Staff Reports
Jasmine Crockett: Republicans use trans people, immigrants to divide Black voters
| October 1, 2025
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett warned a crowd at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s legislative conference that as 2026 elections approach, Republicans will try again to “district and divide us.”
Jasmine Crockett on fighting GOP free speech attacks: ‘Snatch our power back’
| October 1, 2025
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett warned that Republicans are peddling disinformation and attacking free speech to make political opponents “feel hopeless and helpless.”
Gov. Greg Abbott would have you rat out your family
| October 1, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott put a bounty on your reproductive rights on Sept. 12 under the name HB 7. The law goes into effect on December 4th.
Texas has banned over 500 books. That’s why we’re launching the Texas Banned Book Club.
| October 1, 2025
We’re starting the Texas Banned Book Club to celebrate these literary works and explore why some schools don’t want them on their library shelves.
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Attacks on academic freedom spread across Texas universities
| October 1, 2025
Texas universities are restricting how faculty can discuss gender in classrooms.
James Talarico reflects on free speech attacks
| September 25, 2025
During a campaign stop in Dallas on Thursday, State Rep. James Talarico—who is running for US Senate in Texas—criticized the attacks on free speech happening throughout the country following the death of far right political activist Charlie Kirk.
This week, Jimmy Kimmel was suspended after he commented about Kirk and MAGA supporters during an episode of his late-night show. And in Texas, educators and students are being investigated, fired, and expelled over social media posts about Kirk that Republican lawmakers don’t like.