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The Texas Observer • A JOURNAL OF FREE VOICES SINCE 1954 VOLUME 113, NO. 1

DIALOGUE

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE

TRIVIA TEXAS

TEXAS TALLY • The news, in numbers

TEXAS OBSERVED

STRANGEST STATE • NOTES FROM FAR-FLUNG TEXAS

A Different Inspiration

LOON STAR STATE

Teens for a Green New Deal • Sixteen-year-old climate organizer Chanté Davis on how change could start with young people in Texas.

Graveyard Shift • AS COVID-19 DEVASTATES WORKERS UNABLE TO STAY HOME, FAMILIES ARE LEFT STRUGGLING FOR JUSTICE.

LEGE in the TIME of CORONAVA VIRUS • AN UNCONTROLLED PANDEMIC. AN ECONOMIC CRISIS. A BRUISING LOSS FOR DEMOCRATS. THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IS BACK IN SESSION.

UNDETECTED • As more homicide cases go unsolved, the backlog of unsolved murders grows and serial killers are free to kill again. Too few police departments are effectively deploying their resources to stop them.

‘This Killing Machine’ • The rise, fall, and lingering trauma of the death penalty in Texas.

‘Fugitive Dreams’ Tells a Timeless Tale for Right Now • Austin-based director Jason Neulander and two Texas actors bring a play about homelessness, police violence, and illness to the screen.

Pride of Laredo • Forgotten for a century, a Hispanic hero is rediscovered by her border hometown.

WEST TEXAS STARS

EYE ON TEXAS