national politics

Federal investigators were preparing two Texas housing discrimination cases — until Trump took over
| March 25, 2025
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The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.

These librarians won’t let America’s fever hit Fahrenheit 451
| March 20, 2025
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A new documentary shows us our local guardians of intellectual freedom in battle.

Women’s clothing is often more expensive — and it’s partly due to tariffs
by The 19th
| March 11, 2025
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Two Democratic members of the House are pushing for a study of ‘pink tariffs.’

Anti-abortion centers face little regulation. The SAD Act could change that.
by The 19th
| February 13, 2025
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Democratic lawmakers are pushing for the federal government to better regulate anti-abortion centers, facilities that seek to dissuade people from terminating their pregnancies, The 19th is first to report.

Texas’ abortion ban has OB-GYNs working in an environment of ‘extreme fear’
| February 4, 2025
Several Texas doctors spoke to Courier Texas about how the state’s abortion bans are preventing them from properly providing health care.