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.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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Texas’s Ruling on Abortion Law: A Silver Lining to a Storm Cloud
Part of the state’s infamously restrictive abortion law has been declared unconstitutional, but it’s far from a victory.
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The Wendy Davis Rebellion in Texas
In dramatic fashion, Texas women proved their political power—and gave progressives in the state new hope for the future.