The Texas Observer

The Texas Observer is an Austin-based nonprofit news organization known for fearless investigative reporting, narrative storytelling and sophisticated cultural criticism about all things Texan.

The Texas Observer • MARCH/APRIL 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE

THE GOVERNOR’S GRID GAMBIT • Texas utility regulators are hawking a convoluted and costly policy for grid reliability—despite strong resistance from energy experts and even big business.

JOURNALISM IS ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS—UNTIL YOU’RE NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT • Historic newspaper strike in Fort Worth raises unsettling questions about the future of Texas journalism and puts union members through 24 days of hell.

FROM DISILLUSIONMENT TO THE DAÏS • Andrew Gonzales was one of many teachers burned out by Texas’ public school system. Now, he has unseated a school board president.

STRANGEST STATE • NOTES FROM FAR-FLUNG TEXAS

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ABORTION TRAINING IN TEXAS IS VANISHING • Traveling out of state won’t fix it.

ABORTION LAWS STAND BETWEEN PREGNANT TEXANS AND THE CARE THEY NEED • Doctors are left to guess whether helping pregnant Texans will land them in prison.

THE NEW CHILDREN’S CRUSADE • Powerful people are sending children out to do political battle against LGBTQ+ people, abortion, and progressive causes.

60 AND BETTER • Participants in the Ms. Texas Senior America pageant embrace the golden years in all their glamor, gumption, and glory.

A VIEW OF THE DEAD • The resident donors of Texas’ famed Body Ranch offer many lessons about life—and untimely death.

LOST CHILDREN: A TEXAS TRAGEDY • A riveting new book about foster care and adoption exposes just how state residents lost six children to out-of-state mothers who murdered them.

THE LIFE, DEATH, AND LIFE OF SAN ANTONIO’S SYMPHONY

At the Lindale, Texas Post Office I Ask for a Book of Stamps

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