Opinion: DACA Texans are Essential to our COVID-19 Response and Economic Future
It is positive news to see that the Supreme Court has taken a step in the right direction regarding the attempted termination of the...
Texas’s Most Vulnerable Deserve Efficient, Well-Funded Healthcare
Long-term care is a reality that touches us all at some point in our lives. Whether it's caring for an aging parent, recovering from...
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...
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...
A FINE MESS
It began last fall in 2023.
Public schools in every corner of Texas began talking about the lack of money to maintain staff and the...
I Had A Medical Procedure Called An Abortion. Here’s Why I’m Telling My Story
I had just turned 18 years old and was about to graduate magna cum laude from high school with a full-ride academic scholarship, when...
10,000 Reasons We Need to Unleash SNAP to Fight the Coronavirus
Last week, the San Antonio Food Bank served a crowd of 10,000 Texans reeling from the economic effects of COVID-19. An aerial photo of...
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: Protecting the Right to Vote More Important Than Ever Before
For the greater part of 2020, the public health emergency brought on by the onset of a novel coronavirus has caused an array of...
Is It Reckoning Time For Texas Democrats?
In 2024, it will be 30 years since a Democrat was last elected to a statewide office in Texas.
Much has changed during those intervening...









