Since 1954
Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.
Labor ⋆
State labor investigators struggle to process more and more paycheck complaints, with millions of dollars in workers’ pay at stake.
The United States doesn’t produce the minerals and metals needed for renewable energy, microchips, or military technology. Authorities want to change that as quickly as possible.
Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer’s reporting.
And what Prop Q could mean for the future of local governments in Texas
Politics ⋆
The five-term Austin state representative will wage an underdog campaign to deny the powerful Texas governor an unprecedented fourth term—and the chance to further entrench his “corruption.”
A legal expert called the new anti-trans Texas bathroom law “the most plainly unlawful, undemocratic legislation I’ve seen in recent history.”
Trumpeted one year, eschewed the next, free speech becomes a political football in Texas.
Lessons to learn from the politically motivated firing of a UT president in the 1940s
Militarization is making it harder for healthcare workers to reach people who use drugs.
At a vigil outside city hall last week, advocates gathered to “center the victims” and to condemn the “dehumanization” of migrants by the federal government.
“On the first day, I thought they had picked me up by mistake…”
An Austin literary shop has branched out into loud concerts, cementing a place in the city’s DIY music scene.
In Houston, actor Kendrick Sampson seeks to make a party out of political engagement.
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