Investigation: A revision of the Texas Senate's employee policy was supposed to address the misconduct exposed by the Me Too movement. In practice, however, the policy protects the institution, not the women who work there. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

"Unlike other employers that have made progress toward zero-tolerance policies, leaders in the Texas Senate have created a system in which lawmakers who sexually harass employees, interns, and students...are seldom held accountable" - Olivia Ruth Messer 🗞️ & Cara Kelly Texas Monthly

Texas Sens. Charles Schwertner, Borris Miles silent after new accusations of sexual harassment in report ksat.com/news/texas/202…

NEW: Several current & former Texas senators are calling for change after Texas Monthly found that lawmakers accused of sexually harassing or assaulting staffers are "seldom held accountable." Plus, Olivia Ruth Messer 🗞️ + Cara Kelly talk about their process🧵 statesman.com/story/news/pol…

Texas Monthly Olivia Ruth Messer 🗞️ Cara Kelly Judith Zaffirini Austin Statesman Senator Sarah Eckhardt Wendy Davis Dade Phelan 9/ The Senate staff members that Messer and Kelly spoke with "believe in the mission of the institution, and they want to be able to (work there) without harassment," Cara Kelly said. "That is what inspires them to actually talk to us. They want to see change."

The 36-year-old who came forward by name w harassment allegations about Sen. Miles: “The folks who claim to care about the rights of women, that we’re treated equally and that we have freedom over our own bodies: that goes for your colleagues groping us.” texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Thanks to Texas Standard for this conversation about our Texas Monthly investigation: texasstandard.org/stories/texas-…

I told The Hill: This is why I haven’t stopped reporting on this in 11 years. “I felt like every intern, for every newsroom, for every lawmaker’s office, they were being fed to the sharks with very little warning and no guide for what their rights were.” thehill.com/homenews/state…

Actively seeking tips regarding the content of the Texas House ethics panel’s new inquiry — y'all know how to reach me. kxan.com/news/texas-pol…

if this doesn't exemplify and further corroborate our reporting that people in the lege don't believe Patrick takes sexual harassment seriously, and that there's no accountability, or reason for them to risk speaking out or filing complaints, I don't know what does.

launching a news outlet is v brat summer thebarbedwire.com/2024/08/22/are…

First things first: We are a next-generation digital media property for all Texans who love Texas. We’re hoping to make you laugh, tell your stories, and entertain you — whether you scroll on your iPad at home in Marfa or on your phone at a bar in Dallas. thebarbedwire.com/about/

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My latest editor’s letter — The story unfolding on Rice University’s campus is devastating. It’s also desperately common in our state. But I’m not sure it has to be this way — and I think journalism can do a better job of representing the issue. thebarbedwire.com/2024/09/04/wha…

Men killing women. Men killing teens in front of their mothers. Men killing children... How could readers possibly be aware of the enormity of this problem? latest from Olivia Ruth Messer 🗞️ The Barbed Wire they let me edit, on the tragedy at Rice and across TX thebarbedwire.com/2024/09/04/wha…

"Men killing women. Men killing teens in front of their mothers. Men killing children," writes Olivia Ruth Messer 🗞️."We’re stuck rewriting the same headlines, with no sign of them slowing down and no real sense that there’s anything to be done about it." l8r.it/y5sa

Texas is now considered one of the top five hardest states to cast a ballot in. “It is many, many more times harder for a student," said Beto O'Rourke. l8r.it/UBM5

"It’s one of the most gendered jobs in America, built on a history of sexualizing women. Those dynamics are so entrenched it may take more than a decade of lawsuits to shake them loose." was waiting for a good take on this, 19thnews delivered 19thnews.org/2024/09/nfl-se…