Man who spent $30 million on border wall now trying to sell it
It didn’t take long for “Mexico will pay for the wall” to become “we will personally pay for the wall.” While Trump was diverting money from the military to fund his border wall, some Trump supporters took it upon themselves to pay for the wall out of pocket. One man,...
Selma-style Moral March for Democracy kicks off in Georgetown
The air was thick and muggy this morning in Georgetown, Texas, the Central Texas town that sits just north of the capital city. But that didn’t stop well over 100 people from congregating outside Christ Lutheran Church at 7 a.m., the kickoff site for the...
Time is running out to fund Texas’ legislative branch
More than 2,000 employees working for Texas’ legislative branch could find themselves with no source of income on Sept. 1, the start of the 2022 fiscal year in Texas. The self-inflicted budget crisis began in June when Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed $410 million in funding...
George P. Bush comes up short in Trump endorsement
Yesterday, Trump made his official endorsement in the Republican primary for attorney general by sticking with Ken Paxton. The announcement is one more humiliating episode for George P. Bush, who had pivoted hard to court the Trump endorsement. Paxton, who is...
First day of testimony in the Jan.6 riot committee
On Tuesday, the U.S House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection held their first hearing with four key officers testifying. The committee created by Speaker Nancy Pelosi will focus on the facts and not politics, according to Chair Rep. Bennie...
Texas House Democrats to testify before Congress over voter suppression
Texas House Democrats breaking in quorum in Washington D.C. recently announced that they will be testifying before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in a Thursday hearing. The hearing will focus on the assault on voting rights in Texas...
Op-Ed: The Path Forward on Our Tattered Road to Democracy
On this day 97 years ago, Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon walked to El Paso’s Fire Station No. 5 to cast a ballot in the Democratic primary. Dr. Nixon never missed a chance to vote; since moving to El Paso 14 years prior, he paid every poll tax and voted in every election at...
Op-Ed: Dr. Lawrence Nixon and the Tattered Road to Democracy in Texas
On this day 97 years ago, Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon walked to El Paso’s Fire Station No. 5 to cast a ballot in the Democratic primary. Dr. Nixon never missed a chance to vote; since moving to El Paso 14 years prior, he paid every poll tax and voted in every election at...
Michael Sorrell talks the latest about Paul Quinn College and the fight for voting rights
When Michael Sorrell took over as president of Paul Quinn College, the position was supposed to be temporary. In 2007, the college was in dire financial straits when Sorrell was tapped to become interim president. Several years later, after a series of challenging...
Texas Democrats: Abbott must restore funding to legislature to kickstart negotiations
Texas House Democrats breaking quorum in Washington held a press conference on Friday to mark the halfway point of the special session ending Aug. 6. Democrats said they were committed to staying another 15 days until the end of the special session in order to...
Protestors demand the resignation of City of San Marcos leadership
Protestors, friends, and family of Jennifer Miller, a woman killed in a car crash in the summer of 2020 by off-duty San Marcos Police Officer Sgt. Ryan Hartman, gathered outside of San Marcos City Hall to demand the resignation of city leadership. Protestors are...
Ted Cruz stonewalls key State Department nominees
As President Joe Biden seeks to reinvigorate American foreign policy with diplomacy at its center, one man stands in his way. It’s not Xi Jinping or Vladimir Putin, it’s Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been stonewalling...
Democrats walked out. Now, Republicans are proving them right.
On Wednesday morning, Texas Democrats held a virtual press conference to reaffirm their commitment to combating voter suppression. The legislators’ defiance could even be felt, a surprising development considering the significant challenges they’ve faced since...
Bipartisan amicus brief filed on behalf of Crystal Mason, sentenced to five years in prison for casting a provisional ballot
A number of high-profile former state and local prosecutors, have come together to sign onto an amicus brief with the States United Democracy Center for Crystal Mason, a Black Fort Worth woman who was sentenced to five years in prison after casting a provisional...
Op-Ed: Now is the time for a full pathway to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants
Twelve years ago, when my father was deported, I was forced to grapple with the reality that for undocumented families like mine, the threat of being separated from the ones we love most would always be imminent. The truth is, the pain of my dad’s deportation has yet...