Tag Archives: Texas
United Nations: Children Crossing the Border Qualify for Asylum
A majority of the unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border should qualify for political asylum, according to the Unit...Read More
What Happened to Immigrant Detention Reform?
Back in 2009, the Obama administration promised reform of the massive, mostly for-profit U.S. immigrant detention system. Immigrant advocates are still waiting....Read More
Kate Galbraith and Asher Price talk Texas Energy at BookPeople
Few people in Texas know more about the state's energy promises and pitfalls than Kate Galbraith and Asher Price. They recently teamed up for The Great Texas Wi...Read More
Conservative Think Tanker Proposes Tax Cuts to Pay for West Disaster
Texas Public Policy Foundation deep thinker John Davidson proposes tax cuts for businesses to help West, Texas recover from the April fertilizer explosion....Read More
Texas Pride is a Rollercoaster Ride
Watching Lewis Black’s already-famous takedown of Rick Perry last Wednesday on The Daily Show with some native Texans was a rollercoaster ride that opened...Read More
Wendy Davis on the Abortion Fight and the Future of Women’s Health in Texas
Sen. Wendy Davis talks with the Observer about the state of women’s health in Texas....Read More
UPDATED: Extraordinary Turnout for Citizen’s Filibuster of Anti-Abortion Bills
Updated at 2:05 PM: Early this afternoon, the House State Affairs committee met for 10 minutes to vote on HB 60, HB 6 and SB 5. The committee approved HB 60, ...Read More
Eye On Texas: 9-Pin Bowling
I grew up in an extended family of bowlers, but once I moved to Texas bowling was pretty much out of my life. While I was earning my master’s degree in photoj...Read More
State of Texas: The Road to 500 Executions
Texas will soon execute its 500th person since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976....Read More