James Talarico Scolds Greg Abbott for His ‘Betrayal’ of Public Schools
| May 21, 2025
EDUCATION | EXCO-Player | old texas | politics | public education | public schools | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS | youtube
Betrayal with the stroke of a pen.
School Vouchers Will Hurt Texas Teachers Like Me
| May 20, 2025
bookbans | EDUCATION | EXCO-Player | old texas | OPINION | public education | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS | youtube
For Traci Dunlap, the fight over school vouchers in Texas is a personal one.
‘Neither work nor home’: Dairy Queens as community hubs in rural Texas
| May 20, 2025
To be sure, the view of Dairy Queen as a community's social hub doesn't ring true as much as it did decades ago, even in rural Texas.
New bill would trap women who want or need abortions in Texas
| May 16, 2025
ABORTION | DFW | DFW Lead Story | Repro Rights | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS
A bill passed in the Texas Senate allows women and their loved ones who help them get abortions — here or in another state — to be jailed and sued.
Op-Ed: ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — SB 16 hurts young, other marginalized voters
| May 16, 2025
Senate Bill 16's proposed voter ID requirements don't strengthen election security, they just further exclude young, rural, and low-income Texans.