Politics
Joaquin Castro is out for U.S. Senate. So who’s in?
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio announced today he is not running for U.S. Senate in Texas. The decision ...Joe Biden jumps in
Biden launched his campaign via a somber announcement video, aiming to project the gravitas of a senior statesman. Often speaking ...The sudden Republican push to appoint judges instead of electing them
Judges in Texas are selected in partisan elections. Republicans have run Texas for the last quarter century, and seem to ...Information warfare: how progressives can level the media playing field in Texas
Following the 2018 midterms, the ground shook in Texas. Democrats performed the best they have in 40 years. It’s no ...Tatted trailblazer M.J. Hegar announces Texas-sized challenge to sleepy Sen. John Cornyn
The Big Story Military veteran Mary Jennings “M.J.” Hegar of Round Rock, Tex. announced Tuesday she’s running for the U.S. ...Texas Progressive Executive Council previews 2020 election strategy
Houston-based Texas Progressive Executive Council, or TPEC, unveiled its election strategy on Wednesday to a standing-room only crowd of the ...There’s never been a better time to be a Texas Democrat
Progressives made huge gains last year up and down the ballot in the Lone Star State. Arch-conservative Lt. Gov. Dan ...Just don’t call us Hispanic
Latinos are not invisible. The mainstream simply doesn’t know how to read us. And if someone can’t read, they are ...Old, white Republican men versus the 20+ million rest of us
The liberal coasts of New York and San Francisco can have terrible intellectual snootiness when it comes to Texas. They ...A primer on the Houston mayor’s race
It’s only six months away and we’ve barely heard a peep about the Houston mayoral election. The competitors: So far, ...Julián Castro knocks Trump Texas visit, boasts immigration policy at San Antonio rally
On Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro told supporters in San Antonio that he’s looking forward to the day he ...
