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Most Recent in Politics:

1Where do Texas Democrats Stand on Single-Payer Health Care?

2State Plans to Restore Services after Advocates in Wheelchairs Surprise Officials

3Trump Nominee to FEC Tried to Shred Texas’ Already-Weak Ethics Laws

4Religious Right Takes Bathroom Fight Back to Schools after Defeat at Capitol

5Supreme Court Decision Means 2018 Elections Could Use ‘Discriminatory’ Maps

6Trump Nominates Lawyers from Anti-LGBT ‘Religious Freedom’ Group to be Texas Federal Judges

Most Recent in Environment:

1Reports of Livestock Deaths, Other Ag Losses Trickle in After Harvey

2Flood Expert Jim Blackburn: Houston Must Plan or Perish

3Experts: Much of Harvey-Related Air Pollution was Preventable

4‘Look & See’ Is a Love Letter to Family Farming, Rural America and Wendell Berry

5The Impossible City

6Thanks to their State Rep, Friendswood Family Rushes to File Insurance Claim for their Flooded Home

Most Recent in Border:

1Civil Rights Group’s Budget Nearly Halved by Foundation with Ties to Texas Supreme Court

2ICE Detained This Trafficking Victim on Her 18th Birthday. Why?

3‘Los Zetas Inc.’ Author on Why Mexico’s Drug War Isn’t About Drugs

5Salvadoran Man Seeks ‘Sanctuary’ from Deportation in Austin Church

6Judge Eviscerates Much of Senate Bill 4, but Leaves Intact “Show Me Your Papers” Provision

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Body Cam Policies in Texas Exacerbate a System Designed to Protect Police, Critics Say

2Civil Rights Group’s Budget Nearly Halved by Foundation with Ties to Texas Supreme Court

3ICE Detained This Trafficking Victim on Her 18th Birthday. Why?

4The Road to Huntsville

5In San Antonio, Cops Punch Down

6Deputies Go Unpunished for Invasive Cavity Search on Houston Roadside

Most Recent in Education:

1Despite ‘Hardship’ Funding, Rural Texas Schools Face Difficult Financial Future

2Loon Star State: Texas Public Schools

3Dan Patrick Accuses Joe Straus of Ponzi Scheme Ahead of Special Session

4Critics Fear New Texas Law Giving SBOE Wide Discretion Over Textbooks

5After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

6Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It

Most Recent in Health Care:

1Where do Texas Democrats Stand on Single-Payer Health Care?

2State Plans to Restore Services after Advocates in Wheelchairs Surprise Officials

3Judge Temporarily Halts New Texas Abortion Ban

4Despite Self-Congratulation, Lawmakers Did Virtually Nothing about Maternal Mortality Crisis

5Introducing the Texas Observer’s Rural Reporting Project

6Red is the New Orange: Handmaids Bring More than Just Silence to the Abortion Fight

Most Recent in The Interview:

1The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

2The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party

3The Interview: Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith

4The Interview: Lupe Valdez

5The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

6The Interview: Judge John Dietz on Texas’ School Finance Crisis

Most Recent in Books:

1Short Story Contest Finalist: ‘Malena’

2The King of Pulp

3‘Sip’ Seeks Dystopian Depth, and Fine Dining, in the Shadows

4The Rising Storm

5Stalking Horse

6Seven Texas Indie Booksellers on Their Favorite Books of the Year (So Far)

Most Recent in Postcards:

1The King of Pulp

2Ride Like a Girl

Most Recent in Essay:

1The Impossible City

2Dear Governor Abbott: The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Endangers Trans Texans Like My Son

3Stalking Horse

4Protecting Immigrant Families: A Call for an Economic Boycott of Texas

5Cut from the Same Cloth: Wearing Hijab in Houston, Post-Trump

6Going It Alone

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Fantastical Taxidermy

2Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

3Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

4Eye on Texas: TX Open Swim

5Eye on Texas: Blessing of the Hands in San Antonio

6Eye on Texas: Austin’s Chapels

Most Recent in Poetry:

1Parallel Planes

3Poem: ‘Resistance’

4Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

5Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

6Poem: ‘Whitewashing’

Big Beat

The Unnecessary Expense of Immigrant Detention

by Cindy Casares | Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 14:11 CST

Can Hinojosa Revive Texas Democrats?

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Mon, Jun 18, 2012

At the Texas Democratic Convention in Houston in early June, Gilberto Hinojosa of Brownsville, a former Cameron County judge and county Democratic chairman, was...Read More

Doggett-Romo Race a Tough Choice for Latinos

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Mon, May 28, 2012

This year’s Democratic primary race for Congressional District 35, predicted to come down to long-time Congressman Lloyd Doggett and Bexar County Tax Assessor...Read More

Coverage of Changing Texas Schools Ignores the Racist Elephant in the Room

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Thu, May 17, 2012

Last week, the San Antonio Express-News did a piece on the changing face of Texas schools. It seems the system has gotten noticeably browner and poorer and now ...Read More

More Evidence of Fast-and-Furious-Type Program in Texas

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Fri, May 11, 2012

It sure seems like there was gun-walking going on in Texas, and yet U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder won’t answer any questions about it. The fourth member o...Read More

What I learned at The Daily Texan Panel on Racial Sensitivity

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Wed, May 2, 2012

I recently attended a panel at The Daily Texan offices where some University of Texas educators and I had a conversation with the Texan staff of student reporte...Read More

Willie Nelson Statue Unveiled at 4:20 on 4/20, Also Pot

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Sat, Apr 21, 2012

I just got back from the dedication of a statue of Willie Nelson from non-profit Capital Area Statues to the City of Austin. The Theme was “4/20.” For the u...Read More

Petition Launched To Reinstate Trayvon Martin Cartoonist Stephanie Eisner At Daily Texan

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Thu, Apr 5, 2012

Stephanie Eisner—a cartoonist at The Daily Texan fired because of an incendiary cartoon she drew last week depicting the killing of unarmed Florida teen Trayv...Read More

Monument Unveils Tejano Legacy

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Fri, Mar 30, 2012

I attended the unveiling of the Tejano Monument at the Texas State Capitol on Thursday. Seated in front of a crowd of hundreds on the South Lawn were dignitarie...Read More

Stephanie Eisner and the Case of the Racist Trayvon Martin Cartoon

by Cindy Casares

Leave a comment | Wed, Mar 28, 2012

On Tuesday, University of Texas student newspaper, The Daily Texan, published a political cartoon on the topic of Trayvon Martin and yellow journalism. The imag...Read More

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