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Founded in 1954, the Texas Observer is a #progressive #nonprofit news outlet and print #magazine covering the Lone Star State.

Follow Interim Editor-in-Chief https://texasobserver.social/@gusbova
McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee

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#Texas #Politics #Culture

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We're excited to share the finalists and winner of the 2024 MOLLY National Journalism Prize! The MOLLY Prize honors former TXO editor/columnist Molly Ivins’ legacy, and awards the best investigative journalism in the U.S. This year's judges had their work cut out for them!

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The winner of the 2024 MOLLY Prize is Searchlight New Mexico reporter Alicia Inez Guzmán for her powerful investigation, "Buried Secrets, Poisoned Bodies,"

https://searchlightnm.org/buried-secrets-poisoned-bodies/

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One judge wrote, "The reporter appropriately weaves her biography ... within detailed, dogged reporting to tell a complex story in a most approachable and inviting way. It’s told with insight yet without journalistic pathology, it’s told unsparingly but with warmth."

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More than one of our judges commented on the difficulty of choosing amongst the entries, it "feels almost mean" to pick, one wrote. And our two honorary mentions certainly make that point. The honorary mentions are:

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Armed vigilantes in TX and AZ are collaborating with law enforcement, who have sometimes failed to arrest or charge them—even when vigilantes were filming committing crimes in front of officers, or when police documented violations.
https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/

#news #politics #USpol #border #immigration #police #HumanRights #Texas #Arizona #extremism

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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

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From our magazine, a poem:

"You've built your beach homes..."
https://www.texasobserver.org/poem-the-gulf-gives-fair-warning-at-galveston-island/

#poetry #poem #culture #beach #ClimateChange #environment #weather

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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. From Francesca D'Annunzio and Avery Schmitz: https://www.texasobserver.org/border-vigilantes-law-enforcement-texas-arizona/

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“I cry every night because she is not here and she is not here because our system in #Texas failed us.”

From the archives, by Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova: As the anniversary of the Uvalde tragedy approaches, a look back at the movement that arose around the parents, and the city's history of community organizing for justice. https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-guns-protest-walkout/

#GunViolence #politics #news #USpol #Uvalde #Texas #SouthTexas #activism #history #CivilRights

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@JoeQuinlan @gusbova As you may know, some of the student protesters here chant "Who Failed Uvalde? You Failed Uvalde!" at the Troopers.

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This time in Strangest State: Power outages, alligators and Elon Musk. https://www.texasobserver.org/strangest-state-powerlines-ufos-cockfights-elon-musk/

If you see a strange local news story around , give us a shout at strangest[at]texasobserver[dot]org.

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@PJ_Evans how strange!

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“It shouldn’t take this amount of money to get justice.”

From yesterday: Daniel Villegas was acquitted of a crime for which he served nearly 20 years in prison. James Montoya, one of the prosecutors who tried to keep him locked up, is running for district attorney. https://www.texasobserver.org/el-paso-da-race-wrongful-conviction/

#politics #USpol #election2024 #Texas #CriminalJustice #news

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@rustoleumlove it's so rare for anyone in public office to ever admit to making mistakes. Thanks for your comment!

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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

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“I was loving living by the lake and everything, getting to see these deer, people passing by jogging and all that.”

From the archives, by Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova: The City of #Austin is back to playing whack-a-mole with its large unsheltered population. https://www.texasobserver.org/neither-here-nor-there/

#unhoused #homelessness #HumanRights #Texas #politics #USpol #housing #poverty

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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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“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

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From our magazine: Ken Paxton joins a very exclusive club. https://www.texasobserver.org/loon-star-state-the-above-the-law-society/

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The titular character of Daniel Chacon's new short story collection, The Last Philosopher in Texas: Fictions and Superstitions, came to him as he was walking his dog in Pecos, the windblown West #Texas town where his father once lived. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-chicano-time-traveler/

#fiction #culture #WestTexas @bookstodon #books #bookstodon

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“The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system.”

Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Garrett Foster, a protester at a Black Lives Matter march in 2020. Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti explains all the context the governor ignored: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-pardon-daniel-perry-garrett-foster/

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@richard_merren @stevanzetti exactly right

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@MasterMischief @richard_merren @stevanzetti 💯

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@Runyan50 @stevanzetti And unfortunately, actions like this probably contribute to the feelings of powerlessness many feel here.

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Today's top story: “Active Clubs can best be understood as modern-day skinheads, as they often engage in the same networks, activities, and ideologies.”

Working with @Bellingcat, Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti exposed this North #Texas organization and its leader, who tried but failed to hide his identity. https://www.texasobserver.org/rhett-murry-loftis-white-nationalist-active-club?utm_campaign=mastodon

#extremism #WhiteSupremacy #news #politics #racism #WhiteSupremacy #fascism #NorthTexas #USpol #antisemitism

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@meganL @Bellingcat @stevanzetti thanks, that's good feedback on our use of terminology.

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