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Trey Martinez Fischer Will Helm the Democratic Opposition
For what feels like the hundredth year running, Democrats in 2023 will hold no positions of…
Texas Democrats After Beto
In the fall of 2021, a national reporter from Politico was in Austin writing another profile…
Trump to meet with Orthodox Jewish group on heels of Fuentes, Ye dinner
The former president will speak before the annual President's Conference of Torah Umesorah at his club…
GOP lawmakers accuse investment firms of breaking a law that prohibits divesting from oil and gas
At a senate committee hearing in Marshall, Texas Republican lawmakers accused investment firms of pulling back…
Months after Massacre, Uvalde County Turns Out for Greg Abbott
Skip to content Five and half months after the worst school shooting in Texas history took…
Lina Hidalgo Prevails Against Republican Offensive in Harris County
Once again, Lina Hidalgo overcame the odds with a narrow reelection win for Harris County judge—the…
‘Red Wave’ Makes Modest Splash in South Texas
In deep South Texas, where Republicans have spent two years foretelling a red tsunami, Tuesday night’s…
The Age of Abbott Continues Unfettered
Heading into his reelection bid, Republican Governor Greg Abbott appeared more vulnerable—from the left, right, and…
Voters Reinforce Republican Stronghold on State Board of Education
Republicans will hold onto power at the highest level of education policymaking in Texas after Tuesday…
Course Corrections: The Return of Prison Education
On a lower level of the Wynne Unit, a state prison in Huntsville, about 20 men…
Elon Musk’s Tesla Gigafactory Built on Wage Theft and Safety Violations, Texas Workers Allege
On Tuesday, the Austin-based nonprofit Workers Defense Project announced it was filing complaints with the federal…
Blue Havens in Red States
Red and inherently conservative. That’s the assumption many people have about the South. While there’s an…
Antifascist Spies on East Texas Nazi Conference with Drone
On a warm October day, a series of cars pulled into a gas station in De…
Progressive Prosecutor on Trial in Dallas Election
To his Republican opposition, Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot’s policies look “soft” on crime. Within…
Disaster Dollars: Abbott’s Big New Donor Got Half-Billion in COVID, Border Contracts
Few have benefited more from Governor Greg Abbott’s never-ending disaster declarations than Matthew Michelsen, a longtime…
The Uvalde Parents Won’t Back Down
One hundred twenty-six days after the deadliest school shooting in Texas history submerged his town in…
Mike Collier Wants Texans to Give Up Red Meat
In 2018, Texas’ ultraconservative Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick barely bothered to run for reelection. His campaign…
1836, the Slaveholder Republic’s Birthday
History, it’s often said, is written by the victors. While that isn’t always true, it’s certainly…
WhoDunnIt?: West Texas Billionaire Funds “Pink Slime” Journalism
West Texas oil billionaire Tim Dunn has poured millions into conservative politics, seeking to push the…
The Most Notorious Neo-Fascist Hate Group in Texas Can’t Catch A Break
Under the cover of a cool October night in 2021, two masked men wearing gloves and…
‘Over the Lege’ Plumbs the Tragicomedy of Texas Politics
Governor Greg Abbott snickers and nudges Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick to place slumbering House Speaker Dade…
A Party Built Entirely on Lies
If Texas Republicans were a restaurant, I’d complain to the manager. If I were a teacher…
Austin Nurses Win Largest Hospital Union in Texas
Kellen Gildersleeve, a labor and delivery nurse in Austin, has just helped birth one of the…
Did the Abbott-O’Rourke Debate Change Anything?
The conventional wisdom among political observers in Texas about this one and only gubernatorial debate was…
Despite Racist Jurors, Andre Thomas Remains on Texas’ Death Row
When Andre Thomas, a 21-year-old Black man, was sentenced to death in 2005, it was at…