TexasObserver, 15 days ago to politics “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/ #politics #USpol #border #SouthTexas #immigration #HumanRights #Laredo #news
“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/
#politics #USpol #border #SouthTexas #immigration #HumanRights #Laredo #news
TexasObserver, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to politics “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 #border regions. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/ #politics #news #USpol #Mexico #Arizona #Texas #SouthTexas #immigration #police
“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 #border regions. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/
#politics #news #USpol #Mexico #Arizona #Texas #SouthTexas #immigration #police
TexasObserver, 19 days ago (edited 19 days ago) to random Our top story: Remembering Lexi ... and all the rest, two years after the #Uvalde tragedy. We honor those who still search for justice: https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/ #news #photography #GunViolence #USpol #politics #Texas #SouthTexas
Our top story: Remembering Lexi ... and all the rest, two years after the #Uvalde tragedy. We honor those who still search for justice: https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/
#news #photography #GunViolence #USpol #politics #Texas #SouthTexas
TexasObserver, 23 days ago to politics “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
“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, 23 days ago to news “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
“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
TexasObserver, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to Texas “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
“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, 29 days ago to news “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
“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
TexasObserver, 29 days ago to news 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/ #news #politics #USpol #CriminalJustice #Texas #SouthTexas #SCOTUS
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/
#news #politics #USpol #CriminalJustice #Texas #SouthTexas #SCOTUS
TexasObserver, 29 days ago to Texas 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
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, 30 days ago to news “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/ #news #politics #SouthTexas #border #USpol #Texas #HumanRights #military
“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/
#news #politics #SouthTexas #border #USpol #Texas #HumanRights #military