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Castle Hills Settles ‘Retaliatory Arrest’ Case for $500,000 in Win for Free Speech Advocates

Along with the monetary settlement, city officials agreed to send its employees to training that the Texas Municipal League will develop about Sylvia Gonzalez’s case.

by Jason Buch

Keep Reading

Loon Star State: ‘Hail to the…’

by Ben Sargent

Despite Racist Jurors, Andre Thomas Remains on Texas’ Death Row

by Michelle Pitcher

Middle Fingers Up In Austin After End of ‘Roe’

by Kit O'Connell

Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court as judges consider oral arguments in the Texas House Bill 2 abortion case, Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt. Mar 02, 2016

SCOTUS Takes Up Texas Abortion Case as Activists Gather to ‘Stop the Sham’

If upheld, the Texas law could set the stage for a wave of similar anti-abortion restrictions across the country.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Pro-choice demonstrators wave a banner in the rotunda as an anti-abortion crowd holds crosses and signs behind them. Feb 03, 2016

Trust Me, Trust Women

Pregnancy isn’t an idea. It’s a bodily reality. And it must not be an inevitability.

by Andrea Grimes

Activists chant and yell in the Capitol rotunda as the House debates new abortion restrictions. Jan 22, 2016

The Texas Abortion Case, Explained

How a Texas law could undo 43 years of access to legal abortion in the United States.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Greg Abbott introduces his "Texas Plan" for a constitutional convention at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's annual policy summit. Jan 08, 2016

Introducing Greg Abbott’s ‘Texas Plan,’ the Best Plan for Your Crumbling Way of Life

by Patrick Michels

common law marriage Sep 09, 2015

After Promise to Obey Federal Law, Paxton Continues Fight Against Same-Sex Marriage

by John Wright

HB 2 abortion clinic Aug 19, 2015

Inside San Antonio’s New $3 Million Abortion Facility

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Aug 12, 2015

Anti-Gay Groups Mount ‘Texas Response’

by John Wright

Aug 04, 2015

Texas Bucks Supreme Court on Vital Records for Gay Couples

by John Wright

Aug 04, 2015

The Fight for Fair Housing

Two lawsuits are dragging Texas—and maybe the whole country—closer to the goal of integrated neighborhoods.

by Gayle Reaves

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