Human Rights
Some Texas Schools are Still Fighting Decades-Old Desegregation Orders
Jail Video Visitation Falls Short on Usage, Revenue Expectations
Video visitation in Texas jails was sold, by those who stood to profit, as a safer, more affordable option than in-person visits. That hasn't panned out....Read More
Company Town
How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone.
How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone....Read More
La Frontera Fund Joins Texas’ Growing Circle of Volunteer-Led Abortion Access Groups
The volunteer-led South Texas group will help abortion patients who need to travel to and from the Rio Grande Valley for their procedures....Read More
Agents Humiliated, Wrongfully Detained Border-Crossers, Say Civil Rights Groups
Rights groups say border agents harassed and humiliated women crossing between the United States and Mexico, including unlawful strip-searches....Read More
The Real Real Muslims of Texas
It is impossible to take a sliver of Muslim life in one city and say: This is what it means to be a Muslim. But an Esquire writer recently tried it, anyway....Read More
Licensing of Detention Centers Violates State Law, Hurts Families, Attorneys Say
Attorneys representing detained immigrant women and children argued in court Friday that Texas is violating state law and jeopardizing families by approving chi...Read More
Immigrant Families Sue to Stop Licensing Detention Centers for Child Care (Updated)
Two moms, detained with their kids, along with an anti-detention nonprofit, say prison-like immigrant detention centers shouldn't be child care providers....Read More
Rockwall Resoundingly Rejects Anti-Trans ‘Bathroom’ Ordinance
Rockwall may never go down alongside Stonewall in the annals of LGBT history, but Monday’s City Council meeting in the conservative Dallas suburb arguably mar...Read More
Boycott Boycotts
It’s easy to boycott a place you visit never, a state you imagine to be full of bumpkins and hicks. Much harder: working to create change in red states....Read More