How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas
The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas leaders are cheering on Trump anyway.
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Texas House Dems Trip Over Their Own Low Bar
On Tuesday, the most modest of boasts became famous last words for the lower chamber’s dwindling Ds.
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Texas Goes All Red for Ted
Maybe Dems need to recover the lessons of Beto 2018. Or maybe the sun will die before the state turns blue.
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In the Rio Grande Valley, the Red Wave Makes Landfall
Perhaps it’s just Trump. Or perhaps Texas Democrats are doomed.
GOP Claws Back Dem Judicial Seats with Big Money and Big Red Wave
The Judicial Fairness PAC pumped millions of dollars into an effort laser-focused on ousting Dems from appellate courts from Houston to Dallas.
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‘No Trust, No Bond’: Houston School Bond Fails amid State Takeover Backlash
“In my 33 years as an educator, I’ve never known teachers to come out against a bond. I’ve never seen so much community involvement and participation, mainly because we do not trust Mike Miles.”
Is Rep Nate Schatzline Misusing Nonprofit to Play Partisan Politics?
“It appears that For Liberty & Justice is violating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by assisting the campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz and the Republican Party.”
In the Rio Grande Valley, a Humbled GOP Battles with Democrats for the Center
Trumpian Republicans run left on abortion, border Dems sound more like national politicians, and both ignore crucial grassroots issues.
Border and Immigration
A Lawman’s Change of Heart?
Iconic Texas Sheriff Arvin West was a leading voice against migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. But West says his perspective is aligned with what he sees as the reality of the border.
A Cuban Journalist Adjusts to Service-Sector Precarity in North Texas
My life as an immigrant is summarized as paying for a car to go to work and working to pay for that car.
Border 911: The Misinformation Network Profiting Off the ‘Invasion’ Narrative
Dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential election challenges.
Culture
Did the First American in Space Take an Extra Golf Ball to the Moon?
A new book reveals the secrets of moon memorabilia and the friendship between a famous Texas astronaut and his barber.
A Houston Storyteller Finds the Humor in Hard Knocks
Bayou City comic Ali Siddiq turns street life and incarceration into laughs, while challenging stereotypes and provoking the occasional tear.
The ‘Untranslatable Palestinian Flesh’
What do we owe to language in times of unimaginable violence? Poets linked to both Palestine and Texas help show us the way.
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