Monday, June 5, 2023

Tag: Texas

Texas GOP passes bills allowing Abbott appointee to take over Democratic...

"These bills are not about election reform," said one Harris County official. "They are entirely about suppressing voters' voices."

Amid growing anti-immigrant hate, 8 killed as driver plows into group...

“I can only describe it as a hate crime. It was motivated by hate.”

Texas GOP’s top anti-groomer crusader resigns over sexual misconduct with teenage...

The lawmaker was facing an expulsion hearing after an internal investigation found he had furnished a 19-year-old staffer with alcohol and later tried to intimidate her into silence about what transpired and their relationship.

Texas governor says most gun crimes involve illegally owned weapons. That’s...

According to an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, the majority of the state’s 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms.

Texas the biggest culprit in toxic waterway discharge in US, report...

Texas is the No. 1 state in the U.S. for discharging of toxic pollutants into streams, rivers and lakes. 

Anonymous donor pays tuition balance for Wiley College graduates

The estimated total debt of the more than 100 students in Wiley College's class of 2022 totaled $300,000.

Cowards. Betrayers. Accessories

The virtually unlimited access to firearms in the U.S. simply makes it easy for a disgruntled impulse-driven person to have a killing machine an arm's-length away when the red mist descends upon him.

Faith leaders, teachers mobilize for protests at NRA’s Houston meeting in...

"Don't look away," said one advocacy group. "Rally against the NRA."

‘Worse than Texas’: Extreme anti-choice bills advance in multiple states

Republican lawmakers in at least four states this week advanced bills banning or limiting abortion access.

New reports allege Texas oil and gas regulator’s lax enforcement

When a Canadian company started drilling for oil and gas near Jim and Sue Franklin’s ranch in a small Permian Basin town...

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When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated.

This Pride month let’s remember: corporations are not allies

The Target company’s capitulation to homophobes and transphobes is a testament to the dangers of relying on corporations to uphold social justice.

70% of California’s beaches could disappear by 2100, study finds

“It is likely that many beaches in California will require substantial management efforts in order to maintain existing beach widths and the many services they provide.”
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The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars

The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal  moment in America’s culture wars.