Texas climate change activists with the Sunrise Movement are condemning several congressional Texas Democrats for supporting fossil fuel subsidies in a major tax plan and spending bill. President Joe Biden and Progressive House Democrats have been pushing for the...
Earlier this week Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he was suing several school districts who had instituted mask mandates. Paxton has been adamant about enforcing Greg Abbott’s executive order GA-38 which prevents any local lawmaker or school district from...
Democratic Candidate for Texas Lt. Governor Mike Collier has raised more than $1 million in his bid challenging Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, a press release revealed Tuesday. Collier ran against Patrick in 2018 and lost by less than five percentage points. The auditor...
It was no coincidence the Texas Progressive Caucus formed days after a string of Democrats suddenly returned to Austin to restore quorum in the House. Although a press release announcing its formation made no mention of quorum, its founding members remained in...
It’s a lesson that everyone learns from a young age: actions have consequences. In Texas, Republican lawmakers are realizing that their extreme anti-abortion bill, which took effect September 1, is causing major ramifications in the business world. For years,...
On its 20th anniversary, the world will stop and mourn the 2,977 lives lost on September 11, 2021 when the extremist terrorist group Al Qaeda hijacked four planes and conducted suicide attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and a...
The following is a transcript of the Tex Mix podcast with host Jessica Montoya Coggins and Ali Lozano, the Director of Advocacy and Communications at Texas Civil Rights Project. You can listen to the Tex Mix podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you get your...
Late Wednesday night in a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block SB 8, a law that bans abortion at six weeks and rewards private citizens $10,000 for successfully bounty hunting abortion providers. The five conservative leaning justices Clarence...
Texas’ new anti-abortion law is in full effect after the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, refused to block SB 8, a bill banning abortion after six weeks. The law also awards private citizens $10,000 for successfully suing abortion providers that violate the...