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“No Toilet, No Ventilation”: Prisoners Describe Horrific Conditions in Harvey’s Flood Zone
“We are alive barely,” says one prisoner in Beaumont, Texas.
Pruitt Delayed Emergency Rules for Chemical Plants Weeks Before Toxic Fires Erupted in Houston
The EPA ignored a warning from emergency planners.
Surrounded by Oil Refineries, Port Arthur, Texas, Faces New Environmental Crisis Following Harvey Floods
The death toll has risen to at least 38.
Jim Crow-Era Tactics Rejected as Texas GOP Racist Voter ID Law Smacked Down
Civil rights groups and activists celebrated the ruling.
Oregon Passed the Country’s Most Progressive Reproductive Health Care Policy
The same day Texas took another swing at reproductive rights, Oregon showed what reproductive health legislation can look like.
Immigrant Rights Activists in Texas Hope Austin Sit-In Inspires Similar Actions Across US
In what organizers called “the first DACA sit-in of the Trump era,” dozens of immigrant rights activists marched toward the Texas state Capitol building in Austin on July 26, …
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Texas’ Draconian “Sanctuary City” Ban Draws Protests, Lawsuits
Texas' SB4 is the harshest and most sweeping anti-sanctuary law yet, creating a litany of new rules around immigration enforcement.
By Delaying Chemical Safety Rule, Pruitt Endangers First Responders and Refinery Towns
The US refinery industry has three to four times the accident rate of Europe where regulations are more stringent.
Show Me Your Papers, Texas-Style: Lawmakers Condemn SB4 as Greatest Legislative Threat to Immigrants
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law one of the nation's harshest immigration bills.
Lessons From the Fight for Reproductive Justice in Texas
Intersectional organizing is crucial in states where abortion rights have been chipped away for years.