A Change in Direction for the Texas Civil Rights Project
New leadership doesn't sit well with the old guard
"...This spring, the board of trustees for the Texas Civil Rights Project, a community lawyering organization known for..."
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Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
TCRP Hands TYC Mom Civil Rights Nod
Texas Civil Rights Project awards abuse-case whistle-blower.
"...to go away. But Genger Galloway, mother of former Texas Youth Commission inmate Joseph, has now been named as..."
Oct. 22, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Lawsuit Against APD Officers Alleges Civil Rights Violations
Family of 24-year-old beaten and arrested last summer by APD officer at bus stop files federal lawsuit against officer and his supervisors
"...behalf of Cruz and his mother, Nora Tijerina, by Texas Civil Rights Project lawyer Wayne Krause, alleges Griffin then..."
June 29, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Gov. Abbott Says Hell Yes to Probably Violating More People’s Civil Rights
Updated: While feds investigate border initiative, he goes all in
"...Lone Star border program was under federal investigation for civil rights violations like any well-intentioned, deeply concerned father of..."
July 7, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan
Texas Book Festival 2018: Making History: The Civil Rights Movement in Texas
Uncovering the untold stories of integration at UT
"...When Virginia Cumberbatch and Leslie A. Blair started the project that would eventually become As We Saw It: The..."
Oct. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Katarina Brown
Texas ACLU Files Suit Over Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4
New Texas law usurps federal immigration authority, suit claims
"...Texas Republicans have willfully ignored the existence of the United..."
Dec. 20, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon
Texas Secretary of State Defends Voter Purge Fiasco
Whitley ducks blame during contentious confirmation hearing
"...the “voter fraud” fiasco he unleashed across the state, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley doubled down on his..."
Feb. 8, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma
Judge Finds Texas Violated National Voter Registration Act
Motor voter mayhem
"...When it comes to voting laws, Texas can’t seem to keep it legal...."
April 10, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma
Bill That Could Put Up Barriers to Voting Passes Texas Senate
"...A bill that civil rights groups say will intimidate voters and place barriers..."
April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Lege Lines: Texas GOP Tees up More Voter ID Nonsense
Secretary of State issues election advisory, ignites right-wing voter fraud frenzy
"...When newly appointed Texas Secretary of State David Whitley (until recently a top..."
Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Paul Rusesabagina: Human Rights in Action
Real-life hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' is honored for saving lives
"...as Rusesabagina explained to a spellbound audience in the Texas Union Ballroom last Sunday night, it did happen again...."
Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz
Nancy Pelosi Touts Voting Rights in Eastside Swing
U.S. House speaker stops in Austin to promote new anti-corruption legislation
"...campaign finance reform, ethics reform, and expansion of voting rights. It was the third of these that got the..."
March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King
Opinion: Incarcerated Women in Texas Need to Be Heard
A writer in her eighth year of solitary confinement laments widespread neglect of the experiences of women in prison
"...In December of last year, the Texas Civil Rights Project released a 20-plus-page report titled “Solitary..."
March 29, 2024 Column by Kwaneta Harris
Motor Voter: Texas Won’t Play Nice
Why does the state want to restrict voting access?
"...In a follow-up to his ruling that found Texas in violation of the National Voter Registration Act's motor..."
May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Here's What a New Border Bill Would Do to Texas
"Most dangerous" immigration bill ever takes the stage
"...Libal, who has been doing consulting work for Human Rights Watch around Operation Lone Star, said he sees the..."
March 22, 2023 News Post by Benton Graham
Texas GOP Still Set on Sending Vigilantes to the Border
Frightening border bills haven't passed yet, but might in special session
"...Star to explicit recommendations from the Attorney General's Office, Texas leaders made clear in the lead-up to the 88th..."
June 2, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham
Texas Charters, Turkish Coup?
Crackdown on Gülen movement comes to Texas
"...which there are six in Austin and 46 in Texas alone, were founded by Turks sympathetic to or adhering..."
July 20, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Who's Texas?
The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers
"...year that when he was growing up in West Texas, he was sometimes called a "good minority" -- the..."
Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax
Texas Voter Purge Effort Ends
State agrees to legal settlement; on the hook for $450K
"...This time in Texas, it’s a win for voters...."
April 26, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma
Rights and Consequences
The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.
"...The first happy result of the Texas congressional re-redistricting trial, currently proceeding in a federal courtroom..."
Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
The Hottest Race in Texas
The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House
"...personal political event was in progress up in East Texas. In the auditorium of Frankston High School in Anderson..."
Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King
What You Need to Know About U.S. Senate and House Races in Texas
Early voting in Texas starts Feb. 18, 2020. Here's the view from atop your Texas primary ballot.
"...first week of December, early voting in the 2020 Texas primaries is only a couple of months away. It..."
Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King
Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed
Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?
"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring big..."
Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title
Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years
"...A history of Texas is not something that should be entered into inadvisedly..."
Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Balancing the Scales of Justice on Texas’ Most Important Courts
Dems run en masse for statewide judicial seats
"...A strange sensation – hope – pervades the Texas Democratic Party this year and has resulted in something..."
Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Brant Bingamon
Point Austin: Supremes v. Texas
The future of U.S. politics may become, "Vote for Show, Map for Dough"
"..."This case is fundamentally about democracy," insisted Texas Solicitor General R. Ted Cruz, inside and outside the..."
March 10, 2006 News Column by Michael King
Drums Across Texas
What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.
"...is working this warm June evening on his other project, the Austin All-Star Band, composed of area band students..."
June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer
Legal Dangers Loom Large for Texas Abortion Care
Unless courts act, six-week ban takes effect Sept. 1
"...Woman’s Health is talking about the latest attempt by Texas lawmakers to put her and other abortion care providers..."
Aug. 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma
Six-Week Abortion Ban Leads List of Bad New Texas Laws
Parade of horribles comes courtesy of the 87th Texas Legislature
"...In odd-numbered years in Texas, September 1 – Wednesday, as the Chronicle went to..."
Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Austin Tries to Address Wage Theft, Texas Tries to Make It Harder
Is your boss stealing from you?
"...Back in December, Workers Defense Project and other labor organizations celebrated the passage of Austin's..."
