Late one evening in February 2022, Chinar Sediqi touched down at San Antonio International Airport for the first time. He was with his wife, Noorafshan, and their five children, the youngest only one year old. The older children gathered their backpacks and the family retrieved three boxes filled with belongings
As he is running for re-election in a race that many polls are predicting could come down to the single digits, Ted Cruz keeps trying to tout bipartisan credentials. He specifically has repeated a claim that the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 is the one hundredth piece of legislation he
In July Ted Cruz’s re-election campaign launched a major ad blitz focused on Hispanic voters in Texas. Axios reported the buy would include both broadcast and digital ads targeting Latino voters in Texas. As the ads have started rolling out, though, it’s clear the authentic portrait of Texas
The fervent belief in rampant voter fraud has been a motivating factor for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for years. That idea that elections in Texas and across the country have been compromised was on display last year when Paxton spoke at an event for the conservative Heritage Foundation in
The ferry ride to Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County is the first time in months I’ve stepped out in the daylight and not immediately made a rude gesture at the oppressive sun. The air over Galveston Bay is a good ten degrees cooler than the asphalt oven of Houston,
On Monday morning, several leaders with the Latino civil rights organization LULAC called upon the Civil Rights division of the Department of Justice to investigate the actions of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Their call comes days after several members and volunteers reported that their homes were raided by an
While Texas isn’t considered one of the major battleground states this year (although a recent poll suggests that indeed it is a state race where both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are leading by single digits), many Texans left their mark at the DNC Convention. On Monday night, a
For many families in Texas, this week has been dominated by the excitement and jitters of the first days back to school. Even though the temperature is hovering in the triple digits throughout the state, school districts are back in Fall form. For many educators and school employees, this year
Contrary to its name, The Railroad Commission of Texas has nothing to do with trains (at least not anymore). Instead, this state agency is critically important as it oversees the oil and gas industry. The Commission is comprised of three members, which were initially appointed by the governor, but now
On Monday, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced they were filing federal complaints with the Biden Administration on behalf of two women who were denied treatment for ectopic pregnancies in Texas. The two women allege they were denied abortion care, the only treatment for an ectopic pregnancy, and because of
According to the Ka 'Imi Na'auao O Hawai'i Nei Institute and The Bishop Museum, Queen Ka'ahumanu attempted to ban the islands’ traditional dance, hula, in 1830. It didn’t take. However, colonists and missionaries continued to actively discourage and suppress the art form,
Last month, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he was once again suing the Biden administration. This latest lawsuit concerns a program known as Title X that offers family-planning services for low-income Americans, including contraception for teenagers. The Title X program that offers free contraception for teenagers was previously targeted by
On Monday, August 5 Texans in the greater San Antonio area will start seeing four large billboards with a shocking message: “Everything’s bigger in Texas: including our infant mortality rate.” The infant mortality rate in Texas has indeed increased since the near-total abortion ban Senate Bill 8 went into
I needed a wing transplant for my tooth fairy, and that’s how I met Ashley Worhol for the first time in a decade. We were both vending at the night market at the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston this past summer. I was hawking my horror story
On Monday, a six-week abortion ban went into effect in Iowa. The Midwest state is now the 22nd to enact some form of an abortion ban since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Following the newest state abortion ban, the Democratic National Committee convened a press call to discuss
In June, Greg Abbott released a semi-annual campaign finance report that showed eye-popping figures from two school voucher advocates: Jeff Yass and Jim Walton. The donations, totaling $4.2 million, are a continuing saga in Abbott’s overtures towards school choice backers. Texas is the largest red state that has