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A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.

New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await ...

DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...

The governor crushed anti-voucher Republicans in the Texas House, but there are still plenty of party activists who are ...

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The 6-second soundless video of an April 2024 incident at Beaumont United High School starts with Ja’Liyah Celestine, a 17-year-old Black student, kneeling in the middle of a hallway, covering ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue.