Featured story: In the ’70s and ’80s, Taiwanese migrants settled in #Houston seeking freedom from the Kuomintang’s oppressive regime. Many were believers in Taiwanese independence, and they continued organizing for that goal in America. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-hotbed-taiwanese-nationalism/
"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law.
This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other."
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/texas-paxton-abortion-pill-mail-lawsuit/
Our top story: Alan Pogue has spent his life documenting progressive struggle. Along the way, he captured the history of the Observer, too. https://www.texasobserver.org/alan-pogue-photo-essay-observer-seventieth-anniversary/
Priest who worked in #Texas and #Louisiana tentatively set to plead guilty to sexual assault | Texas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/13/catholic-priest-texas-louisiana-sexual-assault
> Anthony Odiong to appear Monday in court over charges he abused his position to pursue sex with congregants.
"Ricks Road" de Texas, en versió de luxe de cassette #music #nowplaying #texas #cassette #k7 @cassettes
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz97wC2IhHfsjMSJfS9GcKkXtsCYCG6Bc&feature=shared
I love this #music particularly in the #morning. It’s a chilly morning here in #texas.
This is #ambient #acoustic from #denmark. Since I’ve discovered, been listening to it in the mornings on #monitors or #headphones. It is centering, nostalgic, intriguing, and relaxing. It props up my #learning mindset. Powerful music.
And so it has begun. #Texas #AntiAbortion #KenPaxton #NY
Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law.
This lawsuit is the first test. New York has a shield law that protects providers from out-of-state investigations and prosecutions, which has served as implicit permission for a network of doctors to mail abortion pills into states that have banned the procedure.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/texas-paxton-abortion-pill-mail-lawsuit/
In terms of #public health, next four years are going to be a #nightmare.
Americans are attacking Dr. Peter #Hotez, co-director for the Center for #Vaccine Development at #Texas Children’s Hospital and a recognized expert in the field, because he talked about bird flu.
Planning, research, and preventive measures are the only ways to stop pandemics. USA does not deserve a leadership role in the fields of science and medicine.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/bird-flu-pandemic-conspiracy-inauguration/
Celebrating our 70th anniversary: “[Molly Ivins] came already baked, so to speak. She was already almost fully developed as a writer. So there was not much editing to do, except maybe tone down some of the excesses. I think I saved a couple of libel suits ...” https://www.texasobserver.org/forging-their-own-way-kaye-northcott/
“[Alan] Pogue takes photographs that are open-eyed and unblinking views of what many would rather not see.”
For our 70th anniversary, we look back at how one photographer documented progressive struggle across decades of Texas life, and captured the Observer's history at the same time too: https://www.texasobserver.org/alan-pogue-photo-essay-observer-seventieth-anniversary/
In #film: Henry Ramirez doesn’t get any official reprieve. His execution took place two years ago. But the film offers a chance at some form of deliverance—this time it’s up to the viewer, not the politicians or courts, to decide.
https://www.texasobserver.org/death-penalty-john-ramirez-documentary/
Looking back on our 70th anniversary: “The Observer enlivened my interest in politics and #journalism, and I have been a reader, subscriber, contributor, whatever, since junior high school.” https://www.texasobserver.org/carlton-carl-texas-observer-70th/
For the occasion, we now publish online this retrospective photo essay of the work of longtime Observer contributor Alan Pogue:
https://www.texasobserver.org/alan-pogue-photo-essay-observer-seventieth-anniversary/
We've been publishing stories all year related to our 70th anniversary, but today marks the actual date that the Texas Observer published its first issue in 1954, with the top story dedicated to a retail workers' #strike in Port Arthur: https://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1954/12/13#page=1
In 2007, the term “Opportunity Urbanism” was coined by a team of researchers commissioned by the Greater #Houston Partnership, in a plan to “generate economic opportunity across the entire income spectrum, for all racial and ethnic groups.” Reality tells a different story. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-urbanism-gentrification-northside/
Featured story: A school board vote to cancel a summer Pride event represented one of the first government-sponsored cancellations of the LGBTQ+ celebration in the Lone Star State. Meet the activists fighting back...
https://www.texasobserver.org/pride-and-prejudice-in-princeton/
Delfines dan positivo a fentanilo
Científicos detectaron el opioide en los mamíferos durante un estudio de la Universidad de #Texas A&M en conjunto con la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica de #EEUU. La investigación, publicada en la revista #Science, originalmente pretendía hacer una medición rutinaria de niveles hormonales en estos animales, pero ha servido para comprobar qué fármacos contaminan cuerpos de agua dulce, ríos y océanos en todo el mundo.