It’s been nearly two weeks since Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special session and, thus far, Texas House Democrats have managed to stay away from the State Capitol. But unlike the first month of their quorum break, during which more than 50 members of the minority...
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Texas: a confederacy of COVID dunces
Last Sunday, my fiancée and I were celebrating our recent engagement with a weekend stay out in the Texas Hill Country. It was a special moment for us: Despite nixing plans to visit her family (where I’d originally planned to propose) due to the surging Delta variant,...
“The Disconnect” explores the Texas grid’s February failure in stunning fashion
On the evening of February 14, Mose Buchele stepped outside of his Austin home to take in the first wave of heavy snowfall that night. An energy and environment reporter for KUT (Austin’s NPR station), Buchele instinctively began recording a video of the...
Selma-style Moral March for Democracy kicks off in Georgetown
The air was thick and muggy this morning in Georgetown, Texas, the Central Texas town that sits just north of the capital city. But that didn’t stop well over 100 people from congregating outside Christ Lutheran Church at 7 a.m., the kickoff site for the...
Democrats walked out. Now, Republicans are proving them right.
On Wednesday morning, Texas Democrats held a virtual press conference to reaffirm their commitment to combating voter suppression. The legislators’ defiance could even be felt, a surprising development considering the significant challenges they’ve faced since...
Erin Zwiener: Mother, quorum-breaker, democracy defender
Four days ago, more than fifty Texas House Democrats made national headlines when they broke quorum and traveled to Washington, D.C., to put Republicans’ voter suppression tactics in the national spotlight. One of the most outspoken members of the group has been Rep....
‘I’m not just gonna sit here and take my whoopin’: Alex Dominguez brings his Valley swagger to D.C.
If Alex Dominguez is anything, he’s fiery. A leading voice in the Texas Democratic Caucus, the District 37 representative out of Brownsville has proven time and again that he’s not afraid of a fight. Here, he shares the latest developments about House Democrats’ D.C....
The storied history of Texas special sessions
Ask any Texan who’s been around the block and they’ll tell you: Special sessions aren’t so “special” around the State Capitol. That’s because, despite their moniker, the legislative assemblies — which essentially function as politics’ far, far less entertaining...
Despite GOP gains, South Texas Dems remain confident about 2022
For too long, the Rio Grande Valley has been the most misunderstood, if not ignored, part of the state. That’s been especially true for politics, where Republicans have largely been irrelevant and Democrats have struggled to harness one of their greatest opportunity...
An exclusive one-on-one with Beto O’Rourke
Beto O’Rourke’s no stranger to traversing Texas and turning out crowds around the state. But over the past month, the former Congressman, U.S. Senate candidate, and potential gubernatorial contender has done so for a different reason than in the past. Namely, to...