ProPublica has a good report on the impact on women's health from the Texas abortion ban, an issue of course that the state of Texas has no intention of tracking (speaking of what the impact of President Musk will be, this kind of thing is...
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The sign of a functioning country my friends: A new bill aimed at beefing up school security could include armed drones guarding Texas schools. The bill filed by State Rep..
DORAL, FL - OCTOBER 23: Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump attends a campaigns rally In Florida at the Trump National Doral on October 23, 2015 in Doral, Florida. Trump.
On October 16, 1937, the Buchanan Dam, which dammed the Colorado River of Texas, west of the town of Burnet, was dedicated. This event might not seem to have a major role in our labor history. But in fact, it and other dams completely transformed...
If you want to know who really controls right wing politics, this deep dive into two Texas christofascists who effectively run the state's Republicna Party will scare the heck out.
This is the grave of Samuel Lanham. Born in 1846 in South Carolina, Lanham grew up in the world of owning humans, which as a young man he was happy.
I hadn't really thought it about much until I read this article, but it seems true to me that jalapeños are less spicy than they used to be. I mean, it used to be that this was a hot pepper that you wanted to handle...
This is the grave of Bill Clements. Born in 1917 in Dallas, Clements did not grow up in super wealthy circumstances. His father was in the oil industry and I.
Great piece here in Texas Observer by Gabriel Arana about his own great-grandfather's racism and how that connects to the cult of the Confederacy in Texas. The Confederate Soldiers Monument.
Good lord: Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and utilizing some of the libraries as ‘Team Centers” where kids with behavioral issues will be sent, the district announced. This comes as part of the new superintendent...
Beto O'Rourke writes a pretty powerful op-ed in the Times, urging Biden to step up and stop Greg Abbott's personal militarization of the border. The Supreme Court has consistently upheld.
Some amazing stuff in Texas. Well, not amazing really, since that would imply surprising and there is nothing that can surprise out of Texas. But this is really bad and.