After 19 children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, Republicans in the state said they are taking the necessary steps to protect kids: banning them from drag shows. This urgency for “protection” comes after Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City,...
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Six Years After His Death, Ashtian Barnes’s Family Is Still Fighting for Justice
For years, the ongoing epidemic of Black people dying at the hands of police has only continued. And the list of names and families becomes longer as police departments across the country and politicians at all levels reject any type of reform. And in the six years...
Officers Did Nothing While Children Called Police in Uvalde Shooting
The Texas Department of Public Safety held a press conference on Friday after reporting conflicting stories and questionable timelines in the massacre that led to 19 students and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Col. Steven McCraw,...
Report: Cops Waited Outside for 40 Minutes During the Uvalde Shooting
Officers waited outside for 40 minutes while the Uvalde gunman barricaded himself in a 4th-grade classroom. The shooting led to the death of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. ...
‘This is on you’: Beto Confronts Abbott at Press Conference
On Wednesday, gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke confronted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other top Texas Republicans at a press conference about the Uvalde mass shooting that left at least 21 dead on Tuesday. “This is on you,” O’Rourke can be heard...
HHS, Houston Officials and Community Hosts Black Maternal Health Forum
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held the Faith + Works Black Maternal Health Forum on Saturday, May 21, at Texas Southern University with Houston elected officials, faith leaders, providers, doulas, midwives, community members, and more to decrease...
Examples of Texas Republicans echoing Great Replacement Theory
On Saturday, 10 Black people were murdered in a grocery store by now-indicted Peter Gendron, who cited his shooting to the right-wing Great Replacement conspiracy theory. In addition to the racist attack and a 180-page manifesto, Gendron went so far as to write...
SCOTUS Sides With Cruz in Campaign Finance Ruling
On Monday, by a 6-3 vote, the conservative majority United States Supreme Court voted to strike down a federal law capping the number of campaign dollars a candidate could repay themselves with post-election contributions. The vote sides in favor of Texas Republican...
Op-ed: The Fight for Abortion Rights is Just Beginning
On Saturday, May 14, pro-abortion protests kicked off nationwide in 400 cities due to the United States Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade. Over 1,000 protestors gathered at City Hall at the Bans Off Our Bodies March of Mahogany protest in Houston, Texas,...
Op-ed: I Had an Abortion at 19, and I Don’t Regret it
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 8, the overbearing and intrusive six-week abortion ban in the 2021 legislative session, a specific piece of my brain and heart that I closed off for a long time started to open up. The shame and stigma surrounding...