Tag: Texas
Why is a dump for Hurricane Harvey debris next to an...
“It is appalling what is going on in that community."
Texas activists combine social media with old-school tactics to resist conservative...
Intersectional movements are helping the left gain ground, not just play defense.
Disaster recovery should heal, not divide, our communities
It’s time to redefine disaster recovery.
Texas bathroom bill is latest civil rights victory in deep south...
Sports remain inextricably intertwined with civil rights in America.
Houston furniture store opens its doors to flood victims
McIngvale has done this before, including during floods last year and during Hurricane Katrina.
Dr. Robert Bullard: Houston’s “unrestrained capitalism” made Harvey “catastrophe waiting to...
While the National Hurricane Center is now calling Harvey the biggest rainstorm on record, scientists have been predicting for years that climate change would result in massive storms like Harvey.
SB 4 lawsuit: Texas immigration law violates U.S. constitution
“Not only will SB 4 lead to wholesale racial profiling, it is so vaguely written that local officials and law enforcement agencies are essentially left to guess whether their policies and practices would violate the law.”
Texas voter ID law led to fears and failures in 2016...
Efforts to implement the nation’s strictest voter ID requirements – a solution in search of a problem, according to one critic – foundered amid court defeats, confusion and at least one giant oversight.
What reproductive rights advocates can learn from Texas (yes, Texas)
How folks in conservative states are responding – and have been responding for years – to infringements on their civil rights.
Judge blocks Texas from cutting Planned Parenthood
The threatened funding cuts would affect over 12,000 Medicaid patients across Texas.
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Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs
Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.
CMS rescinds nursing home voting guidance and issues new memo on coercion
The July 20 memo replaced 2020 and 2024 guidance. Senators asked the agency in August to reinstate the earlier versions.
Education Department drops appeal of ruling that struck down loan forgiveness employer rule
The rule would have let the education secretary disqualify nonprofit and government employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness. A federal court vacated it on June 30.
Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC’s Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump’s...
One of the most closely watched races in the midterm elections is in Michigan between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed is a former public health official who is campaigning on a platform of Medicare for All, ending military aid to Israel, and getting corporate money out of politics. Rogers is a former Republican congressman backed by President Trump.
If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate. During Wednesday’s debate in Michigan, Rogers repeated the claim, without providing evidence, that El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed has repeatedly denied the accusation.
“If Abdul El-Sayed wins, it will be a reminder that the left can win in a swing state like Michigan,” says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief of Zeteo. “And it will be actually a moment to say, 'You know what? Americans rejected Islamophobia.
Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws
The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the construction of new hospitals.