Op-Ed: Why New Americans Must Bring Our Voices To the Ballot In November
You never forget your first time. I thought of my grandfather. He was a new citizen who voted for the first and only time at 74 before he passed away. He voted that year because of Proposition 187, a rabidly anti-immigrant ballot initiative in...
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O’Rourke vs. Abbott debate REcap
The two candidates running for governor of Texas, incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic nominee Beto O’ Rourke, faced off in a one-hour debate at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg on Friday. The debate covered various topics, from gun...
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With the campaign for governor heading into the final weeks, Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke are making their final pitches to the voters of Texas. And their campaign styles couldn’t be any more different, with O’Rourke taking a more grassroots approach talking to...
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Op-Ed: Why New Americans Must Bring Our Voices To the Ballot In November
You never forget your first time. I thought of my grandfather. He was a new citizen who voted for the first and only time at 74 before he passed away. He voted that year because of Proposition 187, a rabidly anti-immigrant ballot initiative in...
O’Rourke vs. Abbott debate REcap
The two candidates running for governor of Texas, incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic nominee Beto O’ Rourke, faced off in a one-hour debate at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg on Friday. The debate covered various topics, from gun...
A Tale Of Two Campaigns
With the campaign for governor heading into the final weeks, Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke are making their final pitches to the voters of Texas. And their campaign styles couldn’t be any more different, with O’Rourke taking a more grassroots approach talking to...
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