West Texas Nuke Dump Hits a Snag
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsBetter late than never. Activists have finally managed to score a victory in the fight to keep Texas from becoming the nation’s dumping ground [...]
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Perry’s Fiscal Flim-Flam
by Melissa del Bosque / Posted on | No CommentsOn March 12, 2009, Gov. Rick Perry smiled for the TV cameras at an upscale luxury hardware store in one of Houston’s tonier [...]
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by Bob Moser / Posted on | No CommentsYesterday on The Hill, the Congressional newspaper and website, Brent Budowsky made the kind of eye-popping prediction that gets pundits noticed: “In the political [...]
Read full postHarsh Immigration Law Fosters Vibrant Protest Movement
by Melissa del Bosque / Posted on | No CommentsIt’s been less than two weeks since Arizona passed what can only be described as its racial-profiling bill. Since then, a number of immigrant [...]
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A Tea Party Flop
by Texas Observer Staff / Posted on | No CommentsAt a tea party rally in Austin on Tax Day 2009, Gov. Rick Perry tacitly endorsed the notion that Texas could secede from the [...]
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