The History of Eugenics in Texas Isn’t What You Think
A new book unearths a chapter of the state’s story when anti-intellectual fundamentalism was put to good ends.
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"Texas taught me contradiction. It taught me how to love a place that doesn’t always love me back."
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“We can only play the hand that we're dealt.”
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If the governor signs SB 3 into law, thousands of jobs and billions in revenue could soon disappear.
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This Session’s Worst Anti-Abortion Bill Died, but Pro-Choice Advocates Aren’t Celebrating
Following mixed results for both sides, the far right says it won’t give up on targeting what little abortion access remains in Texas.
Texas Quietly Downsizes Border Security Spending
But outlays remain far above state funding prior to the Operation Lone Star era.
I Was an Undocumented Texas College Student. I’m Not Going Anywhere—and Neither Is Our Movement.
Lawmakers lacked the political courage to force a floor vote at the Capitol on the Texas Dream Act, so state leaders took a coward’s path.
Amid New McCarthyism, the Alliance for Texas History Embraces Diverse Scholarship
“It’s particularly important at a moment when our state leaders have demonstrated that they don't want students to have a really full, inclusive accounting of our state or national past.”