Rochelle Garza Steps Into New Role
After a long and contentious campaign for Attorney General, no one would fault Rochelle Garza for taking a break to rest and rejuvenate. Instead, the civil rights attorney did the exact opposite and became the President of the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP). TCRP,...
Who’s the real thug, Dan Patrick?
Top Texas Republican uses “racially charged” term in his discussion of public schools to C-suite execs. At the swanky Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel in Austin on Wednesday, Republican firebrand Lt. Governor Dan Patrick was invited to give the keynote speech at...
Op-Ed: Abbott’s Lip-Service On School Safety Endangers Children
As I packed for my trip to join 500 Texans and gun safety advocates in Austin, a thought kept crossing my mind, “What if something happens in my own kids’ schools when I’m gone?” I pushed the fear aside as unlikely. Then, while I stood in a hallway at the Texas...
Lawsuit Filed Over Texas Abortion Ban
The first lawsuit challenging the Texas abortion ban was filed in Austin today. The lawsuit, Zurawski v. State of Texas, was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of five women who were denied abortions in Texas, as well as two medical providers. In...
Texit Signs
Yesterday morning, we published a column about Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s calls for a “national divorce,” that touched on the long and strange political history of secession in Texas. Even we were shocked by what happened next. State Rep. Bryan...
Op-Ed: The Harris County Democratic Party And The Future
Accountability and transparency. Inspiration and mobilization. These are things we need as a party going forward. As one of the most visible leaders in the local party, I have had many years to watch what works and what does not. I believe we are at a...
Musings: Stay Together For The Kids
This past President’s Day, firebrand Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene assertively raised eyebrows across the country when she publicly called for a “national divorce,” invoking the language of segregationists while suggesting we would all be better off if...
Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Eight
Welcome to the Texas Legislative Round-up! We are here to break down the latest news from the Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t. Week in Review Another...
THE FIGHT FOR TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AT THE TEXAS CAPITOL
Nearly no other issue has embodied the backward obsessions of the modern-day Texas GOP more than the fight for transgender rights in Texas. In 2015, Texas conservatives set their eyes on repealing the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which expanded civil rights...
The Organization Making It Easier To Access Abortion Pills
Today, the start of Women’s History Month, Mayday.Health is launching a multi-day education campaign centered around accessing abortion pills. They will have a heavy presence in Texas with mobile billboards in Austin, Dallas, and Amarillo, which is the site of a...
Abortion Funds Tout New Ruling
The news about abortion access in Texas has been dreadful, and somehow it always seems to get worse. Last Friday, however, offered at least some reprieve for several Texas abortion funds. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that a decades-old abortion law on the...
Student Loan Relief Hits The Supreme Court
This morning, arguments will be heard at the Supreme Court challenging the legality of President Biden’s student debt relief plan. Over forty million borrowers could be impacted based on how the ultra-conservative court decides. Within weeks of announcing the relief...
TEXAS LEGISLATIVE ROUND-UP: WEEK SEVEN
Welcome to the Texas Legislative Round-up! We are here to break down the latest news from the Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t. Week in Review This week,...
Op-Ed: Lessons From Serving The Brownsville Community For Seventy Years
When I first arrived to Good Neighbor Settlement House in April 2022, I found an organization that despite COVID-19 had only shut down for one day during the entire pandemic. We were in the middle of remodeling our kitchen and converting an old auditorium into a...
Op-Ed: Fighting For Bodily Autonomy In The Face Of Fascism
It’s another odd year, which means another legislative session in Texas and this year feels different. For those of us working at the intersections of bodily autonomy, specifically abortion and trans rights, our issues are under attack in a way that has never been...