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Progressive organizations working to make Texas a better place in 2021
June 1, 2020
Find an issue that’s important to you and join the movement: donate, join lists, volunteer.
An ongoing timeline of Texas vote-by-mail lawsuits in the 2020 election
May 28, 2020
No Texan should be forced to risk their health and safety in order to vote. Here’s a legal timeline of the 2020 vote by mail litigation in Texas.
Only 7 states limit vote-by-mail access based on age. Texas is one of them.
May 21, 2020
A majority of Texas voters agree vote-by-mail should be made available for everyone.
Now is the time for Texas to consider the taxable benefits of marijuana
May 19, 2020
Legalization is going to happen sooner or later, so it might as well be now to help us through this pandemic.
Texans shouldn’t have to risk death to vote
May 18, 2020
Texas Republicans are telling Texans that if they want to participate in democracy, they must risk death.
No one should lose their home for staying at home
May 13, 2020
Texans need rental assistance to survive a global pandemic — and unemployment.
An ongoing list of Ken Paxton’s questionable, and quite possibly illegal, actions during the COVID-19 crisis
May 12, 2020
For someone whose job is enforcing the law, indicted-Attorney General Ken Paxton sure does like to flout it.
The Railroad Commission has nothing to do with railroads - and everything to do with our environment
May 7, 2020
Democrat Chrysta Castañeda is running to change its name, and the way it does business.
How many lives is (a possibility of) “boosting” the economy worth? Texas conservatives are misleading the public.
May 6, 2020
Gov. Abbott has discussed how a spike in infection rates will occur because of increased testing, but has been less clear about the repercussions of reopening.
Death and taxes, pandemics and politics
May 4, 2020
Keeping local governments on their knees will not help Texans get back on their feet.
We asked Texans about their concerns over reopening the state. Here’s what they told us.
May 1, 2020
Many worry that opening too soon runs the risk of facing a second shutdown in the near future.
Progress Texas Happy Hour with Chrysta Castañeda
May 1, 2020
Join Texas Railroad Commission candidate Chrysta Castañeda & Progress Texas Communications Manager Tara Pohlmeyer for a live discussion on the ongoing campaign, Texas energy, our climate crisis, leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, & more!
Voters file age discrimination lawsuit over Texas vote-by-mail law
April 29, 2020
While Texas allows no-excuse vote by mail for voters aged 65 and older, there are restrictions for everyone else.
Medicaid expansion could give insurance to over one million Texans
April 29, 2020
All it would take is Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature.
Do Republicans really want to 'emulate precisely' the South Korean voting model?
April 28, 2020
South Korea's voting model includes an Election Day holiday, no required voter registration, and six times the polling locations.
This Earth Day, let’s also commit to healing our planet
April 21, 2020
Coronavirus has taught us that while we work to heal our people, we can also come together to reduce the impact of climate change.
A victory for vote-by-mail and an election advisory. Now what?
April 21, 2020
Inaction of Texas lawmakers is set to make democracy a casualty of COVID-19.
Don’t answer the fiscal suffering with even more suffering
April 20, 2020
A lot of the demands to “open back up” from President Trump and his allies are just to set up later arguments that others are to blame for the economic losses.
In times of crisis, progressives show how leadership is done
April 16, 2020
While conservative lawmakers have punted responsibility, progressive leaders across the state are stepping up.
The fight continues as conservatives play tug-of-war with Texans’ abortion care
April 14, 2020
Abortion advocates, providers, and patients are continuing to fight because we know abortion is, and always will be, essential, time-sensitive health care.
