Two Years Later, I’ll Never Stop Fighting for Lexi
A mother who lost her daughter, and a photographer who embedded in the southwest Texas town, reflect on the Uvalde tragedy.
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A ‘Dark Vision’ of Discipline: Zero Tolerance Makes a Comeback
Texas is already expelling more at-risk students and the Texas Legislature may make things worse.
Greg Abbott’s ‘State of the State’ Was a Weird, Alarming Infomercial
“I’m speaking to you from the manufacturing floor of Noveon,” announced Texas’ fearless leader to a limited audience before laying out yet another right-wing agenda.
Uvalde’s Locks Were Its First Line of Defense. They Failed.
Missing master keys. Faulty latches. Entryways propped open. An unmitigated security disaster that left a classroom vulnerable.
Catastrophe #88: The Texas Legislature Returns for a Brutal Year
What lawmakers should do to mitigate the state's cascading crises, and what they are liable to do instead.
After Uvalde, Texas Could Finally Fix Notorious Flaw in Public Information Act
An El Paso Democrat wants to close the “dead suspect loophole” that’s helped gut Texas’ once-distinguished open records law.
Months after Massacre, Uvalde County Turns Out for Greg Abbott
Uvaldeans voted resoundingly for the incumbent—who opposes even common sense gun control—over Democrat Beto O’Rourke by a 22-point margin
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Roland Gutierrez Won’t Let Greg Abbott Forget Uvalde
While he's not a "singular-issue" politician, "for these parents … there’s no issue out there that matters if you don’t have your kid.”
The Uvalde Parents Won’t Back Down
Alongside diligent media members, and despite local divisions, these families aren’t letting Texas move on from the Robb Elementary School tragedy.
Did the Abbott-O’Rourke Debate Change Anything?
One focus group found that the Democratic challenger won over voters at the Texas governor's debate, but it's unclear if most of the electorate paid attention.