TX Redistricting Has Been By Good Ol’ Boys, For Good Ol’ Boys

Texas’ inability to design decent redistricting plans for the two chambers that are supposed to represent the people is more than disappointing — it’s appalling, disgusting, hypocritical, and distasteful. It is […]

This week we had a nice mix of stories running the gamut from the American Dream to great books to banned books to sexual abuse to the Internet to voting […]

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Dogget (D-Austin) has been serving the people of the State of Texas in some capacity or another for most of his life. As a congressman since 1995, […]

A lot of people have commented lately that all of this redistricting business, especially in Texas, is terribly confusing and consequently, no one cares. For political nerds like me, that’s […]

Why is the Texas redistricting process such a mess? The answer is not simple, except for the fact that these redistricting wars are at the foundation for the political control […]

Pete Gallego describes his decision to run for the 23rd Congressional District of Texas as a personal one. “Me decía mi abuela que uno no puede quejar si no quiere […]

Well, I could’ve said “I told you so!” but I’ll reserve that trite comment for another occasion. Instead, I’m simply going to register my dismay at the current state of […]

By Anthony Gutierrez, Deputy Executive Director of the Texas Democratic Party The Chair of the Hispanic Republican Conference (HRC) in Texas, Republican State Representative Aaron Peña, recently announced his retirement from the […]

I know I promised a few essays on redistricting, but other writers have done an admirable job discussing it. Also, just to refresh your memory, the Republican-controlled State of Texas, […]

A lawsuit over new state and congressional districts that disenfranchised Latino voters in Texas just wrapped up. A panel of three federal judges redrew the map for the upcoming 2012 […]