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Op-Ed: Dr. Lawrence Nixon and the Tattered Road to Democracy in Texas
On this day 97 years ago, Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon walked to El Paso’s Fire Station No. 5 to cast ...Michael Sorrell talks the latest about Paul Quinn College and the fight for voting rights
When Michael Sorrell took over as president of Paul Quinn College, the position was supposed to be temporary. In 2007, ...Texas Democrats: Abbott must restore funding to legislature to kickstart negotiations
Texas House Democrats breaking quorum in Washington held a press conference on Friday to mark the halfway point of the ...Protestors demand the resignation of City of San Marcos leadership
Protestors, friends, and family of Jennifer Miller, a woman killed in a car crash in the summer of 2020 by ...Ted Cruz stonewalls key State Department nominees
As President Joe Biden seeks to reinvigorate American foreign policy with diplomacy at its center, one man stands in his ...Democrats walked out. Now, Republicans are proving them right.
On Wednesday morning, Texas Democrats held a virtual press conference to reaffirm their commitment to combating voter suppression. The legislators’ ...Bipartisan amicus brief filed on behalf of Crystal Mason, sentenced to five years in prison ...
A number of high-profile former state and local prosecutors, have come together to sign onto an amicus brief with the ...Op-Ed: Now is the time for a full pathway to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants
Twelve years ago, when my father was deported, I was forced to grapple with the reality that for undocumented families ...Voting rights ‘worth going to jail for,’ says Senfronia Thompson
In a virtual press conference with Texas House Democrats from Harris County, members gave updates about their activities in the ...Texas city backs down from anti-abortion ordinance
Yesterday, an anti-abortion ordinance in Edinburg, the third largest city in the Rio Grande Valley, which would have outlawed abortions ...Musings: The pandemic isn’t over.
Just in case you’ve missed the news, I’d like to begin my column this week with a very specific warning: ...At long last, Abbott gets sucker-punched for voter suppression
Texas Democrats have shown incredible restraint. The minority party has fled the state to break quorum only three times, disrupting ...
