A conversation with the Texas Democratic Party’s Cliff Walker

by Signal Staff | Jul 1, 2019 | Video

This week we’re joined by Cliff Walker, Deputy Executive Director of the Texas Democratic Party, to talk about tonight’s debates, the border crisis, Jonathan Stickland’s retirement and more.

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The Texas principal caught in a critical race theory firestorm

by William Kim | Sep 21, 2021

Last year, Dr. James Whitfield became the first Black principal at Colleyville Heritage High School in north Texas. Popular with students and faculty, he is now facing the end of his tenure after getting entangled in the public education debate over critical race...

LGBTQ+ advocates announce boycott of anti-trans sports bill hearing

by Fernando Ramirez | Sep 21, 2021

For the fourth time this year, Texas Republicans in the state legislature are trying to ban trans youth from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Instead of testifying at a Senate committee hearing over Senate Bill 3 on Tuesday, trans...

Musings: Beto can beat Greg Abbott

by Joe Bowen | Sep 21, 2021

It is often said that showing up is half the battle, and that is often true in American politics but especially so in Texas, where Democrats have anxiously waited all year for word about if, and according to new reporting when, Beto O’Rourke might join the 2022 race...

A conversation with the Texas Democratic Party’s Cliff Walker

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The Texas principal caught in a critical race theory firestorm

LGBTQ+ advocates announce boycott of anti-trans sports bill hearing

Musings: Beto can beat Greg Abbott

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