Texas Republicans Put Trans, Nonbinary Teachers in the Crosshairs
Trans educators speak out after the Texas GOP adopted a platform plank to ban them from the classroom.
Civil Rights
Bigotry Is Bigger in Texas
52 bills, and counting. This current legislative session is Texas’s most brazen attempt to eradicate our state’s LGBTQ+ community.
Mapping the Legacy of Prison Hunger Strikes in Texas
"I'm willing to die for the cause, because I can't live."
Preview: The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson
Presented in partnership with Texas Public Radio, an investigation of the death of an iconic civil rights leader, ruled a suicide by local police. Documents proving he was murdered mysteriously vanished.
Uvalde Vive
In tragedy’s wake, a fiery movement for justice emerges in a South Texas town that’s known an uprising before.
How Port Lavacans Resisted the KKK to Provide Education for All
A new work of historical fiction, set for release June 23, explores a Texas freedmen’s school and raises questions of white authorship.
‘The People’s Lawyer’
Civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt, who represented George Floyd’s family, on running for Texas attorney general and ending “comply or die” policing.
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Dallas’ Hidden History of Terror
A 34-year-old old book set for re-release unearths a painful past with poignant provocation.
Reformer Sissy Farenthold Is Still Watching
The former state representative led a revolt against corruption in 1972—and is calling for action now.
In Houston, a Plan to Expand Interstate 45 Encounters Federal Pushback
For years, community groups have been organizing to stop a massive highway expansion. In March, the federal government paused the project, citing serious civil rights concerns.