Opinion: Gov. Abbott Continues His Unconstitutional Control Over Independent State Officers. Does Anyone Care?
In June of 2016, the Texas Tribune reported that there were 336 state officers who were serving in their offices and exercising their statutory...
Opinion: Young Republicans Support Reforming Marijuana Penalties in Texas
Over 60,000 arrests are made each year for marijuana possession in Texas, accounting for 4.5 to 6 percent of total arrests statewide. Republicans of...
Austin’s Geothermal Opportunity: Clean Energy Leadership Meets Job Creation
If you had the opportunity to be at the forefront of energy innovation, would you take it? I've been a union electrician for 10...
Texas Republicans Can’t Take The Win On Conservative Bail Reform. That’s Good News For...
Two years ago New York implemented a broad reform to its bail system, covering misdemeanors and felonies alike, intended to ensure nobody would remain...
Deus Ex Machina 2022
In ancient Greek and Roman drama, a manmade representation of a god was often lowered onto the stage by a crane to rescue the...
Opinion: Feds and Texas in Medicaid Game of Chicken
In what is an escalating game of chicken, the federal government has decided to end Texas’ 1115 Waiver in the Medicaid program.
When the Affordable...
Ctrl + Alt + Bias: Will AI Widen the Gender Gap?
“I think Artificial Intelligence will further broaden the gender gap,” I bluntly state.
My boyfriend reaches for his cup of coffee, a sign that he's...
POLITICAL CONTRACTS: BOTH PAST AND PRESENT
In the beginning, contracts which affected society-at-large were implicit. They can be tracked all the way back to Socrates, but they weren’t as specific...
Opinion: Trump Wants Texas Election Audits. What Would That Cost?
Even by the wretched standards of this never-ending Texas Legislature session, Sen. Bill 47 is a stinker. Call it the Sore Loser Bill: It would allow...
Quiet Rage: Protecting Voting Rights for Our Generation
These days, I exist in a quiet rage. Like boiling magma just below the surface of a stoic mountain range, docile but ominous. This...
