An attempt to “both sides” the Holocaust in a Texas school district draws condemnation
A school district in Texas is under fire after a recording revealed a school administrator encouraging teachers to introduce “opposing” views to the Holocaust. The school administrator claimed that such a move was necessary in the wake of new legislation for public...
Texas House passes anti-trans sports bill
The Republican-led Texas House voted Wednesday evening to advance House Bill 25, legislation that would ban trans youth from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. The bill passed 76-54 after several hours of amendments and heated debate on the...
Don Huffines is the most dangerous man in Texas
Greg Abbott’s newest executive order against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, banning any entity including a private business from issuing the health and safety protocol, is the latest sign that he is running an unabashedly ultra right-wing campaign. Abbott is on a mission...
‘Basically we’ve outlawed abortion in Texas,’ Abbott says
On Tuesday, a viral video on Twitter showed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott admitting on camera that Texas has effectively outlawed abortion. At an event with the governor, Creator of the UnderCurrent TV Lauren Windsor thanked Abbott for defending the unborn, and then...
No Way on Prop A: Save Austin Now’s Authoritarian Thrust, Explained
Like countless cities across the country and around the world, Austin rallied to host weeks of marches protesting police brutality in the summer of 2020. Easily the most impressive show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement, the demonstrations shined a light...
Op-Ed: Undocumented Immigrants Like My Family Have Waited Long Enough
At the age of ten, I participated in my first protest. My parents had recently explained that we were undocumented, but they also wanted me to understand the dramatic impact that immigrants like us had on America. So on May 1, 2006, my family and I abstained from...
Texas House debates proposed state house district lines
Texas House lawmakers are debating new proposed state house district lines, with a vote expected late Tuesday to advance the gerrymandered map and bring it closer to becoming law. Much of the debate over the map has focused on how statehouse districts in major metro...
Gov. Greg Abbott goes after vaccine mandates (again)
On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott issued yet another executive order prohibiting vaccine mandates in the state. This is the governor's fourth executive order that prohibits government entities and others from issuing a vaccine mandate. In August, Abbott moved to ban...
Travis County Leads on Housing Reform
As Austin continues to grow dramatically and skyrocketing rent prices have left many residents unable to find safe and stable housing, the Travis County Commissioners Court, led by newly-elected Travis County Judge Andy Brown, has passed multiple innovative policy...
Happy Indigenous People’s Day
Every second Monday in October Americans across the country have become acclimated to celebrate Christopher Columbus Day in commemoration of the explorer that is commonly taught as discovering America in the 15th century. This routine holiday has been etched in...
Musings: Failure to Launch
Enigmatic actor and self-described “poet-philosopher” Matthew McConaughey did a fresh round of press last week, and while the talented thespian has assertively kept the door ajar on a potential bid for Governor of Texas, he has also assertively kept afloat the most...
Fifth Circuit reinstates extreme anti-abortion law
After a federal judge issued a temporary injunction against Senate Bill 8, the extreme anti-abortion law that went into effect in Texas on September 1, the appeal from the state came almost immediately. And within less than 48 hours the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...
Five must-hear exchanges from Matthew McConaughey’s New York Times interview
Matthew McConaughey is a lot of things to a lot of people — especially himself. A self-proclaimed “statesman-philosopher, folk-singing poet,” the actor-turned-phantom-gubernatorial-candidate has, for months, dangled a potential political run in front of Texans. For...
A Conversation with a Texas Abortion Provider
The following is a conversation with Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, a Board Certified OB/GYN and Complex Family Planning specialist who provides birth and abortion care in Texas. She serves on the board of directors of Physicians for Reproductive Health and Texas Equal Access...
Texas Congressional Democrats visits Afghan refugees at Fort Bliss
On Thursday, a congressional delegation consisting of Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-16), Marc Veasey (D-16) and Sylvia Garcia (D-29) visited Doña Ana Village at Fort Bliss, where thousands of Afghan refugees are housed. Fort Bliss, which is located in El Paso, is one of...