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Presenting the November/December 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover story by @CandiceBernd. Cover photograph by Jordan Vonderhaar.

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The November/December 2026 issue of our magazine features a photo of nuclear-power equipment under construction in a mostly bare warehouse hung with Texas and U.S. flags. A construction worker is welding the shell of a miniature nuclear reactor. A metal Dewar flask sits in the foreground. Headline: Going Nuclear, Startup companies promising clean energy are striking a Faustian bargain with AI data centers, by Candice Bernd. Other headlines: The Adoption Trap II by Sandy West, Communism's Cowboy Canon by Michael Agresta.

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Supporters of the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge are pleading with newly elected Dems to help “pause surveying, clearing, and construction activities within the refuge until less damaging alternatives can be fully evaluated.” texasobserver.org/santa-ana-wild…

www.texasobserver.org Santa Ana's Last Stand Congress repeatedly shielded the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from the border wall. Now, construction has begun—and an irrigation district lawsuit may be the only option left to buy time for...

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With another Democrat about to enter the governor’s mansion—and because two decades have lapsed since Ann Richards’ passing—we’re resharing our October 6, 2006 cover story.

Molly Ivins’ obituary for her friend, the last Dem to hold the state’s top office: texasobserver.org/molly-ivins-on…

www.texasobserver.org Molly Ivins on Ann Richards' Legacy As another Democratic woman heads for the governorship, the Observer shares an archival piece looking back at the last.

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New from @GusBova: What’s happening now goes far beyond Texas’ historic financial neglect or legislative incapacity to invest in education. What we have before us is a many-tentacled crisis, one that looks and acts like a colossal heist in broad daylight. texasobserver.org/texans-are-los…

www.texasobserver.org Texans Are Losing Their Democracy, School by School In the exact system charged with instilling our civic values, voter input is being stripped out with each legislative session.

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“We need clean water, data centers make us hotter.”

Oklo, an energy startup, is under scrutiny for its controversial piloting of an experimental reactor in a rural Texas community’s backyard. texasobserver.org/ai-boom-nuclea…

www.texasobserver.org The AI Boom Goes Nuclear Clean-energy startups could regain the public's trust and help address the climate crisis. But their alliance with data centers is making them a target of grassroots backlash instead.