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Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump

The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.

by Francesca D’Annunzio

Keep Reading

The ‘Queen Mother’ of the Reparations Movement Gets Her Due

by Irene Vázquez

Texas Can’t Keep Up with Surge in Workers’ Wage Theft Complaints 

by José Luis Martínez

Texas Legislature Passes ‘Bounty Hunter’ Ban on Abortion Pills

by Mary Tuma

Timothy Murray shows off his trophy from the annual Brownsville ISD Elementary Science Fair in November 2022. Nov 16, 2023

Estudiante de Honor de 11 Años Se Encontró en Confinamiento Solitario en Brownsville

Un estudiante de quinto grado en Brownsville ISD denunció haber sido intimidado por su director. Cinco días después, fue esposado y detenido.

by Josephine Lee

The dome of the Texas State Capitol, in black and white, with a gradient filter creating a gloomy aura about it. Nov 15, 2023

Texas Legislature Votes to Seize Immigration Authority from Feds

A major U.S. Supreme Court case could be on the horizon as the Lone Star State takes international matters into its own hands.

by Gus Bova

In a black and white photo, audience members hold up Resign Now signs in the board room of a school board. Nov 13, 2023

These Are the Right-Wing Ideologues Taking Over School Boards

Conservative consultants and PACs are turning Texas school boards into partisan battlegrounds.

by Steven Monacelli

A room full of Ohioans with their arms raised in celebration Nov 08, 2023

The Reason Texans Can’t Vote on Abortion and Weed

Hint: The Legislature could give us the chance if it wanted.

by Gus Bova

An illustration of a menacing array of guns and firearms pointed upwards. Nov 06, 2023

Domestic Abusers Under Protective Orders Often Get to Keep Their Guns

Fewer than 10 of the 254 counties in Texas have standard protocols forcing subjects of an order to hand over their firearms as required by law.

by Michelle Pitcher

Timothy Murray shows off his trophy from the annual Brownsville ISD Elementary Science Fair in November 2022. Nov 02, 2023

This 11-Year-Old Brownsville ISD Honor Student Was Put in Solitary

A fifth-grader reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained.

by Josephine Lee

Migrants watch others stand next to the border wall in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Nov 02, 2023

Biden Quietly Gave Border Wall Contract to Company Used by Trump, Abbott

“Clearly DHS, under the Biden administration, has no more respect for border residents than it did under the Trump administration.”

by Gus Bova

A man in a red Texas Houston teachers' union t-shirt marches with hundreds of others in the streets, one fist upraised. Oct 23, 2023

‘Go Away TEA,’ Say Houston ISD Parents and Teachers

“We are professional educators. We demand to be respected.”

by Josephine Lee

Male inmates in white prison uniforms stand near rows of folding chairs. Their arms are raised with expressions of praise, worship and focus on their faces. The crowd looks diverse with both Black, white and Latino worshipers. Oct 20, 2023

No Path to Redemption for Devout Death Row Inmates

Texas offers religious education to the condemned but rarely values spiritual growth when considering clemency requests.

by Michelle Pitcher

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