Texas is a mess, y'all!

Let us introduce you to the mightiest muckrakers in Texas! The following advertisement from Texas Observer has been sent to you via Mother Jones' email list. Mother Jones is a nonprofit, and most of our budget comes from readers like you, but revenue from advertisers helps us produce more of the hard-hitting journalism you expect. We never disclose your information to an advertiser. Mother Jones does not endorse any candidate, political organization, commercial product, or service, and the views expressed in this email do not constitute any endorsement or recommendation by Mother Jones. Dear Mother Jones Readers, I am a longtime MoJo reader and am now the editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer, which I like to think of as the MoJo of Texas. After our recent [brush with death](, our fellow progressives-in-arms invited us to do a newsletter swap. So I'd like to brag a little about our work and invite you to [join the fight]( to stop the wingnuts in Texas from turning our beautiful, broken democracy into a fascist state—and from dismantling women's healthcare entirely. [Gabriel Arana, Editor-in-Chief Texas Observer] The stories we survived to tell reveal how much of a mess Texas is with far-right Republicans in charge—and with Elon Musk doing business here. [Supporting investigations like these is one of the many reasons you should join the Observer family.]( We just dropped a blockbuster five-month-long investigation about worker safety at Tesla. As many of you know, California regulators already complained about the carmaker's underreporting of accidents. Senior Writer and Assistant Editor Gus Bova reveals that the company initially failed to report a heat-related death that occurred during its Texas factory construction—something Travis County required for the company to qualify for tax breaks. Unfortunately, Texas has a high number of worker deaths—and we're reporting on companies that seem to hide accidents and fail to protect workers even in extreme heat. [Texas Observer]( [Become a member for as little as $4 and get the magazine!]( Another TXO Staffer, Josephine Lee, has been busy chasing down right-wing extremists in Texas. In our March/April [cover story](, she looked at the radical groups trying to draft our kids into Christian nationalism. Lee, our first McHam Reporting Fellow, recently left her job as a school teacher to join us as a full-time investigative reporter and she's been stirring up trouble ever since. [Texas Observer]( This month, Digital Editor Kit O'Connell headed off to the GLAAD Awards for a story they wrote about The New York Times' shameful coverage of transgender issues. Kit—who was also [recently nominated for a National Magazine Award](—also [broke the story]( of the TexasAgriculture Commissioner's new, transphobic dress code. [Texas Observer]( The immediate financial crisis at the Observer is over, but times are still dark, and we need all the help we can get to keep doing these kinds of stories. [Subscribe to the magazine](. [Sign up for our free newsletter](. [Get one of our t-shirts](. [Write](mailto:arana@texasobserver.org) and tell me what you want to read about. Together we can save this country from going down the tubes. [Because we believe the press should be free, here's our latest issue that just hit newsstands!]( [Texas Observer]( You can get the free issue by clicking on the image to the left or go [here]( to get a paper copy. Gabriel Arana Editor-in-Chief, Texas Observer [Mother Jones]( Mother Jones and its nonprofit publisher, the Foundation for National Progress, do not endorse any political candidate, political organization, commercial product, process, or service, and the views expressed in this communication do not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by Mother Jones. This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755