After the CIA released historical documents proving that the agency surveilled Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists during the civil rights era, Rep. Joaquin Castro and other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus have requested the FBI do the same. The letter, dated Jan. 8, asked President Joe Biden to direct the FBI […]
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At 18, He Had to Pay a Poll Tax. Paxton’s ‘Illegal’ Raids Don’t Scare Him.
When Hector Flores turned 18, he had to pay to vote. More than 60 years later, he can’t remember the exact rate of the poll tax, maybe $2.50 or $2.75. But vivid in his mind is that the fee was roughly the price of a couple gallons of milk or a case of beer. In […]