In the wake of the assault-weapon murders at El Paso’s mega Walmart, America’s number-one gun seller and largest private-sector employer has come under justifiable criticism for its gun policies. Roughly half of Walmart’s 4,750 stores sell guns, and the company announced on Monday that that policy would not change. It also announced that it wouldn’t […]
Texas
Posted inLaw and Justice
Beto or Not, Here Democrats Come in Texas
Talk has increased that Beto O’Rourke should end his presidential campaign to take on John Cornyn in a Senate race. Even if he doesn’t, Democrats have a shot to make gains in the Lone Star State.
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The Hispanic Invasion of Texas?
The mass murderer of El Paso, shortly before he started shooting, posted that he was seeking to repel “the Hispanic invasion of Texas.” In this, consciously or merely zeitgeist-ly, he was echoing our president, who’d previously spoken of the “invasion” of the United States by Hispanics at the border. It’s clear (and not surprising) that […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Texas Tried to Mess with Voting. It Failed.
Grassroots organizers and civil rights groups banded together to stop Texas officials from denying the franchise to voters of color.
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Don’t Mess with LGBT Texans
The Texas legislature is considering a bill that would allow any person in a licensed occupation, such as plumbers, opticians, pharmacists, and even non-emergency doctors, to refuse service to someone who happened to be LGBT because it offended their religious sensibility. You know, God created Eve from Adam’s rib, marriage is between a man and […]
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Beto Versus The Barrio
The rock-star Democrat Beto O’Rourke, a candidate for president, once supported the bulldozing of a low-income neighborhood in his hometown of El Paso—a project spearheaded by his father-in-law.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Was Beto the Texas Democrats’ Lone Star?
O’Rourke’s near-victory has them seeing purple—but can they keep turning out more voters and moving Texas leftward when he’s not on the ballot?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Texas Detention Players Ramp Up Trump’s For-Profit ‘Baby Jails’
A Texas court ruling on child-care providers offers the Trump administration a way around protections for underage migrants.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Turning the Southwest Blue with ‘Brown and Beautiful’ Millennials
Want to flip Texas and Arizona? Nearly one million Latino citizens turn 18 every year.
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In the Face of Preemption Threats, Austin Passes Paid Sick Leave
Can the blue dots of Texas elude a likely crackdown on local progressive policy from Republican legislators?