Republicans Afraid Of Glitter, Not Guns
There have already been more than 100 mass shootings in the U.S. this year alone. But the GOP has steered away from gunpowder to...
Opinion: How Many Times Does it Take Before Someone Should be Fired?
This is a question employers grapple with on an almost daily basis.
Weighing whether an employee can be retrained or should be let go is...
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...
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...
When Our Nightmares Become Real
A nightmare is a disturbing dream associated with negative feelings, such as anxiety or fear that awakens you. But you DO wake up and...
Investing In Affordable Childcare Is Investing In Our Local Economy: Travis County Can’t Afford...
If we care about our local economy, we need to care about affordable childcare. Inaccessible, unaffordable childcare already costs the Texas economy $9.39 billion...
Dear Texas: You Can’t Eat Cultural and Social Issues
If you’ve read Biden’s Build Back Better bill (BBB) and you’re familiar with the economic demographics in Texas, it’s easy to see that Texas...
Opinion: Social Workers Here to Help, Not Deny Services to LGBTQ People
I have been a social worker for 10 years and a gay, Latino Texan since birth. I take pride in what I do and...
Trust, But Verify
“Trust, but verify” seems like a contradiction in terms, and especially when readers consider the source of that truism.
I’ve been dismayed by the spin...
As To Governor Abbott’s Powers, He Has Defiantly Ignored The Law And The Court...
Did we not all learn in our Texas Government Class that the Legislature writes and adopts the words of a statute, the Governor has...
