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Is Ron DeSantis running the Lone Star State?
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Is Ron DeSantis running the Lone Star State?
In his rematch against the state’s far-right lieutenant governor, this Democratic underdog hopes pragmatism can break through to the electorate.
Republican politicians joined Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for speeches laced with antisemitism and overt Christian nationalism.
Anti-“critical race theory” crusaders picked up seats in May elections around the state as part of a nationwide movement.
The 1836 Project—the GOP's taxpayer-funded "patriotic education"—will indoctrinate unsuspecting domestic migrants with fables about Texas history.
The GOP’s 25-year-old playbook to kill the public school once and for all.
The lieutenant governor’s proposal would not only do away with academic freedom; it would make attracting the best faculty near impossible.
The state’s newly redrawn political maps set off an exodus among Democrats and moderate Republicans. If you thought 2021 was brutal, 2022 may be worse.
The lieutenant governor continues his crusade against those who challenge the racist mythologies of Texas.
Texas Republicans proved too busy burnishing their far-right bona fides to attend to minor matters like lethal winter storms and mass incarceration.