unprecedented fourth term—and the chance to further entrench his “corruption.”
Inside the Rift Between Texas Dems and a Soros-Backed PAC
The Texas Majority PAC is the latest deep-pocketed initiative meant to turn Texas blue. But have its dollars just brought more discord?
Border and Immigration
ICE Still Won’t Answer Questions About Prosecutor with White Supremacist X Account
Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer’s reporting.
In Dallas, Organizers Mourn the Immigrant Victims of Recent ICE Shooting
At a vigil outside city hall last week, advocates gathered to “center the victims” and to condemn the “dehumanization” of migrants by the federal government.
A Brazilian Carpenter’s 51-Day Detention Journey from Vermont to Texas
“On the first day, I thought they had picked me up by mistake…”
Culture
A PRAYER for Brody & Rhys
& for Bruno Schulz, shot and killed by Gestapo officer Karl Günther in 1942 while walking home through the Aryan quarter with a loaf of bread
A Night at the Screamo Bookstore
An Austin literary shop has branched out into loud concerts, cementing a place in the city’s DIY music scene.
‘Make Resistance Sexy’
In Houston, actor Kendrick Sampson seeks to make a party out of political engagement.
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