How your vote reined in Dan Patrick’s priorities
March 21, 2019
The Texas Legislature has gone from the transphobic bathroom bill and anti-immigrant sanctuary cities ban in 2017, to school finance and property taxes in 2019. How’s that for progressives taking back Texas?
Focusing on individuals, paid sick leave makes sense
February 25, 2019
Current arguments against paid sick leave don't include the faces of actual employees.
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Bills we’re watching in the 2019 Texas Legislative Session
January 10, 2019
Our team at Progress Texas has gone through all of the bills filed for the 2019 Texas Legislative session. Some are good, some are bad, and some are just straight up ugly.
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10 Worst and Best Texans of 2018
December 19, 2018
This year, some Texans were naughty. Others were nice. We’ve been making our list and checking it twice. Here are the results.
Unpaid internships are not progressive (sorry, not sorry)
December 7, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got it right. Progressives must practice what they preach when it comes to unpaid internships.
FOX 7 Discussion: Proposed trade deal not that different from NAFTA
December 4, 2018
President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trade deal that would replace NAFTA.
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PODGress Texas: The issues defining the progressive movement in Texas
November 12, 2018
Campaigns come and go, but it’s the issues that drive us – and that’s why we continue working as the voice for a new majority.
Vote like our lives depend on it. Because they do.
November 5, 2018
The lives of everyday Texans are on the ballot today. Vote for them.
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10 Reasons Not to Vote for Greg Abbott
November 5, 2018
Hey Greg, your time is up.
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10 Reasons Not to Vote for Dan Patrick
November 5, 2018
Old man Dan has got to go.
PODgress Texas: Why the wage gap matters in this election (Episode 7)
October 26, 2018
A podcast for the new majority.
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Top 10 Worst Sh** in the Texas Republican Party Platform
July 19, 2018
In case you had any doubts, the Texas GOP party platform is still garbage.
Texas Is Proof Unions and Organized Labor Are Here to Stay
June 27, 2018
Although the Supreme Court’s conservative justices turned their backs on working families in their Janus ruling, Texas has had a “right-to-work” law on the books for decades. We know from experience that unions and organized labor are here to stay.
Saving lives is the main political mission
June 5, 2018
Health care. Education. Jobs. Honest government. Don’t starve the kids or leave them targets of madmen with guns. Don’t abandon pregnant women. Treat all humans with dignity and respect.
Supreme Court Decisions We’re Watching for in June
May 24, 2018
The Court is set to decide some really important cases by the end of June — cases covering a lot of issues that matter to and impact the lives of Texans, from LGBTQ equality and immigration to workers’, voting, and abortion rights.
It’s a dog-eat-dog world for paid sick leave in Austin
May 17, 2018
Hourly workers struggle from paycheck to paycheck without breaks — unless they’re sick too long; then, they’re fired.
“No More Cane on the Brazos” or Affordable Housing in Austin
April 24, 2018
The local affordability crisis is part of the national inequality crisis.
Dallas and San Antonio Launch Paid Sick Day Ballot Initiatives
April 19, 2018
All Texans deserve the security and dignity that comes with access to earned paid sick days. Austin was the first Texas city to ensure this basic standard — Dallas and San Antonio are next.
Equal Pay Day 2018: Still Unequal
April 10, 2018
It’s 2018, and women on average have to work through April to earn what men on average earned in 2017. For women of color, the wage gap is much wider. Learn more & take action here --> www.whenisequalpayday.com
Today Is Equal Pay Day - And Pay Is Still Way Unequal
April 10, 2018
Equal Pay Day is no cause for celebration.
