Ken Paxton, ‘Champion for the Unborn,’ Would Have Let Our Babies Die. We Know Firsthand.
Texas’ attorney general said we weren’t dead enough for an abortion — that our doctors were right to deny us care. He’ll do the same to other women.
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Trump Finally Endorses Paxton, Cornyn Reduced to ‘Good Man’ Status
With Trump backing Paxton, Texas Republicans now get to choose between traditional conservatism and whatever this is.
She Thought Her Daughter Was Faking Sick. Then She Found Out Her Elementary School Was Built on a Drilling Waste Site.
Homeowners are livid they weren’t told what their properties were built on. The developers claim it’s all perfectly safe. They just can’t show you the proof.
‘When You Know Homeless People, You Can’t Ignore Them’: Inside ‘The Challenger,’ a Newspaper Written by and for Unhoused Austinites
“It’s done a lot for me,” said distributor and writer Clifton Pappas. “It’s kept my spirits up.”
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‘Future Legends.’ Despite So-Called ‘Drag Ban,’ Texas’ Queer Showcases Are Launching Pads for Performers.
In Austin, a city with an abundance of drag shows, one monthly showcase offers a unique platform — and launch pad — for emerging talent. “You get to see future legends get their start, and other people just flourish and find their niche.” That’s how “Big Tits, Bigger Dreams,” or BTBD, was described by co-host…
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Texas County Pursues Death Penalty ‘Almost Exclusively’ Against People of Color, Report Shows. We Have an Opportunity to Change That.
A new report concludes Tarrant County is an “extreme outlier” in its unfair targeting of racial and ethnic minorities for the death penalty.
There Was Yet Another ‘Ugly Fight’ in Houston Over Immigration Enforcement. But the City Already Knows What’s Right.
Guest Essay: The president of the Houston Police Officer’s Union showed up to a city council meeting with threats, accusations, and finger-pointing. But the city already knows what to do.
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More Than 1,000 Voters Were Turned Away Tuesday. ‘Total Chaos’ in Dallas Raises Alarms of Worsening Voter Suppression.
As if election nights weren’t stressful enough, more than 1,000 voters were reportedly turned away from polling locations in Dallas on Tuesday. That count — from Kardal Coleman, the chair of the Dallas County Democratic Party, via the New York Times — was only through the afternoon. By the evening…
