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Religious Exemption Bill Could Leave LGBTQ Texans Scrambling for Health Care

About a quarter of Texas counties have two or fewer primary care doctors and pharmacists. What happens if they refuse service?

by Laura Marie Thompson

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Advocates Say Sweeping Anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Bill Has ‘No Limitations’

by John Wright

Houston Black Lives Matter Group Slams Democrat’s Police Education Proposal for Teens

by John Wright

How Texas Politicians Bungle the Bible

by David R. Brockman

Planned Parenthood Jul 29, 2015

Fact-Finding Hearing Turns into Hours of Planned Parenthood Bashing

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Reproductive rights supporters wear hospital gowns and carry signs reading "I support Jane." May 25, 2015

Restrictive Abortion Bill Targeting Teens One Step Closer to Law After Senate Approval

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Anti-gay marriage Mar 23, 2015

Roy Moore, Texas Officials Lay Out Biblical Case Against Gay Marriage

by John Wright

A drawing by Felipe

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Biden Is Still Separating Immigrant Kids From Their Families

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Sen. Jose Rodriguez, Sen. Sylvia Garcia and Sen. Kirk Watson Mar 09, 2015

Senators Delay Hearing on Bill Banning ‘Sanctuary Cities’

by Kelsey Jukam

Dan Patrick Jan 08, 2015

What to Expect Now That Dan Patrick’s Tea Party Rules the Senate

What will Dan Patrick and his newly institutionalized tea party revolutionaries do during the 84th Texas legislative session?

by Christopher Hooks

Threatening eagle with flag Oct 03, 2014

WTF Friday: Naptime’s Over, America

by Patrick Michels

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Oct 01, 2014

New Senator Charles Perry: We’re Living in Holocaust II

by Christopher Hooks

Sep 24, 2014

Slouching Toward a Budget

by Christopher Hooks

Sep 10, 2014

The Increasingly Tea Party Texas Senate: Charles Perry Edition

by Christopher Hooks

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