Last week: "About 11.4 % (nearly 3.5M) of Texans will lose access to healthy, complete meals. I will no longer be able to buy meat or fresh vegetables. I will lose the only reliable way I have to eat lunch."
The Texas Observer
SNAP Shutdown Will Leave Texas Students like Me Hungry
I don’t know when this shutdown will end or when my benefits will be reinstated. But I do know we are worth more than the petty arguments of poli...
 #hunger #poverty #SNAP #food #Trump #politics #Texas #USpol #news
“The current system is failing #workers in that it’s too slow, especially with many Texans living paycheck to paycheck.” Our top story: Texas Workforce Commission is struggling to respond to a staggering number of wage-theft complaints.
The Texas Observer
Texas Can’t Keep Up with Surge in Workers’ Wage Theft Complaints
State labor investigators struggle to process more and more paycheck complaints, with millions of dollars in workers’ pay at stake.
 #news #politics #labor #Texas #USpol #poverty #work
“When people can’t get their #SNAP, they’re going to go to the #food banks. There isn’t enough food in the food pantries to handle this need. I mean, they’re all saying we’re going to run out of food. There’s no way we can replace everybody’s SNAP benefits.”
The Texas Observer
SNAP Shutdown Will Leave Texas Students like Me Hungry
I don’t know when this shutdown will end or when my benefits will be reinstated. But I do know we are worth more than the petty arguments of poli...
 #Texas #poverty #hunger #economy #politics #USpol #Trump
Introducing our November/December 2025 issue: "As this frankly awful year comes to a close, I hope having this magazine lying around will strike an appropriate note, as you celebrate holidays while temporarily avoiding or bravely facing the news as you like."
The Texas Observer
Editor's Letter: Introducing Our November/December 2025 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
 Cover by Ben Sargent. #journalism #media #Texas #news #politics #USpol #culture #books #bookstodon #nonprofit image