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Progressives in the 2017 Legislature
TEXAS STRONG: Resistance at the 2017 Legislative Session
Progressives from around the state and our champions in the legisla-ture fought hard this session. From immigrant and voting rights to LGBTQ equality and reproductive freedom - we will continue to resist attacks on our fundamental rights.
What Progessives Did this Legislative Session
Progress Texas stood with progressive lawmakers in fighting back against intolerance under the dome during the 2017 Texas Legislative Session. And with the help of grassroots activists diligently coming out in droves to rallies and protests at the Capitol and around the state, we echoed the resistance far and wide.
The Worst of the Worst in Pictures, Annotated
Taking their cue from Trump in the White House, this session Texas Republicans prioritized otherizing and oppressing marginalized communities and restricting the rights of a growing majority of Texans whose interests and values they couldn’t possibly represent.
5 Ways Texas GOP Will Try to Screw Texans Over During Governor Abbott’s Special Session
Abbott's Pick-Up Sticks Play Politics with Special Session
Open Letter to Gov. Abbott and Texas Lawmakers: An Attack on Any Texan Is An Attack on All Texans
Here’s Everyone That’s Suing Texas & Gov. Abbott Over ‘Papers Please’ SB 4
Texas GOP's Backwards Priorities Prevented Progress in Fight for Fair Wages
These Women Legislators Advanced ‘Rape Kit’ Reform Through the Texas Legislature
Texas Republican Called ICE on 'Show Me Your Papers" Law Protesters, Threatened to Shoot Colleague
On the last day of our regular legislative session, amidst a peaceful protest to resist racist “show me your papers” SB 4, Tea Party Republican Matt Rinaldi of Irving told a group of Latino lawmakers he called ICE to deport the protestors. And it didn’t stop there. Rinaldi — who barely hung onto his seat in 2016 — also threatened to “put a bullet in one of his colleague’s heads.”
Houston Democrat Lays Out History of Voter Suppression
State Rep. Jarvis Johnson laid out the history of racially discriminatory, voter suppression laws in opposing Republican's newest voter ID bill, Senate Bill 5. "'The poll tax was not about race,' so they said. 'The literacy test was not about race,' so they said. 'The grandfather clause was not about race,' so they said."
Reproductive Justice Group Challenges Legislature to Address Maternal Mortality of Black Women
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