Kit O’Connell is a GLAAD Media-award nominated movement journalist from Austin, Texas. They are the former Digital Editor of the Texas Observer, with bylines at The Advocate, Truthout, and The Barbed Wire, among others.
Amid rising attacks on trans people, ideas from ‘queer ecology’ can light the way toward an alternative environmental politics capable of honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beside and beyond our waterways.
Even though the measure failed under withering threats from Governor Greg Abbott, organizers say the struggle for Palestinian liberation in this small college town has had positive cascading effects for other justice struggles.
If the resolution passes, San Marcos would be the first city council in Texas to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. But the move could cost them funds that support expectant mothers and public safety.
Volunteer- and anarchist-led groups are working overtime to keep their communities safe from COVID-19 even as Texas lawmakers debate a ban on masks and a warming planet promises more pandemics on the way.
Nonprofits that serve LGBTQ+ Texans are struggling with the limits of the old playbooks, while fighting renewed attacks on transgender and queer rights.
Legendary disability rights organizer Bob Kafka and Cathy Cranston speak with Deceleration about the incoming 89th session of the Texas Legislature and inauguration of a president promising cuts to vital services.
A dozen arrests and days of creative resistance spotlight determination to continue challenging Palestinian deaths and displacement, even in a new era promising increased crackdowns on protest.
Anti-Zionist Jewish protestors speak with Deceleration against the occupation of Gaza and the violent crackdown on pro-Palestine demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin campus.
In Austin, Texas, to discuss city-state government conflict, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens was forced to flee the popular convention after protesters chanted, unfurled a massive banner, and distributed flyers demanding an end to the ‘Cop City.’