News | Politics & Elections Ted Cruz Jets Off for Mexican Vacation While Texas Endures Unprecedented Crisis While millions of Texans suffered without power or heat amid a pandemic, the senator whisked his family off to Cancun. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 18, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice Latinx Democrats Received the Same Number of DNC Prime-Time Slots as Republicans The DNC's decision to limit Latinx voices amid a campaign claiming to center racial justice baffled some observers. By Jack Herrera , Truthout August 20, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Julián Castro Ran on Police Reform Platform But Wasn’t Asked to Give DNC Address The Democratic National Convention faces criticism over the lack of diversity in its primetime programming this year. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 18, 2020 Truthout
News | Immigration Progressives Slam Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s Decision to Refuse New Refugees Abbott's decision to reject resettlement of new refugees was enabled by an executive order signed by Trump in September. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams January 12, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Warren Stands to Gain From Castro Donors After Endorsement Julián Castro had most donors in common with Sen. Elizabeth Warren compared to other Democratic candidates. By Brian Johnson , CenterforResponsivePolitics January 11, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Julián Castro Ends 2020 Bid by Listing Names of People of Color Killed by Police Castro invoked Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Aiyana Jones, Eric Garner, Laquan McDonald, Sandra Bland and others. By Igor Derysh , Salon January 2, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Julián Castro Backs Impeachment Effort, Condemns Trump’s “Betrayal” of Kurds 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro says Trump’s move is a “stunning betrayal of allies.” By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! October 9, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Trump Rakes in Fossil Fuel Money While Some Democrats Skirt Donation Pledge Members of fossil fuel corporations are donating to campaigns that pledged to distance themselves from the industry. By Derek Seidman , EyesontheTies September 7, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Immigration Julián Castro: Trump’s Asylum Ban Is Unconstitutional Presidential candidate Julián Castro discusses the asylum ban and his immigration reform proposals. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! July 16, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Immigration Julián Castro Challenges Democrats to End the Criminalization of Immigration Julián Castro, former HUD secretary, criticized the immigration policies of fellow Texan Beto O'Rourke. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! June 27, 2019 Truthout