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Greg Abbott Could Defund San Marcos Police, Flood Control Over Resolution Decrying Israeli Violence

By Kit O’Connell ● Human Rights ● May 3, 2025

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.

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ICE Abuses, Punishing Floods Show the Cesar Chavez March in the RGV is Still Necessary

By Gaige Davila ● Texas ● April 29, 2025

Even with their communities under assault, local elected leaders rising in solidarity are hard to find.

In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams

By Dylan Baddour & Inside Climate News ● Water ● April 29, 2025

A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been defeated by powerful homebuilders.

Elon Vs. Wild: Do Expanding SpaceX Operations Signal the End for Beloved Ocelots?

By Wendee Nicole ● Biodiversity ● April 17, 2025

Starbase could become its own city. Elon Musk is about to be granted the keys to Boca Chica Beach. And accelerating operations at SpaceX could lead to several launches per day in the middle of the endangered ocelot’s withered territory. Efforts to protect the ocelot are more critical than ever.

Texas ‘Mask Blocs’ Struggle to Fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp Up

By Kit O’Connell ● Texas ● April 9, 2025

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.

Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons ‘Plainly Unconstitutional,’ But Judge Stops Short of Requiring A/C

By Texas Tribune & Pooja Salhotra ● Texas ● April 2, 2025

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

Cleaning Fracking’s Waste Stream in Texas Could Require More Power Than Most U.S. States

By Dylan Baddour & Inside Climate News ● Energy ● March 31, 2025

One company, Natura Resources, wants small nuclear reactors to power the energy-intensive process of purifying vast volumes of toxic “produced water” for use in agriculture and industry.

Texas Colleges Rolled Over For Anti-DEI Bill—And Set Themselves Up for Broader Attacks

By Marisol Cortez ● Preparing to Protect ● February 11, 2025

University administrators’ rush to obey not only abandoned targeted faculty and students—it also permitted an insidious slide toward eliminating entire fields of study.

‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas

By Marisol Cortez ● Human Rights ● November 13, 2024

Media often focus on trans teens fleeing the anti-trans states they’re living in. But what about those who can’t leave?

Protesters Disrupt VP Harris’s Houston Rally to Demand An End to Genocide

By Kit O’Connell ● Texas ● November 1, 2024

A local coalition faced a hostile crowd at Houston’s Shell Energy Stadium while repeatedly interrupting Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s speech.