Starting Monday, all Texans ages 16 and older will be eligible to sign up to receive COVID-19 vaccines. That’s obviously good news, but the state still has work to do when it comes to administering dosages allocated by the federal government. Texas currently...
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back to archiveHow much money do Ted Cruz and John Cornyn receive from the NRA?
No matter how many mass shootings afflict the country, the GOP has largely refused to budge on even modest gun safety reforms. Texas’ Republican Senators are no exception, with Ted Cruz already lashing out at Democrats in the aftermath of shootings in Colorado and...
Whitmire for Mayor? Hollins for Houston? Let’s Speculate.
In a recent Texas Monthly piece about Art Acevedo’s decision to jettison the Houston Police Department for the allure of being Miami’s top cop, Mimi Swartz dropped an observation that raised my eyebrows. Acevedo, long rumored to be interested in becoming Mayor of...
Opal Lee’s campaign to make Juneteenth a national holiday gets an assist from Carmelo Anthony
As one of the biggest advocates for making Juneteenth a national holiday, Texas native Opal Lee has attracted quite the following around the country to rally around her cause. Yesterday, at a virtual summit sponsored by Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Lee discussed the...
Texas Republicans take aim at local worker protections with major deregulation bill
Texas Republicans in the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce were giddy with excitement Tuesday afternoon over Senate Bill 14, a massive deregulation bill that would prohibit local governments from passing or enforcing laws that create basic protections for...
A post-election report from the Rio Grande Valley offers critical guidance for Democrats
The Rio Grande Valley was the subject of breathless reporting after the 2020 election with dozens of think pieces dissecting the performance of Donald Trump, who improved his electoral numbers dramatically over his showing in 2016, and speculating about a...
Rep. Filemon Vela says he won’t seek reelection
Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Brownsville) will not be seeking re-election, a spokesperson for the lawmaker confirmed to Axios on Monday. Filemon has represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected in 2020 with a 13.5 percent margin over his Republican opponent. ...
Op-Ed: The Real Framing of the Atlanta Massacre: Hate Crime, Evangelical Terrorism & Femicide
We are reeling. We see our families in the six Asian women killed in Atlanta this week. To us, hate crimes against the AAPI community are not a statistic. Awareness and pain are not buffered by distance. In the faces of these women, we see our sisters, our...
A new collaboration for the Texas Organizing Project brings a long-term electoral strategy to the biggest battleground state
Cementing its status as the biggest and most important battleground state, Texas is getting some national support from a group focused on growing power in the legislature. The Sister District recently announced they would be joining forces with the Texas Organizing...