The green line here: deportationdata.org/analysis/imm...

I briefly consulted with @gusbova.bsky.social over the design of this cover and I love how it turned out.

Can't wait to read the story, @jessicawluther.com, thank you for writing this!

"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."

"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...

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Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

Mike Miles Cancels Moonlighting Contract with His Former Charter School Network Houston ISD says its state-appointed superintendent has ended a paid agreement with Third Future Schools, after the Observer obtained the contract and requested comment. A 2025 state law restricts moo...

State appointed superintendent Mike Miles cancels moonlighting contract, which appears to violate state law. www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-m...

Mike Miles Cancels Moonlighting Contract with Former Charter School Network Houston ISD says its state-appointed superintendent has ended a paid agreement with Third Future Schools, after the Observer obtained the contract and requested comment. A 2025 state law restricts moo...

Reporting with impact (sometimes the impact comes before you actually get to publish the story!) from @josephinelee.bsky.social: www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-m...

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

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6. The final Observer piece by @francescadnunz.bsky.social, from our March/April magazine: www.texasobserver.org/the-plight-o...

How Teach for America Helped Set Up James Talarico’s Political Rise The prestigious education group is more than a shiny résumé item. For the Democratic Senate candidate, it was an incubator for his rapid political ascent.

5. A freelance essay from a former TFA colleague of Talarico:

www.texasobserver.org/james-talari...

4. School Vouchers Are What We Thought They Were, from @byjustinmiller.bsky.social www.texasobserver.org/school-vouch...

Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in Texas Some school district leaders say they believed they had only one option for a partnership to avoid state takeover.

3. Under threat of possible takeovers by the TEA, nine school districts are set to hand over 15 public schools to Third Future Schools-Texas, a charter school operator previously run by state-appointed HISD superintendent Mike Miles.

www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-f... @josephinelee.bsky.social

Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers Cities, towns, and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster.

2. From @dylanbaddour.bsky.social, @insideclimatenews.org,

Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers: www.texasobserver.org/corpus-chris...

‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

Good week of stories at the @texasobserver.org.

1. @stevanzetti.bsky.social on a right-wing news outlet publishing anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference: www.texasobserver.org/dallas-expre...

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Launch Second Year of Texas Investigative Initiative

The Observer is one of 5 outlets joining in the second year of ProPublica's local Texas Investigative Initiative: www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

Last year, the @propublica.org / @texastribune.org investigative unit started a new partnership with newsrooms across TX. We produced some incredible accountability journalism. I'm so excited to announce our new TX newsroom partners for year two. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

Read Ramirez's story here: www.texasobserver.org/tesla-texas-...

Inbox: Reacting to news that Travis County will withhold part of the Tesla Gigafactory tax rebate, @repcasar.bsky.social notes that the subsidies covered the period during which Antelmo Ramirez died on the job, which Tesla initially failed to report to the county.

Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in Texas Some school district leaders say they believed they had only one option for a partnership to avoid state takeover.

Some school district leaders say they believed they had only one option—to enter into a partnership with the Houston superintendent's former charter network— to avoid state takeover. www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-f...

Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in Texas Some school district leaders say they believed they had only one option for a partnership to avoid state takeover.

New from @josephinelee.bsky.social: Under threat of possible takeovers by the Texas Education Agency, 9 school districts are set to hand over 15 public schools to Third Future Schools-Texas, a charter school operator previously run by state-appointed Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles.

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‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

A great look at sleazy tactics from the Dallas Express, a Republican website that claims to be a news organization. @stevanzetti.bsky.social quotes me as a source on journalistic ethics, but don't hold that against him.
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‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

This is excellent much-needed reporting from @stevanzetti.bsky.social holding the Dallas Express accountable for publishing a wildly unethical piece with a fake byline and unnamed “law enforcement officials” sources targeting the child of a Democratic lawmaker

www.texasobserver.org/dallas-expre...

‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

The right-wing Dallas Express published anonymously sourced allegations about a juvenile son of a Democratic lawmaker. The article was published under a fake name and republished on Yahoo News. Journalism professors said it violated basic journalism ethics.

www.texasobserver.org/dallas-expre...

This is a really good article about one of the most demographically unusual settlements in North America, and especially Texas

The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn't Exceptional. It's Early. When drought cycles outpace infrastructure planning, a water emergency is not a surprise—it’s a forecast.

What makes Corpus Christi significant as a case is not that the drought was unpredictable. It is that the drought was predicted, and that the planning systems in place were calibrated to conditions that are no longer stable.

A House of Labor Divided - The American Prospect Internal rivalries among the leaders of the United Auto Workers are sapping the momentum from its historic victories.

The United Auto Workers is an iconic union coming off a real hot streak. But in the last two years there's been internal strife, threats, departures, and dysdunction. Harold Meyerson investigated and nobody comes out looking very good.
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Lies, Damned Lies, and American Citizenship We shouldn’t ignore the protofascism brewing on the JD Vance-aligned right. But the status quo ante isn’t good enough either.

If conservatives are going to unsettle what it means to be American, maybe it’s best to accept the invitation.

From our magazine, Gus Bova on citizenship and the protofascism brewing in the American right: