TexasObserver, to politics
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“I know I can be a pain in the ass. You have to be tenacious to do this work; you have to have a little bit of crazy.” https://www.texasobserver.org/laredo-wall-tricia-cortez-profile-border/

TexasObserver, (edited ) to politics
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“If the facts as you just stated are true, then apparently some people are above the law.”

Last week: The Texas Observer and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting have found that armed vigilantes have forged relationships with local and federal law enforcement—ties that appear to elevate risks of violence in already volatile regions. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/

TexasObserver, to Texas
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“They almost annihilated us, and that genocide continues. To destroy the environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.”

From our magazine: An industrial buildout on the southern tip of is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died. From Correspondent Dylan Baddour: https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/

TexasObserver, (edited ) to random
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Our top story: Remembering Lexi ... and all the rest, two years after the tragedy. We honor those who still search for justice: https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/

TexasObserver, to politics
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“A force of nature.”

Newspaper reporter-turned-tenacious organizer Tricia Cortez has spent the past decade in the middle of #Laredo’s biggest policy battles. From Assistant Editor Justin Miller: https://www.texasobserver.org/laredo-wall-tricia-cortez-profile-border/

#immigration #SouthTexas #border #politics #USpol #HumanRights #GregAbbott #Texas

TexasObserver, (edited ) to Texas
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“Twice, my daughters have confronted the stark reality of guns in Uvalde schools. ...”

From our magazine: As the anniversary approaches, a mother who lost her daughter, and a photographer who embedded in the southwest #Texas town, reflect on the #Uvalde tragedy. https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/

(CW: #GunViolence
#politics #USpol #schools #education #SouthTexas #photography #news

TexasObserver, to news
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“This is a community park! I pay taxes here!”

Featured: The experiences of Eagle Pass residents and a journalist contradict government statements, which themselves are inconsistent, about access to a public park. https://www.texasobserver.org/eagle-pass-shelby-park-abbott-military-closed-open/

#news #politics #USpol #border #police #SouthTexas #HumanRights

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“If it’s selective, then the park is not really open, is it?”

Officials at the Texas Military insist Eagle Pass’ Shelby Park is open—but residents have said they’ve been turned away or threatened with arrest. From Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio https://www.texasobserver.org/eagle-pass-shelby-park-abbott-military-closed-open/

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“We want to pray for immigrants and refugees who seek a better life in our country.”

From Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio in our magazine: In Eagle Pass, the faithful gather in state-occupied Shelby Park to mourn migrants who have died trying to reach the United States. https://www.texasobserver.org/mourning-migrants-with-the-militarys-permission/

#news #politics #religion #border #immigration #USpol #Texas #SouthTexas

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Featured: “Arrests are going to become the weapon of choice for all city officials. We just can’t have a system that treats arrests more leniently than other ways of punishing your critics.” https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/

TexasObserver, to Texas
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From our magazine: “This is all we have. This is our only window that’s left into this part of our history that’s not well understood. It’s our only chance to find out about ancestors.” https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-keepers-of-the-rio-grande-delta/

#Indigenous #Texas #politics #USpol #environment #SouthTexas #ClimateChange #HumanRights

TexasObserver, to Texas
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“We just can’t have a system that treats arrests more leniently than other ways of punishing your critics.”

This week's top story: A small-town dispute that spiraled out of control has landed at the U.S. Supreme Court, with potentially widespread consequences. https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/

TexasObserver, to Texas
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“Arrests are going to become the weapon of choice for all city officials.”

Our top story: The Supreme Court takes up a #Texas power struggle involving allegedly retaliatory arrests of two councilwomen. https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/

#SCOTUS #news #politics #local #USpol #SouthTexas #corruption #democracy

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The arrest of two city council members in a small town set off a firestorm of legal controversy that's reaching all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. From Correspondent Jason Buch, in our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/

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From yesterday: Environmental advocates called it “a land grab of Boca Chica State Park land for a private space corporation that is clearly not in the public interest.” So why is the state parks agency seemingly so eager to work with #SpaceX? https://www.texasobserver.org/spacex-tpwd-park-land-musk/

#politics #ElonMusk #news #USpol #Texas #corruption #environment #pollution #SouthTexas

TexasObserver, to SpaceX
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More than 2,300 public comments flooded in—the majority negative—when the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recently debated a proposal to trade away 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park, to #SpaceX.

New today, Investigations Editor Lise Olsen asks whether the state parks agency serve the people, or corporate interests? https://www.texasobserver.org/spacex-tpwd-park-land-musk/

#ElonMusk #news #politics #USpol #Texas #tech #SouthTexas

TexasObserver, to Texas
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Previously: As #drought rages across #Texas, a high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available #water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export. https://www.texasobserver.org/water-energy-environment-corpus/

#ClimateChange #environment #news #politics #SouthTexas #USpol #pollution

TexasObserver, (edited ) to Futurology
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An Indian chemical company, Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc., has purchased the last available supply from the Nueces River of South , raising concerns as reservoirs dwindle and drought persists.

New from correspondent Dylan Baddour at @insideclimatenews: https://texasobserver.org/water-energy-environment-corpus/

TexasObserver, to Texas
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“It’s a story told over and over again in the Valley: You don’t know you have diabetes until it’s severe, because you rarely see a doctor. ...”

From the archives: In 2019, Former Editor Sophie Novack looked at the crisis of diabetes—and amputations—in ' Rio Grand Valley. https://www.texasobserver.org/life-and-limb/

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TexasObserver, to brainfood
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“I must have crossed this bridge a million times, But the first time I remember was when I was five. That was when my brothers, the twins Mars and Alex, were born.”

Featured story: Robie Flores' "The In Between" is a love letter to la frontera—and a humanizing refutation of GOP fear-mongering. https://www.texasobserver.org/documentary-border-eagle-pass/

TexasObserver, (edited ) to politics
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Greg Abbott’s new “Forward Operating Base”—which will cost $14 million a month to run—is a clear sign that his #border operation isn’t going away any time soon.

A new report from Senior #Politics Writer Justin Miller: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-border-military-base-millions?utm_campaign=mastodon

#GregAbbott #EaglePass #Texas #SouthTexas #Mexico #immigration #military #police #TXlege #news #USpol

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From yesterday: When the Edwards family moved to , they were greeted by a Confederate monument and police who accused them of smelling like marijuana. The has only gotten worse from there.
https://www.texasobserver.org/bonham-isd-racism-confederacy-civil-rights?utm_campaign=mastodon

(CW: Extreme racist language)

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