The Beto Interview

This week from the Texas Observer.

'WE WIN IN 2022 AND THE WORLD CHANGES' With 68 days until Election Day, Senior Staff Writer Justin Miller interviews Beto O'Rourke as he campaigns to be the first Democratic governor of Texas since Ann Richards. "I think about Barbara Jordan, who expanded the Voting Rights Act in 1975 to include language minorities," O'Rourke said. "I think about Ralph Yarborough, who was there for the little guy and the little gal and stood up to the corporations and special interests."   KEEP READING View this email in your browser. HOUSTON'S 'LIBROTRAFICANTE' CALLS ON CHICANOS TO COMBAT CENSORSHIP Tony Diaz is known as "El Librotaficante" for promulgating banned books in Arizona after the state's ban on Mexican-American studies a decade ago. Diaz's new book commemorates the 10th anniversary of the librotraficante effort. Senior Writer and Editor Lise Olsen talks with Diaz about The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, his life, and his dreams.   KEEP READING BIG LEAKS, LITTLE REGULATION Major leaks from big oil and gas facilities throughout Texas are harming Texans' health. Contributor Sheila Serna reports on why the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality seems to make it easy on big polluters.   KEEP READING CALLING ALL MARFANS: MYSTERY LIGHTS INSPIRE ANNUAL CELEBRATION The Marfa Lights are "an optical phenomenon that would make even Isaac Newton scratch his head," according to contributor Ariel Slick. The mysterious lights are celebrated at an annual festival that brings in outsiders and gives locals a place to reconnect during pandemic times. The 35th annual festival features a parade led by members of the Jumano nation.   KEEP READING FROM THE ARCHIVES THE JIM HIGHTOWER COLUMN THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO READ In 2018, hedge funds that owned daily newspapers intimidated Creators Syndicate into not running former editor Jim Hightower's nationally-syndicated column because it criticized hedge funds that owned daily newspapers. That week's column was published in the Texas Observer instead.   KEEP READING Support the Texas Observer with a tax-deductible donation or become a member to get the print magazine. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 PRINT ISSUE Become a member to subscribe to Texas Observer. You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Copyright © 2022 Texas Observer, All rights reserved. Thank you for subscribing to The Texas Observer's weekly newsletter. Our mailing address is: The Texas Observer P.O. Box 6421 Austin, Texas 78762 The Texas Observer, a nonprofit, tries to save paper and money by contacting you via email.