Opinion: We Need Extended and Expanded Paid Leave Even After the Pandemic
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, a third-generation El Pasoan, represents Texas’ 16th Congressional District.
My hometown of El Paso, a predominantly Latino community, has been disproportionately impacted...
Opinion: School During Pandemic Is a Hurricane Texas Failed to Prepare For
If you live on the coast, you are familiar with the hurricane routine. Once the season starts, weather forecasters start getting excited about any...
Difficult Conversations About ‘The Knee’ Necessary to Move Texas Forward
What’s it going to take? Black men — and those who care for us — are choking on these words. What’s it going to...
The Most Dangerous City in Texas is Run By a Republican. Here’s Why That...
It is a major Republican talking point in Texas that Democratically controlled cities are hotbeds of crime and villainy, a predictable side effect of...
The Legislature Must Prioritize Texas’s Public Safety Personnel This Session
Texans have always proudly supported law enforcement, but our state’s public safety resourcesare stretched thin and in many ways getting thinner. Texas Department of...
A Four Billion Dollar Illegal Windfall for Energy Producers
Who does not remember the Winter Storm of 2021 when a storm came down from the north with freezing temperatures, ice, hail and snow?...
Opinion: The Bid for a Fascist Texas is Happening Now
I am fairly certain that the Texas abortion law before the Supreme Court will be struck down. I am equally certain that it will...
COVID-19 PANDEMIC, A LEGAL DISASTER
How Is It Legally Possible That Governor Abbott and The Texas Supreme Court Can Knowingly and Intentionally Greatly Enhance the Probability Our Children Will...
Opinion: COVID-19’s Economic Toll Will Be With Us For Years to Come
The high human cost and loss of life due to COVID-19 is tragic and staggering. Few of us remained untouched by the disease in...
Preserve Texas For The Future: Vote Yes On Prop 14
Imagine if the State of Texas had not preserved Pedernales Falls or McKinney Falls. What would those areas look like today if they were...
