The Classroom Culture War Comes to Round Rock
Bolstered by national groups, far-right religious candidates are swamping school boards with book bans and sex panic.
James Dobbins
Articles by James Dobbins
To Build a Theocracy
At the fourth annual Texas Youth Summit, Christian nationalists pushed young conservatives to spread their message.
Beto Hits the Road for the Last Leg of His Tour
The Democratic nominee for governor wooed rural voters on on his 49-day tour of the state.
Greg Abbott’s Foul Spectacle
The governor’s political show may read as tough in Texas, but the rest of the country doesn’t want a barbarian as president.
Title 42’s Long Tail of Pain
More than 1.8 million asylum-seekers have been expelled under the pandemic-era statute, which allows the Centers for Disease Control to declare a health crisis and bar immigrants from entering the country.
Hey Hey, NRA, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?
Hundreds of anti-gun violence protestors took over Discovery Green Park in Houston yesterday.
Texas’ White Guy History Project
The 1836 Project—the GOP's taxpayer-funded "patriotic education"—will indoctrinate unsuspecting domestic migrants with fables about Texas history.
Pandemic Without Borders
Laredo Health Authority Victor Treviño's regional vaccination program has helped innoculate more than 60,000 Mexican residents.