After losing two babies, a family wrestled with grief—not jail. Would Texas’s new law change that?
| August 29, 2025
ABORTION | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | Republicans | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | women's health
A family condemns Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Republicans for threatening jail time for loved ones who help women obtain abortions.
WATCH: Texas Republicans are trying to ‘cheat in the middle of the game’ with gerrymandering maps
| August 26, 2025
Congress | EXCO-Player | Gerrymandering | local politics | old texas | redistricting | Republicans | TEXAS
US Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Fort Worth) spoke at Greater Saint Stephen First Church, which currently sits in the diverse congressional district he has represented since 2012, on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
Al Green calls on Congress to honor victims of slavery
| August 22, 2025
US Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) honored the victims of slavery and called on attendees to fight racism and hate during his annual Slavery Remembrance Day in Houston on Aug. 16.
WATCH: Nicole Collier: ‘I don’t want my people to lose their voice in Congress’
| August 22, 2025
DFW | EXCO-Player | local politics | old texas | redistricting | Republicans | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS HOUSE
Watch as state Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) shares what’s at stake for Texans, and democracy, if the GOP’s redistricting plan passes. It disenfranchises Black and brown voters and flips five US House seats currently held by Democrats to Republicans.
Jasmine Crockett: Republicans have ‘zero path to the White House’ without Texas
| August 22, 2025
EXCO-Player | local politics | old texas | redistricting | Republicans | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS | US HOUSE
Texas Democrats are battling Republicans over a GOP redistricting plan that would flip five US House seats currently held by Democrats, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) is urging Texans to fight back, organize, and vote.
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