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...

Five Year Anniversary Of Hurricane Harvey Is Sobering Reminder Of Racial Inequities Even In...

When Hurricane Harvey devastated Harris County in 2017, dozens of Texans died and more than 30,000 were displaced. Because the formula for distributing federal...

The Department Of Family And Protective Services (DFPS) Is Currently Legally Powerless To Protect...

Do you know that since “we” adopted our 1876 Constitution, we have been labeled by the political experts to be a “weak governor state?”...

Abbott Disgracefully Buses More Asylum Seekers To D.C. Neighborhood In Dark Of Night

In a pre-dawn political stunt, Gov. Greg Abbott once again ordered two buses of asylum seekers at Texas taxpayer expense, this time to a...

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...

Opinion: The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher, So Go Vote!

The stakes could hardly be higher as we head into Election Day this Tuesday. Our country is in the midst of multiple overlapping crises...
Op-ed on importance of addressing Texas

Opinion: In 2020, Year of the Nurse, We Must Fix Texas’ Nursing Shortage

The philosopher Joseph Campbell said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” COVID-19 has shown...

Opinion: Replacing Joe Biden is Undemocratic

The American left is frustrating sometimes, and nothing shows this more than the call for President Joe Biden to step down as president and...

We Baby Boomers Are Shocked And Awed

We Baby Boomers Are Shocked And Awed Democratic Government: Rule of Law I am proud to be a member of the baby boomer generation, 76...

Richard III, Greg Abbott, and the Habit of Forgetting

“Now is the winter of our discontent…” So spoke Richard III in William Shakespeare’s play; true in 1483 and true now.  Richard III is the...
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