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Trump

What Is (and Isn’t) Happening with the Border Wall in Big Bend

Government flip-flopping and semantic ambiguity have led to premature declarations of victory over Trump's attack on my home region.

by Sam Karas

Keep Reading

Deaths Uncovered in Laredo Show the Ongoing Toll of Border Militarization

by Jason Buch

In Laredo’s Last Stand Against Trump’s Border Wall, Are City Leaders Making a Deal with the Devil?

by Jason Buch

As World Cup Unfolds, Immigrant Rights Organizers Seek a Reckoning over Dallas’ Relationship with ICE

by Emily Markwiese

May 23, 2018

What Could Happen if Trump Cuts Family Planning Funds from Planned Parenthood? Look at Texas.

A proposed Trump rule would block federal Title X funds from providers that perform or refer for abortions.

by Sophie Novack

May 23, 2018

The Surge

by Melissa del Bosque and G.W. Schulz

immigration, ICE, texas Dec 20, 2017

The Faces of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in 2017

Since January, federal agents have hunted down immigrants they would have previously ignored, in places they would have previously avoided.

by Gus Bova

Jul 26, 2017

15 Protesters Arrested After Demonstration Defending DACA at Texas Capitol

A supportive crowd of dozens chanted “undocumented and unafraid” and “sí se puede” as the demonstrators were arrested by state troopers.

by Gus Bova

Jul 14, 2017

Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment

If the levee wall is constructed, it will essentially destroy the refuge, a federal official told the Observer.

by Melissa del Bosque

Jun 10, 2017

Counter-Protest Derails ‘March Against Sharia’ in Austin

A protest organized by an anti-Islam group fizzled at the Texas Capitol.

by Gus Bova

Apr 24, 2017

In Trade War with Mexico, Texas Would Lose the Most

by Gus Bova

Protesters with Indivisible of Smith County and other grassroots groups ask Louie Gohmert for a public town hall Apr 05, 2017

After Trump, East Texas Progressives Are ‘Coming Out of the Woodwork’

East Texas progressives are making no small plans in the age of Trump — but can they work together long enough to win?

by Tasneem Raja

Black Lives Movement at Texas State Feb 17, 2017

Poem: ‘Resistance’

by Steve Wilson

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