The following is a transcript of the Tex Mix podcast with host Jessica Montoya Coggins and Ali Lozano, the Director of Advocacy and Communications at Texas Civil Rights Project. You can listen to the Tex Mix podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you get your...
After several hours of public testimony on Monday, a Republican-led committee in the Texas House advanced Senate Bill 1, a GOP “election integrity” bill that would make it more difficult to access the ballot box. The bill passed the House Select Committee on...
As I write this post, we are 11 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes and 16 seconds away from sine die. Sine die (pronounced “sigh-knee dye”) is that miraculous moment when the Texas Legislature finally adjourns, ending its six-month Helm’s Deep-style battle against the rights...
I used to love themes. I was an English major! While my friends studied employable skills like finance or engineering, I sat around drinking coffee, wearing scarves, and waxing poetic on what the green light in Gatsby represents. I’m your annoying friend who wants to...
Voting rights activists and organizers kicked into high gear this afternoon after State Rep. Briscoe Cain, the Chair of the Texas House Elections Committee, tried to quickly sneak through legislation that many are calling the worst attack on voting rights in Texas...
