Ben Sargent is the Texas Observer 's longtime cartoonist. He launched his career drawing editorial cartoons for the Austin American-Statesman in 1974. He was born in Amarillo into a newspaper family ...

Shootings by federal agents are proliferating since Donald Trump took office in 2025, several of them in Texas. To stop it from happening again, local elected officials and prosecutors are hunting for ...

Advocates and lawmakers warn the state healthy agency's decision to delay releasing the annual report will further harm women ...

Shootings by federal agents are proliferating since Donald Trump took office in 2025, several of them in Texas. To stop it ...

After a botched execution in Tennessee, Texas is set to kill Jamaal Howard, who has so many mental health problems and ...

Jamaal Howard is set to die this Wednesday, the first scheduled U.S. execution after one was badly botched in Tennessee. As his spiritual advisor, I'll be in the room with him.

Democrat roots, as the president fails to bring down costs and the reality of mass deportations takes hold. But 2028 could be ...

The Vatican holds an estimated $73 billion in assets. That is an institution with the resources to move policy, fund organizing, and match the moral urgency of its own documents.

The Vatican holds an estimated $73 billion in assets. That is an institution with the resources to move policy, fund organizing, and match the moral urgency of its own documents.

The Vatican holds an estimated $73 billion in assets. That is an institution with the resources to move policy, fund organizing, and match the moral urgency of its own documents.