Texas
“Pro-Muslim” textbooks banned in Texas
September 28, 2010By focusing on Texas, the extreme right has been able to keep Thomas Jefferson and Thurgood Marshall out of textbooks in districts around the country.
Read moreCivil liberties advocates slam pay-to-protest ruling
September 21, 2010SAN ANTONIO - Progressive activists here are considering further action against a ruling by a three-judge appeals panel that the police department can selectively penalize free speech rights.
Read more30,000 mentally ill may be cut off in Texas
September 20, 2010The national average for mental health care spending is $103 per capita, but in Texas, it is $34, yet the state Legislature is planning drastic cuts.
Read moreOne hot August…city cuts protested
August 23, 2010DALLAS - Local politics and thermometers are breaking over the top in this part of the Sun Belt.
Read moreTexas governor candidate passes up Obama meeting
August 13, 2010Texas politics is getting more complicated, but lots more interesting. Bill White, Democrat of Texas, is trying to unseat two term Republican Governor Rick Perry in November.
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