Politics

U.S. District Court Denies Pre-Clearance to Texas Redistricting Map

November 8, 2011
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Here’s the relevant language from today’s ruling: Having carefully considered the entire record and the parties’ arguments, the Court finds and concludes that the State of Texas used an improper standard or methodology to determine which districts afford minority voters the ability to elect their preferred candidates of choice and that there are material issues of fact in [...]

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Joaquin Castro For #HD35 Campaign Draws on Activist Family History

November 8, 2011

I received this great email piece from the Joaquin Castro campaign today, and I couldn’t click donate fast enough. The Castro family, anchored by their civic activist mother Rosie Castro, are a rising force in Texas politics. I’m not a voter in the San Antonio and Austin congressional district, but I am an avid supporter [...]

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Houston’s Latin@ Community Being Undercut By One of Its Own

June 3, 2011

Every decade the United States Census accounts for the number of people in the country. The final numbers are then used to reapportion congressional districts and other political boundary lines according to the latest populations increases, changes, etc. According to the 2010 Census, Latin@s in the United States are responsible for more than half of [...]

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Texas State Rep. Ana Hernandez-Luna Defends the American Dream

May 11, 2011
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“I am not a problem that must be handled. I am a human.” On the same day that President Obama gave his lackluster speech in El Paso about immigration reform, Texas State Rep. Ana Hernandez-Luna (Houston – HD143) tells her story of being an undocumented person on the floor of the Texas House. Rep. Hernandez-Luna [...]

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A More Realistic Story of the Immigrant In America

March 8, 2011

I see articles everyday about the dangers & horrors of undocumented people living in the United States. They are either criminals, baby-making-machines, illiterate drains on our economy, or a mixture of all three. The frequency of stories I see with this kind of xenophobic fear-mongering is disgusting to say the least. But, today – to [...]

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Defending a Houston Defender

February 24, 2011
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Houston City Council Member Jolanda Jones (At-Large Position 5) is a lightning rod for misogynistic and racist vitriol. As a strong, successful black woman she has made a name for herself by defending the city’s residents in a court of law as well as in city hall. This doesn’t make for a happy good-old-boy system – especially [...]

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Houston Stands In Solidarity With the People Of Egypt

January 27, 2011
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If you don’t know, Egypt is in the midst of a Social Revolution. People have been flooding the streets of Suez & Cairo just as people did in Tunisia. This is an amazing show of personal liberties and basic human rights that must be supported by freedom loving people across the globe. As the great [...]

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Know Your Enemy: Texas Republicans Begin Their Attack On Civil Rights

November 10, 2010
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The Texas Republican Party is already at it. Of the first pieces of legislation to be filed for the 2011 session of the Texas House of Representatives are 16 bills that are directly aimed at immigrants (and people who look like immigrants). Here is a list of legislation filed to date: HB 17 – Rep. [...]

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