The Texas heat is unforgiving. Downright oppressive. My wife and I spend our summers finding creative ways to keep our daughters (and ourselves) from bursting into hypothetical flames—city pools, popsicles, chilly plunges into Barton Springs. But the temperature isn’t...
From the outside, my family is the embodiment of the American Dream. We moved from Mexico to El Paso, Texas when I was nine years-old for my dad’s architecture job and he eventually launched a successful real estate construction company. My siblings and I grew up...
While Texans and other Americans are enjoying TikTok and its benefits to education, creative expression, and business marketing, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and are considering a ban on the app, while the Republican-led Texas Legislature recently banned TikTok from...
The regular 88th Texas Legislative session — which ended on May 29 — showcased exactly how far extremist legislators will go in their attempts to take away the freedoms of everyday people. From attacking our freedom to pursue a fully-funded public education to banning...
As I complete my freshman year of college, and seeing the push to ban books in school libraries from the Texas Legislature (and in other states around the country), it has me reflecting on where I was 18 months ago. I never would have thought the second half of my...
I’m a therapist with almost a decade of experience working with transgender youth. Texas recently joined more than 15 other states that are restricting the rights of transgender youth to access medically necessary care. These laws unequivocally cause harm, as well as...
Ever since I voted for the first time in 2018, my rights to do so have been under fire. Students like myself have been continuously targeted by our elected representatives, especially in states like Texas, where I have lived for the last 8 years. This includes...
This year’s report is an alarming wake-up call for policymakers and our community: we are not meeting our children’s needs.
Every Texan deserves to feel and be safe. But for too long, fear-mongering politics have hijacked and overshadowed conversations about what communities actually want and need to build real safety. Luckily, in every corner of our state, people are ready to move beyond...