Ivan Armando Flores

creative director @texasobserver
occasional baker, cloud aficionado and slow runner

[Texas Observer @TexasObserver]

“When something like this takes place, it just changes the whole course of life. It shook our whole family tree; it just shook it.”

And the system let him keep maiming and killing for decades.

From the September / October issue of our magazine: https://t.co/ExqElcWQLD

#Health

[Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix]

Photographer @kayleegreenlee arrived at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic less than one hour after trigger law kicked in banning all TX abortions. Sense of loss down to crinkled exam table paper. (Via @TexasTribune.)

[Gus Bova 🗒️ @gusbova]

In Uvalde, House committee officially adopts Robb School shooting report and calls recess. Press conference later:

[Gabriel Arana (he/him/his) @gabrielarana]

I have the editor title but Lise is the star of the show. Lucky to have such a talented investigative journalist almost as a colleague. Congrats, Lise! 🎉🎉🎉

[Ivan Armando Flores @ivanflr]

Couldn’t have done this without the generous support of @pulitzercenter my newsroom @TexasObserver our fantastic drone operator @jordan_vondy and Ben Brody

[Report for America @Report4America]

Congratulations to @ivanflr, @TexasObserver, for winning first place in the Feature Photo category for “Light painting a proposed LNG facility.” https://t.co/EHrFdbTbl6

[Texas Observer @TexasObserver]

Please help us welcome another fabulous woman of color to the Observer staff, Lauren Benavides! 🎉🎉🎉

[Dylan Baddour @DylanBaddour]

Some beautiful photo spreads by @puyinghuang in our story about the Lipan Apache and their struggle against the myth that the native peoples of Texas are gone. Find it in the @TexasObserver

[Texas Observer @TexasObserver]

Please help us welcome yet another Pulitzer winner to the Observer staff, the fabulous Gayle Reaves, who is our new editor-at-large! 🎉🎉🎉 #investigative #journalism #longform #ladyjournos

[Michelle Pitcher @MichellePitcher]

Also, today is my first day as a reporter at @TexasObserver, covering criminal justice / education / housing. Send tips to [email protected].

[Emily Stewart @EmilyStewartM]

so i lived in a country for a long time where abortion was illegal and my ex-boyfriend's mom blatantly told me she knew where i could get an abortion if i needed one and anyway guys that's how this whole thing goes if you are wondering,

[Texas Observer @TexasObserver]

In 2016, a League City man stabbed his ex-wife to death. Why does his family have custody of their child?

By @PowerfulPerps: https://t.co/jYOZhfwkhb

[The Nation @thenation]

“Nothing is in my control and things are falling apart. And it isn’t even my first time—this is my second time in six months escaping war,” Masouma Tajik told @ivanflr and @RuchiKumar.
https://t.co/mhsvjst1RL

[Ivan Armando Flores @ivanflr]

Latest with @RuchiKumar for @thenation as the war intensifies in Ukraine spare a moment for those who are displaced and for those experiencing displacement for a second or third time

[Loren A. Lynch @LorenAL]

Afghan Refugees in Ukraine Are Reliving a Nightmare via @thenation https://t.co/YpiM6M4aOX

[Ivan Armando Flores @ivanflr]

Proud to of worked on this story please take a moment to read "Locked Up and Left to Die"

[Ivan Armando Flores @ivanflr]

Proud to have an image included in this phenomenal collection of images from @pulitzercenter's year in photos. Take a look at the full story on the @TexasObserver h/t @jordan_vondy for your help!

https://t.co/4fEylDZtj9

[Adolfo Flores @aflores]

Senior Biden admin officials said they’ve expanded Remain in Mexico to San Diego-Tijuana today. The first immigrants to be enrolled in SD for MPP 2.0 were expected to be returned to Mexico at the San Ysidro POE “shortly.” No info on how many were enrolled in SD was provided.

[Adolfo Flores @aflores]

In El Paso, 36 immigrants and asylum-seekers attended their first MPP hearings today. This is the first group of immigrants to attend Remain in Mexico hearings under the Biden administration’s relaunched and expanded MPP.

[Texas Observer @TexasObserver]

All along the nearly 400-mile stretch of Texas’ Gulf Coast, nearly a dozen oil and gas export terminals are slated to come online within the next decade. https://t.co/u5WnsYZ7XU

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Unflinching, unsparing truth from the NYT editorial board. Our democracy teeters at the precipice and what side are you on? https://t.co/Z9PTbJu4r5

[Reynaldo Leaños Jr. @ReynaldoLeanos]

Re-upping this tweet & 100% agree with Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Just got through reading both of these books these last few days while on vaycay & they’re absolutely a must read for all journalists.

Looking forward to more reporting in 2022.