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September 3, 2021
Walter Shapiro
In Texas, the GOP Has Just Overplayed Its Hand
Hideous as the Texas law is for women, it could be good for Democrats in 2022—anger is a much greater motivator than complacency.
September 2, 2021
Michael Tomasky
It’s High Time We Messed With Texas
From the way it entered the Union, right up through this week, the Lone Star State has been aggressively dragging the country backward.
August 31, 2021
Esther Wang
Here’s What Happens When Texas’s Extreme Abortion Ban Goes Into Effect
Clinics across Texas are preparing to get sued and to have to send patients out of state.
March 30, 2021
Casey Michel
The Republican Poseurs Who Claim to Be True Texans
Dan Rodimer and Chip Roy are just the latest carpetbaggers who have moved to the Lone Star State to capitalize on the GOP’s Trumpian turn.
February 18, 2021
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz Should Have Stayed in Cancun
The Texas senator doesn’t do his job even when he’s home because conservatives have given up on governing.
December 11, 2020
Colette Shade
The Year We Learned to Live Like Life Doesn’t Matter
How the pandemic put a grotesque new face on the political normalization of brutality.
October 13, 2020
Nick Martin
Mitch McConnell’s Election Dreams Are Voters’ Waking Nightmares
The federal courts were once the last line of defense against voter suppression. Now, filled with Trump’s conservative appointees, they’re encouraging it.
August 3, 2020
Matthew Phelan
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Jesse Hicks
Inside the Project Veritas Plan to Steal the Election
James O’Keefe’s group is part of a sprawling campaign to delegitimize mail-in balloting in the fall—a campaign being led by the White House.
July 14, 2020
Alex Pareene
Throw the Bums Out
We are in the midst of a world-historic failure of governance. Why isn’t anyone in charge acting like they are responsible for it?
September 13, 2017
Rebecca Grant
Does Your Insurance Cover Abortion?
A new slew of state laws are aimed at making sure abortion coverage is banned from private health insurance plans—putting the procedure still further out of reach.
February 26, 2016
Spencer Woodman
Remember When Ted Cruz Helped Suppress the Minority Vote in Texas?
You should.
January 13, 2016
Simon Lazarus
Next up at the Supreme Court: Obama’s Immigration Policy
The court's past rulings on Obamacare could prove decisive in a case that is up for consideration this week.
January 8, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants a constitutional convention to give states the power to nullify the Supreme Court.
December 10, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is it Dangerous to Be a Muslim in Texas?
Faith groups fear that anti-refugee sentiment is creating an "environment of permission" for violence against Muslims.
May 6, 2015
Brian Beutler
Why Texans Freaked Out Over an Army Exercise—and Ted Cruz Validated Their Fears
October 27, 2014
John B. Judis
Yes, Texas Could Turn Blue
But demographics alone are not the answer
March 7, 2014
Jason Zengerle
Texas Republicans Keep Moving Right
Think the radicals lost on primary day? Look who they're about to elect.
August 30, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Wendy Davis Waits to Decide About Governor—And the Pressure Builds
August 5, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
It Sure Looks Like Wendy Davis Is Running for Governor
July 26, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Texas's Next Governor Can't Wait to Fight Eric Holder
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