Opponents of TX redistricting say proposed maps would hurt minorities
| August 18, 2025
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Opponents of proposed redrawn Congressional maps in Texas say the changes will hurt Latino, Black and Asian voters.
Texas private schools hire relatives and enrich insiders. Soon they can do it with taxpayer money.
| August 15, 2025
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
WATCH: Texas Senate Democrats blast ‘immoral, racist’ redistricting plan
| August 13, 2025
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After Democrats in the Texas Senate tried—and failed—to stop a vote approving a Republican bill redrawing the state’s congressional maps, state Sen. Borris Miles (D-Houston) delivered a fiery message to voters.
The Senate vote, though, is moot as Democrats blocked the bill in the state House. Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to call another special session to pass the measure.
WATCH: Jasmine Crockett claps back at Trump: ‘I know he’s unintelligent’
| August 13, 2025
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President Donald Trump tried to drag US Rep. Jasmine Crockett by criticizing the Dallas Democrat’s intelligence. She wasn’t having it.
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WATCH: Student speaks out against the current administration’s attacks on the 14th Amendment
| August 13, 2025
Chinaza-Zoey Ukaobasi, a Nigerian-American student, is speaking out against the current administration’s attacks on the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection and citizenship rights to all born in the U.S. She says the federal government’s treatment of immigrants as criminals is unconstitutional and immoral.