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The Texas Observer

Crime

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.

Lise Olsen The Texas Observer Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction: "Stakes"

Loneliness and longing at an Arizona Renaissance fair.

Deirdre Coyle The Texas Observer Oct 2017 10min Permalink

The Right Not to Know

One woman’s ordeal with Texas’ new sonogram law.

Carolyn Jones The Texas Observer Mar 2012 10min Permalink