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![Sen. Raphael Warnock walks in the Capitol on July 13, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0715-raphael-warnock-400x300.jpg)
Warnock: “Shame on Us” If We’re More Committed to Filibuster Than Voting Rights
The Georgia senator applauded Texas Democrats for leaving their state to thwart a GOP attack on voting rights.
![The Texas state capitol is seen on the first day of the 87th Legislature's special session on July 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0714-texas-capitol-400x300.jpg)
Texas Republicans Introduce 12 Anti-Trans Bills in Just One Week
Abhorrently, one of the bills categorizes allowing a trans child to access health care as child abuse.
![Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a border security briefing at the Texas State Capitol on July 10, 2021, in Austin, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0713-greg-abbott-400x300.jpg)
Texas Gov. Threatens to Arrest Dem Lawmakers Fleeing to Block Voter Restrictions
Texas Democrats are in Washington to push for passage of the For the People Act to protect against voting restrictions.
![People opposed to the Texas Republican-led effort to pass new voting restrictions are gathered at the State Capitol as they wait to testify before state lawmakers who began committee hearings on election integrity bills on July 10, 2021, in Austin, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0712-texas-voters-400x300.jpg)
Dem Lawmakers Plan to Flee Texas as GOP Tries Again to Pass Voting Restrictions
Texas Republicans rushed to pass their newest voter suppression bill overnight through committee in the House.
![Texas Pushes "Worst Voter Suppression Bill" as Activists Demand Urgent Action](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/SEG1-BlackVotersMatter-1-400x300.jpg)
Texas Pushes “Worst Voter Suppression Bill” as Activists Demand Urgent Action
“What we need right now, along with civil disobedience on the streets, is legislative disobedience.”
![The Colonial Pipeline Houston Station facility in Pasadena, Texas, taken on May 10, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1232822702-400x300.jpg)
Oil and Gas Companies Depend on Tax Subsidies and Job Creation Myths to Survive
The downfall of a perverse subsidy program in Texas has shined a light on the “tax break industrial complex.”
![Former President Donald Trump speaks, flanked by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, during a visit to the border wall near Pharr, Texas, on June 30, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-1233738317-400x300.jpg)
Texas Gov. Is Slashing Prison Funding — But He’s Doing It to Fund Trump’s Wall
Border residents want the $250 million being shifted from the state prison budget to be used to address racial inequity.
![Wind turbines operate on a wind farm in Marshalltown, Iowa. As of 2020, wind energy powers 57 percent of Iowa's net electricity generation -- a bigger share than any other state.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0624-wind-energy-iowa-400x300.jpg)
State Lawmakers Are Using a Powerful Tool to Mandate Renewable Energy Use
Almost half the growth of U.S. renewable energy from 2000 to 2019 can be linked to state Renewable Portfolio Standards.
![A patient is transported to the emergency department by paramedics](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0623-texas-covid-400x300.jpg)
Pandemic’s High Toll at the Texas Border Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance
Health experts say Texas's lax COVID response and refusal to expand Medicaid contributed to the higher death rates.
![The Declaration for American Democracy coalition hosts a rally calling on the Senate to pass the For the People Act outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1233357162-400x300.jpg)
How Far Will the GOP Go to Steal the 2022 Election?
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