Greg Harman - Deceleration

Abbott Wants Your Utility—Deregulation, Billionaires, & City Power in Texas

Governor Abbott promised lower bills without showing his work. So we asked researchers, organizers, and city leaders what to expect from deregulation in Austin, San Antonio, and beyond.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Oct 2026

Abbott Wants Your Utility—Deregulation, Billionaires, & City Power in Texas

'March Will Not End Tomorrow': San Antonio Immigration Protest Resists New ICE Facility

Community organizers and local elected leaders join vigil outside 640,000-square-foot warehouse slated to house thousands amid growing ICE violence and deportation enforcement pushback.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Oct 2026

'March Will Not End Tomorrow': San Antonio Immigration Protest Resists New ICE Facility

Abbott's Deregulation Threat Won't Cut Rates—But Could Spur Change from the Grassroots

Deceleration speaks with longtime utility justice advocate DeeDee Belmares about years of campaigning to reform City of San Antonio-owned CPS Energy.

By Greg Harman

/ 2 Oct 2026

Abbott's Deregulation Threat Won't Cut Rates—But Could Spur Change from the Grassroots

Untangling Abbott's Deregulation Threat: Speaking with the Author of 'Brokers of Power'

The first in a series of conversations about Abbott's threat against city-owned utilities in Texas.

By Greg Harman

/ 1 Oct 2026

Untangling Abbott's Deregulation Threat: Speaking with the Author of 'Brokers of Power'

VIDEO: 'Prosecute This ICE Officer': How Cities Like Austin Can Help Stop ICE Violence

'I've seen enough to know this is a crime. ... To me it's an open and shut criminal prosecution, attempted murder,' Mike Siegel, Austin City Council (D7), told Deceleration.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Sep 2026

VIDEO: 'Prosecute This ICE Officer': How Cities Like Austin Can Help Stop ICE Violence

Did the Border Wall Just Break on Tiny San Ygnacio's Two-Acre Birding Sanctuary?

'F*ck It. Arrest me.' A conversation with Elsa Hull, a dedicated borderlands water protector arrested twice in Zapata County for resisting border wall construction.

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Sep 2026

Did the Border Wall Just Break on Tiny San Ygnacio's Two-Acre Birding Sanctuary?

'The Practice of Hope': Re-Sanctifying Space in a City Under Deportation Siege

At a former Catholic convent chapel in San Antonio, Azul Barrientos and guests confront ICE violence, state brutality, and what persists in the midst of community unraveling.

By Greg Harman

/ 16 Sep 2026

'The Practice of Hope': Re-Sanctifying Space in a City Under Deportation Siege

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Sep 2026

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

VIDEO: Big Bend Border Wall Emergency Hearing & Rally in San Antonio, Texas

Judge's ordered construction pause called an opportunity to organize to better defend Big Bend.

By Greg Harman

/ 31 Aug 2026

VIDEO: Big Bend Border Wall Emergency Hearing & Rally in San Antonio, Texas

Data Center Moratorium Proposal Squeaks Forward in San Antonio

The more conservative City of Fort Worth's unanimous moratorium vote contrasts with a divided San Antonio council debating regulations for the fast-growing industry.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Aug 2026

Data Center Moratorium Proposal Squeaks Forward in San Antonio

Data Centers Generating 'Heat Islands,' Compounding the Hazards of Rising Global Temps

112 Degrees?! Deceleration investigation supports findings from two studies into data center heat islands, measuring downwind temps from a major data center complex at six degrees higher than upwind areas.

By Greg Harman

/ 1 Aug 2026

Data Centers Generating 'Heat Islands,' Compounding the Hazards of Rising Global Temps

Protestors Call for Shutting Down ICE’s New East San Antonio Detention Center—Before it Opens

Speakers at Saturday's ‘Apply Heat’ day of action decried the rising numbers of ICE-related deaths and called for long-term resistance.

By Greg Harman

/ 23 Jul 2026

Protestors Call for Shutting Down ICE’s New East San Antonio Detention Center—Before it Opens