Best of the Week - Dog Days of Session
August 4, 2017
A straight-to-the-point curation of this week's suggested content for progressives to read and watch.
Political Dollars and Dangling Participles
July 28, 2017
The enormous sums donors give state Republican officeholders raise especially disturbing questions in a one-party state like Texas.
The Importance of Planting Lightning Rods
July 28, 2017
The ACA wasn't saved overnight – it happened after seven months of sustained progressive resistance.
Ted Cruz Meets Betrayal
July 28, 2017
Betrayal is when you represent the state with the highest rate of uninsured in the nation
Here Are All the Awful Bills Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Passed in a Week
July 28, 2017
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, at Governor Abbott’s behest, orchestrated a cruel act of political theater with very real and devastating consequences on Texans’ lives.
Lt. Gov. Patrick Fast Tracks Awful AF Bills Through Texas Senate This Weekend
July 20, 2017
Progressive advocates and lawmakers are fighting back.
Special Session Might Be Known as "the Summer the Music Died"
July 19, 2017
Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and others are becoming the government equivalents of helicopter parents.
Peeking in Putin’s Bathroom Window, or Will Greg Abbott Get Serious About Election Integrity?
July 17, 2017
Shrugging acceptance by Greg Abbott and other Republicans of Russia’s hacking of the 2016 election betrays their real voter suppression intentions.
Amid Maternal Death Crisis, Texas Reproductive Rights Coalition Condemns Governor Abbott’s Cruel Anti-Abortion Agenda
July 14, 2017
Texas reproductive rights and justice groups are united in the fight against the politicization of women’s access to reproductive health care.
Best of the Week: Absent Abbott's Not-So-Special Session
July 14, 2017
A straight-to-the-point curation of this week's suggested content for progressives to read and watch.