Op-Ed: Many Afghans and Ukrainians Arriving Will Be Stuck in Entry-Level Jobs. They Deserve More.
Before fleeing the Taliban in 2016, I’d spent six years as a translator, conducting high-level military missions for American forces and government officials. I’d also worked for six years in the USAID funded project as an administrative executive and had both a...
Out-of-state LLC, Coulda Been Worse launch anti-Abbott television ads
Coulda Been Worse LLC aired a television advertisement against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday, highlighting some of Texas’ most disastrous moments under his watch as governor. The ad listed everything that has happened in the state under Abbott’s leadership,...
In Houston, VP Harris slams Texas lawmakers’ abortion and voting laws, calls on faith leaders to take action
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Houston on Thursday, pushing people of faith to take action to defend democracy, and slammed Texas lawmakers’ abortion and voting policies. In front of a crowd of 2,000 attendees at the annual National Baptist Convention,...
Op-Ed: For Harvey Recovery, We Must Do Better
“Those walls are already dry . . . .” Five years ago, I heard this repeatedly on the doorsteps of seniors I was visiting after Harvey hit when I asked them what they were going to do about their floodwater-soiled walls and sheetrock. In the immediate aftermath...
Beto vs. Abbott hits the airwaves
With 61 days until election day, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke have started their attack advertisements to slam one another on some of Texas voters’ top issues. In a 30-second ad released Tuesday, O’Rourke tweeted,...
The Toughest First Day Of School
In Uvalde, Texas, kids are returning to the classroom after their summer break. But this is anything but an ordinary first day of school. Today is the first day of school after the tragic shooting on May 24 at Robb Elementary School, where nineteen students and two...
New Poll Shows Texas’ Abortion Ban Is Unpopular
One year after Texas implemented Senate Bill 8, which was then one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., Texas voters are showing widespread support for abortion access and are more politically motivated to vote for change. According to a recent...
Jonathan Hildner On Running For His Community
If Jonathan Hildner wins his race for house district 54, he could be the second-youngest member of the state legislature. The 28-year-old community activist would also be the first African American representative from the district, which is 54 percent...
TxDOT approves highway expansion plan despite public opposition
On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Transportation Commission (TxDOT) voted unanimously to approve the Unified Transportation Program, a 10-year and $85.1 billion highway expansion plan, despite Texans’ widespread opposition. According to the UTP report by...
Five years after Harvey, Texas GLO’s inaction and discrimination is still hurting victims
Five years after Hurricane Harvey devastated neighborhoods across the coast, Harris County victims are still waiting to fix their homes after countless appeals to the Texas General Land Office. Earlier this year, a report by the Department of Housing and Urban...
‘I trust women,’ Beto says as the state’s trigger law goes into effect
Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke held a press conference on Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Houston Women’s Reproductive Services Center to mark the state’s trigger law, which bans abortion starting at conception with no exceptions for rape, incest, and narrow...
Abortion Trigger Law Goes Into Effect
Today, an anti-abortion trigger law goes into effect in Texas. With very few exceptions (not for rape or incest), abortion will be banned after fertilization. The trigger law also increases the penalties for anybody who administers or facilitates an abortion and makes...
Pipeline to Possibilities: How Four elected judges are inspiring Dallas youth
Four elected judges in Dallas are working to create a community where they eventually see fewer defendants and plaintiffs that look like them in the courtroom. The non-profit organization Pipeline to Possibilities, founded by Judge Shequitta Kelly, Judge Amber Givens,...
TX-23 candidate John lira pushes for Congress as support grows
After backlash among his supporters and colleagues, Rep. Tony Gonzalez (TX-23) is feeling the heat more than ever in his race for reelection. After the massacre in Uvalde, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, and voters taking note of Gonzalez’s A+...
Beto O’Rourke Continues Texas Tour
The crowd of more than 800 to see Beto O’Rourke last week in Fredericksburg was loud and boisterous. The size was notable, given that Fredericksburg is in a county that Donald Trump won by nearly fifty points. No matter where he goes in Texas, O’Rourke is...