Many poor Texans are being shortchanged on their right to be represented by a defense attorney in cases with potentially life-changing consequences.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The Border Patrol’s Power Grab
The agency seeks more authority from the legislature to nab trespassers and others in Texas.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Q&A: Inclusive Insurance to the Rescue?
Redesigning disaster insurance coverage could help low- and middle-income people keep one step ahead of the accelerating climate crisis.
Posted inTAP
Johnson & Johnson’s Texas Two-Step Dies
Today on Tap: But companies still have life to use the bankruptcy process to avoid accountability.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Et Tu, Jared Polis?
Buses are not the answer to emergency migrant services and immigration policy reforms.
Posted inTransportation
Defusing Tensions on Transit
The Kansas City transit system eliminated fares and fare evasion. The ensuing challenge? Homeless ‘loop riders.’
Posted inPolitics
Tense Runoff Election Pits Old Austin Versus New
The housing crisis and the climate crisis have shaped mayoral and city council elections in Texas’s fast-growing capital city.
Posted inPolitics
Can Progressives Govern From the Minority?
Greg Casar, a former city council member from Austin, Texas, says yes.
Posted inWorking in America
Workers on Solar’s Front Lines
Unions are fighting to ensure solar workers are skilled tradesmen, not just exploited temps.
Posted inPolitics
Lina Hidalgo Prevails Against Republican Offensive in Harris County
In face of high-profile GOP push to claw back power in Texas’s largest county, Democrats expanded their power.