While confronting the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to the challenge to innovate by enacting the New Deal and told Americans that “the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: if it fails,...
Opinion
back to archiveOp-Ed: It’s been one year since the shooting in El Paso and nearly one year since the tragedy in Midland-Odessa and Texas Republicans are no closer to taking measurable steps to end gun violence and stop the spread of white supremacy.
On August 3, 2019, a gunman motivated by xenophobia and white supremacy traveled more than 11 hours through the state of Texas to open fire in an El Paso Walmart, killing 22 people. The shooter posted a manifesto shortly before committing the massacre in which he...
Op-Ed: What is an Elections Administrator and why does Harris County need one now?
On Monday, August 3, Harris County Commissioners Court will hold a public comment hearing to debate a proposed change to how elections and voter registration duties are managed in Harris County. The change would consolidate all aspects of elections, including...
Op-Ed: Beware the Lincoln Project, The Enemy of Your Enemy is Not to Be Trusted
The dramatic music kicks in, playing over clips of Nazis at Charlottesville throwing rocks and carrying tiki torches. Footage rolls of Donald Trump saying “There were very fine people on both sides”. The narrator points out that the Confederate flag is one...
Sarah Davis Is Not Our Friend: A Pride Month Open Letter to Equality Texas and Human Rights Campaign
This opinion piece was submitted by twenty activists and community leaders. Their names can be found below. tl/dr: Marsha P. Johnson would never. Dear fellow LGBTQI siblings,Pride is a time for celebration: for beads, for drinks, for meeting new friends and basking...
Covid response shows vulnerability of Texas’ part-time legislature
As Governor Abbott’s power expands through executive order the legislature sits sidelined while the public safety orders of local officials are being overridden. Veteran Capitol insider Scott Braddock reports members of both parties have signaled concerns over...
All masks are not created equal.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently recommended people should start wearing masks to protect themselves from contracting COVID-19 through airborne spread. This new recommendation, like all things fresh, spurred a lot of creative minds to start...
Texas can’t go back to normal
Texas, this is where we’ve found ourselves. Shut into our homes, only leaving for food or fresh air. Standing six feet from our parents when we deliver food to their homes. Missing our friends, our families, and careers. Wondering how long all this will last, and when...
Signal endorsement: Sylvester Turner for Houston mayor
Tony Buzbee’s campaign– best illustrated in his drunken-like, near-incomprehensible, camo-clad election day speech– has been a bit embarrassing. For that reason, among others, we’re unsurprisingly endorsing Mayor Sylvester Turner for a second term. ...