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The Front Page: Who observes the Observer?

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March 25, 2022

It’s Friday, March 25th. For the past seven months, the Texas Observer has been bleeding staff.  The 13-person editorial team has dwindled down to four, with all of the team’s non-white members exiting the publcation. In an investigation for The Objective, Naomi Andu unearths how a toxic work environment, dismissal of worker concerns, and a […]

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