Taxing the wealthy is more popular than Rep. Henry Cuellar, poll finds
President Biden’s $350 billion annual domestic spending plan is popular. In South Texas, it’s more popular than Henry Cuellar, one of nine conservative Democrats who have threatened to torpedo the legislation in the House. That’s according to a recent survey of 500...
Houston Reproductive Justice March rallies around liberation
This Saturday, thousands of women, non-binary, and transgender Texans will march together in Houston’s Reclaiming our Freedoms protest starting at Downtown Houston’s Discovery Green all the way to Houston City Hall at 8 a.m. For this nationally recognized march, the...
Princeton scientists give Texas an ‘F’ for proposed district maps
Texas has received yet another failing grade, this time from Princeton University's Gerrymandering Project, a group of researchers that employ math as a watchdog against unfair district maps. Led by neuroscience professor and elections statistician Sam Wang, the...
Attempted arson at Travis County Democratic Party’s office
An investigation is underway after an individual attempted to set fire to the Travis County Democratic Party’s office early Wednesday morning. In addition to throwing a Molotov cocktail, the suspect also left a threatening note. Surveillance cameras outside the office...
Texas redistricting map targets two Black Congressional members
In a proposed redistricting map released on Monday, Texas lawmakers introduced a map that racially gerrymanders, the biggest city in the state. In Houston, if approved, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) and U.S. Rep. Al Green (TX-9), two long serving members in...
Working Families Party endorses Jessica Cisneros
The left-leaning political organization Working Families Party announced Thursday it would be once again endorsing Jessica Cisneros for Congress. Working Families Party endorsed Cisneros in 2020 when she came within four percentage points of unseating conservative...
These eight comically shaped districts prove that Republican gerrymandering is out of control
Gerrymandering is a hell of a drug, y’all. Earlier this week, the Texas Legislature released its first proposed draft of the state’s new congressional maps — and, needless to say, the Republican-dominated body wasn’t shy about its intentions. In an effort to dilute...
Breaking down the annual defense bill
The National Defense Authorization Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation that goes through Congress as it’s the bill that sets the defense budget for the United States. The 2022 NDAA (the federal government’s fiscal year starts on October 1) is...
Latino Victory endorses veteran John Lira in TX-23
Even though redistricting maps have yet to be passed in the state legislature, candidates for the midterm election are announcing runs for several offices and endorsements are starting to roll in across the state. Latino Victory Fund, a progressive political action...
Environmental group airs ads urging Texas lawmakers to go big on climate change
Environmental Defense Action Fund, the campaign arm of the Environmental Defense Fund, announced Tuesday that it would launch a $500,000 ad campaign pressuring conservative and moderate Democrats to go big on fighting climate change. The digital and tv ads will...
Texans won’t forget Abbott’s extremism next fall
The town square in Athens, Texas, is similar to countless others like it across the state. At its center towers the Henderson County Courthouse, a historic three-story red brick Classical Revival-style building with large white columns at its entrance. The surrounding...
Royce Brooks talks Annie’s List and 2022
The Signal recently caught up with Royce Brooks, the executive director of Annie's List, an organization that recruits, trains and helps elect progressive women to office. Brooks spoke about the 2022 midterms, women in Texas, as well as the ongoing work at...
Greg Abbott’s sad, stammering Sunday show appearance
On Sunday, Governor Greg Abbott appeared on the show “Fox News Sunday” with host Chris Wallace. The resulting interview was a blundering mess for the Texas governor, who is up for re-election next year. Though Abbott teed up his Fox appearance as an opportunity to...
Five takeaways from Texas GOP’s congressional maps
Texas lawmakers on Monday released their first proposed draft of the state’s new congressional maps. Here’s a quick look at all the major changes around the state. Austin and Houston get new congressional districts The state’s capital and its largest city will...
Op-Ed: Mother Nature won’t wait for us to improve our power grid
Hurricane Ida’s wrath is a disaster no one wanted to witness or experience, bringing widespread flooding and wind damage, destruction of homes and businesses, and loss of life. Compounding these problems are power grid failures like those in New Orleans. These...