Like countless cities across the country and around the world, Austin rallied to host weeks of marches protesting police brutality in the summer of 2020. Easily the most impressive show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement, the demonstrations shined a light...
At the age of ten, I participated in my first protest. My parents had recently explained that we were undocumented, but they also wanted me to understand the dramatic impact that immigrants like us had on America. So on May 1, 2006, my family and I abstained from...
As Austin continues to grow dramatically and skyrocketing rent prices have left many residents unable to find safe and stable housing, the Travis County Commissioners Court, led by newly-elected Travis County Judge Andy Brown, has passed multiple innovative policy...
The following is a conversation with Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, a Board Certified OB/GYN and Complex Family Planning specialist who provides birth and abortion care in Texas. She serves on the board of directors of Physicians for Reproductive Health and Texas Equal Access...
The House Committee on Constitutional Rights & Remedies voted Wednesday evening to advance House Bill 25, legislation that would ban trans youth from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. If passed, a student’s official birth certificate...
Earlier this week a small group of parents in a Texas school district successfully stopped a renowned children’s author from talking to students. It’s just the latest episode in the panic over critical race theory that has swamped school districts around the state. On...
Fort Hood in Central Texas is one of the largest U.S. military bases in the world. Home to 40,000 soldiers, it serves as the headquarters for the III Corps, arguably the most powerful corps in the U.S. Army due to the number of armored units. It is also named after a...
The National Defense Authorization Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation that goes through Congress as it’s the bill that sets the defense budget for the United States. The 2022 NDAA (the federal government’s fiscal year starts on October 1) is...
Federal officials released more than two dozen recommendations on Wednesday aimed at preventing the Texas electrical grid from failing again as it did in February. The blackouts, which were the result of freezing temperatures wrought by Winter Storm Uri, left millions...