Opinion: Gov. Abbott Puts Himself Above the Law, and the Courts Let Him
The coronavirus pandemic has had and continues to have an extraordinary impact upon all of our lives. Beyond the suffering and death of too...
Opinion: The State is Hijacking Federal Dollars Meant for Texas Schoolchildren
The state is hijacking the money provided by the federal government to your school district intended as relief for costs associated with COVID-19.
That’s a...
Opinion: It’s Time to Replace Texas’ Racist Icons With Monuments Honoring Our African American...
Every day for the last two weeks, Texans have taken to the streets to protest police brutality and systemic racism in our country. On...
Difficult Conversations About ‘The Knee’ Necessary to Move Texas Forward
What’s it going to take? Black men — and those who care for us — are choking on these words. What’s it going to...
Opinion: Gov. Abbott Continues His Unconstitutional Control Over Independent State Officers. Does Anyone Care?
In June of 2016, the Texas Tribune reported that there were 336 state officers who were serving in their offices and exercising their statutory...
10,000 Reasons We Need to Unleash SNAP to Fight the Coronavirus
Last week, the San Antonio Food Bank served a crowd of 10,000 Texans reeling from the economic effects of COVID-19. An aerial photo of...
Opinion: Six Questions Confronting Texas Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak
This opinion piece was written by Brandon Rottinghaus, political science professor at the University of Houston.
The spread of COVID-19 and the resulting shelter-in-place orders...
Texas knew a pandemic was coming. We had a plan. But then the Legislature...
Every now and then, the state of Texas almost — almost — does the right thing.
Back in 2014, after the Ebola epidemic, the Texas Senate...
