Domestic Workers in Texas are Fighting for Their Rights
Domestic Workers in Texas are Fighting for Their Rights
By John Michaelson, Public News Service BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A campaign in support of the region’s domestic workers is being launched today by backers who saying they are central to the […]
Rick Perry’s Motives
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Sixth graders in Texas have known no Governor in their state other than Rick Perry. He was elected the year they were born. If you’re a […]
Texas’ war on Latinas
By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, NBCLatino The Lone Star state jumped into the spotlight this week – a movie-worthy filibuster by Wendy Davis, a flood of demonstrators taking to the capitol, […]
Latina state Senator fights Texas abortion bill: “This is about women’s health”
By Alessandra Hickson, NBCLatino One week after an 11-hour fillibuster by Texas Senator Wendy Davis, round two of an intense fight over proposed abortion legislation gets underway in Texas. Governor Rick […]
What’s the matter with Texas?
By Stephen A. Nuño, NBCLatino The Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill with all Democrats voting for reform and all the votes against the bill coming from the Republicans. Among the […]
USDA Appoints Judith Canales as State Executive Director for TX Farm Service Agency
PRESS RELEASE (COLLEGE STATION, TX) -May 30, 2013– Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently appointed Judith Canales as the new state executive director (SED) for the USDA Texas Farm Service Agency […]
Texas voter ID law “will take effect immediately”
By Todd J. Gillman, Dallas Morining News WASHINGTON — The implications of (the Sup[reme Court’s) landmark ruling could be swift and stunning. With the Supreme Court suspending the mechanism that forced Texas to […]
Texas sheriff suspicious of immigration enforcement ‘surge’
By Richard Dunham, Houston Chronicle In Washington, the bipartisan Gang of Eight has embraced the concept of a border-enforcement “surge” to curtail illegal border crossings and curry favor with some wavering […]
Texas Governor Vetos Funding For Mexican-American Studies
By David Martin Davies, Fronteras SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking heat for his recent veto of funding for the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at […]
Texas Legislature Denies Path to Equality in Health Care Access
By Juan Flores, La Fe Policy Research and Education Center I have disliked the Medicaid program, but not enough to deter my support for the Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). […]
