Though among the country’s most diverse cities, #Houston has long resisted racial integration, its leaders instead enforcing separation into ethnic enclaves.
The Texas Observer
Why Houston’s Urbanist Movement Is Doomed
The unexpected fate of Houston's Northside holds lessons that the city’s boosters may not wish to hear.
 #news #politics #USpol #poverty #inequality #GulfCoast #housing #racism
New today: The Texas Observer has identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that regularly share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content on X. Three of the operators appear to live or have claimed to own property in Texas.
The Texas Observer
Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseu...
 #extremism #politics #USpol #SocialMedia #Texas #ElonMusk #news #racism
“I pulled up to the train depot in the East #Texas city of Palestine, $220 poorer after falling into a speed trap in the nearby town of Oakwood. Thankfully, I was scheduled to be a passenger, not a driver, for the next four hours.”
The Texas Observer
Riding the Pines in Palestine and Rusk
Railways have long defined these East Texas towns, and the Texas State Railroad aims to keep that history on the books.
 #travel #GulfCoast #culture #history #politics