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Protesters outside the Katy Independent School District's central office on August 31

‘Heartbreaking’: Anti-Trans Healthcare Law Takes Effect in Texas

Despite ACLU win in lower court, an appeal by the state means transgender kids and their families will feel the devastating effects of the ban.

by Kit O'Connell

Keep Reading

ACLU Sues East Texas Towns Over ‘Sanctuary City for the Unborn’ Ordinances

by Sophie Novack

Immune from Justice

by Michael Barajas

‘The Wolf is in the Henhouse’

by Justin Miller

Aug 19, 2015

The Truth About How Pregnant Women Are Treated in Texas County Jails

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Aug 10, 2015

The Great Mellowing

God, Willie Nelson, and the increasingly thinkable pipe dream of marijuana reform.

by Michael Agresta

Jul 21, 2015

Q&A with Janice Engel, Director of a New Molly Ivins Documentary

by Teresa Mioli

Jun 18, 2015

Federal Officials Investigate Fatal Border Patrol Shootings

by Melissa del Bosque

Prisoner uprising Willacy County Correctional Center Mar 26, 2015

Goodbye to Tent City

After a riot destroys a for-profit prison, Willacy County ponders its economic future.

by Daniel Blue Tyx

Dec 04, 2014

New Study Finds Immigration Officers Ordering Unlawful Deportations

by Melissa del Bosque

Oct 08, 2014

Huntsville Redemption

On Wednesday, one more innocent man walked away from Texas' death row

by Jo DePrang

Aug 26, 2014

Dewhurst: ‘Someone’s Going to Get Hurt’ in Border Surge

by Forrest Wilder

Willacy County Detention Center Jun 09, 2014

Immigrants in Federal Prisons ‘Subjected to Shocking Abuse and Mistreatment’

by Forrest Wilder and Priscila Mosqueda

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