Denton Becomes First Texas City to Pass Resolution Supporting Medicare for All
Denton recently became the first city in Texas and the 100th nationally to pass a resolution in favor of Medicare for All. The local resolution does not change any laws and instead aims to drum up support for the single payer healthcare system. Alison Maguire, a...
Why The Race to Replace Eddie Bernice Johnson Has Gotten So Bitter
With the retirement of longtime Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, the landscape for Democratic politics in North Texas is poised to dramatically change. Johnson’s retirement itself was a political earthquake, but the race to replace her has turned scorched earth....
Beto Holds Town Hall for Texas Veterans
On May 20, Beto O’Rourke visited Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8790 in Houston to hold the first in a series of town halls focusing on the plights of veterans in Texas and how to address the systemic issues facing them. Prior to O’Rourke’s speech to the attendees, he...
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...
‘Dear Mr. Schultz’ — Starbucks Unionization Grows Rapidly in Texas
In a letter addressed to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, workers in Bulverde near San Antonio recently announced their intention to unionize, becoming at least the seventh store in the Lone Star State to do so. The San Antonio area coffee shop joins a growing list of...
Hidalgo vs. Ogg Reaches Fever Pitch
The well-documented clash between progressive Harris County County Judge Lina Hidalgo and moderate District Attorney Kim Ogg, which had already heated up in recent months due to the indictment of three Hidalgo staffers, has now boiled over into an unprecedented level...
Activists Mobilize Against Texas Social Media Overreach
In the wake of the recent racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo as well as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision suspending the temporary injunction of the Texas social media law HB 20, progressive groups are sounding the alarm about the potentially...
After Attacks on Asian-owned Businesses, AAPI Community Urges More Action
Violence against Asian Americans has increased exponentially since the coronavirus pandemic. In Texas, many in the AAPI community feel that acutely, heightened by recent attacks in Dallas that were at first overlooked as hate crimes. Last week, the Dallas Police...
Texas Food Banks Feel Sigh of Relief as Public Health Emergency Benefits Continue
The U.S. Health and Human Services quietly extended the public health emergency declaration beyond July 16, giving no required 60-day notice this week that it would come to an end. It means the public health emergency will continue to last for at least another 90 days...
Op-ed: Greg Abbott Attacked Trans Children for Right-Wing Votes
The government of Texas is seemingly at war with trans children. In 2021, the Texas Legislature saw more than 40 proposed bills that pushed anti-trans rhetoric, the most in the country. This included a bill signed into law by Governor Abbott that restricted trans...
Right-Wing Court Gives Win to Texas Republicans in Social Media War
On the evening of May 11, Texas Republicans unfortunately landed a major blow in their ongoing culture war when the infamously right-wing 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the recent Texas law giving the state control of social media platforms’ moderation...
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,...
Democratic Lieutenant Governor Runoff, a Last Minute Drama-filled Nail Biter?
Days after Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Mike Collier released his first TV ad, a survey of Texas voters from the Dallas Morning News and University of Texas at Tyler found that state Rep. Michelle Beckley leads Collier by double digits, 31 to 19...
In New Poll, Signs of Trouble for Greg Abbott, Texas GOP
In the latest poll from UT-Tyler and the Dallas Morning News, released over the weekend, Texas Governor Greg Abbott seems to be in decent though not spectacular shape in his quest for a third term, leading insurgent challenger Beto O’Rourke by seven percentage points,...