Texas Archives – Deceleration

ACLU: ICE Detainees at Camp East Montana Beaten, Threatened with Illegal Removal to Mexico

By Cindy Ramirez & El Paso Matters ● Human Rights ● December 16, 2025

Camp East Montana, a massive tent ICE detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, opened in August and now holds about 2,700 detainees.

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As Global Climate Talks Fumble, Texas Campaigns Target Companies Powering Genocide and Ecocide

By Marisol Cortez ● Solutions ● November 25, 2025

With COP30 delegates unable to agree on a roadmap to end fossil fuels and deforestation, Texas activists escalate boycotts of companies profiting off the destruction of Indigenous lives and lands, from Palestine to Amazonia.

Children Among ‘More Than 140’ Detained by ICE & FBI in Multi-Agency Sweep in San Antonio

By Greg Harman ● Human Rights ● November 21, 2025

Few details have been shared by federal agencies—including who was detained or where they are being held—but the first charges brought have nothing to do with trafficking or gangs.

Texas Professor Speaks Out After Being Fired for ‘Crime’ of Speaking at Socialism Summit

By Ashley Smith & truthout ● Democracy ● November 6, 2025

Professor Tom Alter is appealing to Texas’s Board of Regents after being temporarily reinstated and then fired again.

Since Deadly July 4 Flood FEMA Has Denied or Failed to Advance Most Kerr County Aid Requests

By Emily Foxhall & Texas Tribune ● Water ● October 24, 2025

Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged county have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.

TCEQ Commissioners Approve Guajolote Ranch Wastewater Permit—Spark Lawsuit Threat

By Greg Harman ● Water ● October 23, 2025

Highlighting threat from wastewater to greater San Antonio’s largest drinking water source, the Edwards Aquifer, opponents threaten lawsuit, rehearing request.

Hanging On In Tragedy-Stricken Texas Hill Country: ‘I Think We’re Gonna Stay’

By Candice Bernd & Texas Observer ● Texas ● July 22, 2025

The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of ‘flash flood alley,’ who narrowly survived the river’s sudden rise.

‘All Hell Breaks Loose’: How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town

By Alex Ip & The Xylom ● Texas ● May 24, 2025

The Texas oil export boom has left Coastal Bend residents in harm’s way. A rainbow coalition is facing an uphill battle to compel the enforcement of environmental regulations, to mixed results. Can they save themselves before it’s too late?

Extreme Heat Roars Into Texas with Pre-Summer Reminder of Ongoing Climate Crisis

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● May 13, 2025

Sudden heat shock expected to stress bodies across the state this week as 2025 continues to manifest unprecedented levels of extreme heat for Texas and the planet.