POLITICS

WATCH: Colin Allred urges Texans to ‘build a backlash’ against GOP gerrymandering
| August 8, 2025
Collin Allred and US Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Fort Worth) joined hundreds of Democrats in Fort Worth on Wednesday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and protest a plan from President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott to redraw the state’s congressional districts in an effort to flip five US House seats.

WATCH: Houston Dem says GOP is trying to ‘erase’ Black voters
| August 8, 2025
Houston Democrat Jolanda Jones calls out GOP redistricting efforts as a direct attempt to erase Black voters.

‘Texas law forced me to choose: Watch my baby die or flee my home for medical help’
| August 7, 2025
With two devastating diagnoses and zero choices to end the suffering, an eighth generation Texan had to leave the state to get the care she needed.

WATCH: Texas House Speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who left
| August 7, 2025
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows signed arrest warrants for dozens of Democrats on Monday, pledging to use state law enforcement officers to bring the lawmakers back to the State Capitol.

‘I did it for democracy—and I did it with my son’: The human cost behind Texas Democrats’ walkout
by Ms. Magazine
| August 7, 2025
In an effort to block Republican redistricting plans, more than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state this week—a bold political act that comes with personal consequences.



