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Candice Bernd: Don’t Frack With Denton!
A small city in Texas has taken a bold step forward by banning fracking within municipal limits.
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Texas Regulators Sidestep Connection Between Fracking Industry and Earthquakes
Seismic activity is not something the region is known for. It was only after deep injection disposal wells used to house fracking's toxic wastewater went into operation that the …
Bush Family and Its Inner Circle Play Central Role in Lawsuits Against Denton, Texas Fracking Ban
The Bush oil and gas legacy lives on and stretches from the state where the fracking industry was born all the way to Iraq.
Documents: Houston Police Use “StingRay” Technology to Sweep Up Cellphone Data
The Houston Police Department has been sweeping up the cellphone data of suspects and innocent bystanders.
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Voters Turned Away Because of Texas Photo ID Law
Voting is now underway in Texas, a state with one of the strictest voter ID laws in the nation.
Is Filming a Police Officer a “Domestic Threat”? Austin Activist on Trial for Videotaping an Arrest
A jury in Austin, Texas, is set to issue its decision today in a case that centers on a person's right to film police officers.
The Uncertainty of Access: Reproductive Health in the Rio Grande Valley
As goes reproductive health-care access in Texas, so may go the nation.
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Don’t Let Them Silence You: Vote, Dammit
Engage, and start the conversation of democracy where you live - in your apartment complex, on your block, in your neighborhood.
The Fight – and the Right – to Vote
The Lone Star state's voter ID law is part of a nationwide effort to suppress the vote.
Dark Day for Democracy: SCOTUS Allows Racially-Motivated Disenfranchisement of Texas Voters
Despite uncontested findings of purposeful discrimination in the GOP law, strict new Photo ID restrictions allowed to take effect.