Texas
Activists say ‘thanks’ for health care reform
November 14, 2009Video: In Dallas, activists from MoveOn, Organizing for America, Jobs with Justice and the Progressive Center of Texas poured into the offices of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson to thank her for voting for health care reform.
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Texas execution could end death penalty, if we act
October 25, 2009Texas put to death an innocent man. It can be the beginning of the end of the death penalty, if we act.
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Religion and the economy: A theologian challenges ‘status quo’
October 24, 2009A Texas theologian challenges the idea that Jesus Christ's teachings must be contorted into support for big business and the "status quo."
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Texas antiwar activists target senator
October 11, 2009DALLAS -The Dallas Peace Center is picketing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson's office on 10440 North Central Expressway, 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday in October as we begin the ninth year of America's longest war, Afghanistan.
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Texas may bar students learning about Cesar Chavez, Thurgood Marshall
July 17, 2009United Farmworkers founder César Chávez is an unfitting role model for students, and former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is not an appropriate historical figure. So say “expert reviewers” in their report to the Texas State...
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