The Dallas Independent School District (DISD) made headlines on Monday when it announced that masks would be required for staff, students and visitors on any school campus. The move by superintendent Michael Hinojosa is a direct rebuke to Governor Greg Abbott, and a...
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Despite Republican objections, local leaders sound the alarm on COVID-19
County Judge Lina Hidalgo was clear in her warning to residents in Harris County Thursday as it went back to a stage red threat level. She joins a chorus of other local leaders that are trying to warn about the imminent threat of COVID-19 and the delta variant, which...
Gun safety activists react to somber El Paso anniversary
On Tuesday, mourners gathered in El Paso to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the shooting that took place on August 3rd. The shooting at a Walmart was the deadliest attack on Latinos in U.S. history. For many in Texas, the tragedy in El Paso is another stark...
Justice Department sues Texas over Abbott’s executive order
After sparring statements regarding a new executive order, the Biden Justice Department, led by Attorney General Merrick Garland, officially sued the state of Texas. Last week Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order (also known as GA -37) attempting to restrict the...
With COVID cases rising, Abbott digs in against safety measures
This week, for the first time since February, Texas logged 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in a day. That’s nearly a 150 percent increase from just a few weeks ago. And thanks to Republican leadership in the state, there’s no telling how bad things will get. The surge is...
George P. Bush comes up short in Trump endorsement
Yesterday, Trump made his official endorsement in the Republican primary for attorney general by sticking with Ken Paxton. The announcement is one more humiliating episode for George P. Bush, who had pivoted hard to court the Trump endorsement. Paxton, who is...
Michael Sorrell talks the latest about Paul Quinn College and the fight for voting rights
When Michael Sorrell took over as president of Paul Quinn College, the position was supposed to be temporary. In 2007, the college was in dire financial straits when Sorrell was tapped to become interim president. Several years later, after a series of challenging...
Bipartisan amicus brief filed on behalf of Crystal Mason, sentenced to five years in prison for casting a provisional ballot
A number of high-profile former state and local prosecutors, have come together to sign onto an amicus brief with the States United Democracy Center for Crystal Mason, a Black Fort Worth woman who was sentenced to five years in prison after casting a provisional...
Texas city backs down from anti-abortion ordinance
Yesterday, an anti-abortion ordinance in Edinburg, the third largest city in the Rio Grande Valley, which would have outlawed abortions and made the town a “sanctuary city for the unborn,” failed at the city council. Numerous abortion advocates testified during a...
After DACA ruling, immigration activists demand action from Congress
On Friday, Judge Andrew Hanen delivered a ruling that many immigration advocates had been both fearing and anticipating: DACA is officially “unlawful.” The news immediately reverberated around the country as lawmakers, and even the White House, vowed to deliver on...