Breaking Down the Voter Suppression Bill: An interview with ali lozano
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...
DOJ preparing to challenge anti-abortion law
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Department of Justice is urgently exploring all options to challenge Senate Bill 8, Texas’ anti-abortion bill that went into effect Sept. 1. And according to reports, the Biden administration is preparing to file a...
Massachusetts AG reacts to extreme anti-abortion bill in Texas
After the Supreme Court declined to stop the new anti-abortion law in Texas, also known as Senate Bill 8, lawmakers around the country were quick to respond to the legislation that not only criminalizes abortion essentially after six weeks but allows any person to sue...
Texas battle over voter suppression will continue with redistricting
This week, Gov. Greg Abbott announced a third special session on redistricting set to begin Sept. 20. The new state and federal district lines will stand for a decade and have a lasting impact on who has power in the state and Congress. One report by the...
Anti-abortion website shut down after flood of trolling
The idea was simple enough: set up a website where people can report on their fellow Texans for violating the state’s extreme new abortion restrictions. However, as the anti-choice group Texas Right to Life found out the hard way, things are rarely simple when it...
“No wider, no higher”: Inside Austin’s red-hot fight over I-35 expansion
In May 2019, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) unveiled a $7.5 billion plan to expand the abhorred stretch of I-35 that snakes through the center of Austin. Dubbed the Capital Express Project, the proposal’s potential changes were drastic: In addition to...
Abbott signs voter suppression bill, multiple lawsuits filed
On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott officially signed Senate Bill 1 in Tyler. The bill passed through the Texas Senate and House last week. At the signing ceremony, Abbott was joined by fellow Republicans State Senator Bryan Hughes, State Rep. Andrew Murr, and Lt. Gov....
The most famous strikes in Texas history
There’s nothing like a good work stoppage. Whether that’s taking a sick day and going to a ballgame to stick it to your boss, or organizing with tens of thousands of others to exact demands from the government. That’s why to celebrate this Labor Day, we’ve gathered...
House Committee passes amendment prohibiting privately funded National Guard deployments
On Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) adopted an amendment barring states from using private funds to pay for National Guard deployments in other states. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) introduced the amendment during deliberations on the 2022...
SCOTUS refuses to block abortion ban
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...
Musings: How to Beat Greg Abbott, revisited
Way back in early February, I made a bold proclamation: despite his decades in office in millions in his campaign coffers, Governor Greg Abbott was eminently beatable in 2022. Here we are, half a year later, and from my perspective as an extremely pissed-off...
Activists respond to the Texas abortion ban: “My body is my own”
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...
Abortion rights in Texas are effectively gone
Pro-choice advocates in Texas have long warned that the right to abortion in the state has been suffering a slow death by 1,000 cuts. With a new law banning abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy set to remain in effect until further notice, abortion providers and...
Hurricane Ida devastates thousands in Lousiana and Mississippi
The death toll of Category 4 Hurricane Ida has increased to two casualties after making landfall early Sunday morning on the Gulf Coast. The storm hit Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with winds up to 150 miles per hour and five to 10 inches of...
Gun safety volunteers mobilize ahead of new permitless carry bill
Equipped with their trademark red t-shirts, volunteers with the gun safety organization Moms Demand Action have been hitting the pavement to talk with people around the state. These volunteers aren’t advocating for legislation or a candidate, instead they are working...