by Erin Reed | Nov 4, 2026 | 2026 Elections, 2026 midterms, Abdul El-Sayed, Alabama, Anti-trans, campaign ads, Democrats, elections, Elon Musk, Gender-Affirming Care, James Talarico, LGBTQ Rights, Michigan, midterms, Montana, Op-Ed, Republicans, Texas, Trans Rights, trans youth
By now, you have likely seen the results of the 2026 midterms: a wave election for Democrats the likes of which we have not seen in years. Republicans and their allies spent nearly $200 million on anti-transgender ads alone, bankrolled in part by billionaires like Elon Musk. Virtually every Democrat in a highly contested race was the target of these kinds of ads. And what did it buy the Republican…
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by Jake Johnson | Nov 4, 2026 | Article, Economy, Economy and Inequality, elections, midterms, Politics and Movements: US, Reprint, Texas
by rimsha syed | Nov 3, 2026 | arms embargo, Dockworkers, Gaza, Genocide, Houston, Israel, labor, Maersk, Mask off, Mask Off Maersk, News Analysis, Organizing, Palestine, Protests, Strikes, Texas
On October 30, port workers in over 100 locations across the world stood in principled resistance to Israel’s ongoing genocide through an international strike meant to constrict the arms trade and physically halt munitions destined to be used in Palestine. From coast to coast, linking arms in the struggle against maritime transport has been a historic strategy to intervene in the material…
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by Neha Madhira | Oct 3, 2026 | Austin, ICE, immigration, News, Texas
Federal prosecutors in Texas charged a Venezuelan national and father living in Austin on Tuesday with assaulting, resisting, and impeding a federal officer, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sideswiped his car and shot him in the back Sept. 20 without warning as he was turning around to park. Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, entered the U.S. in 2024 with a valid work…
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by Candice Norwood | Sep 29, 2026 | Air Conditioning, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Eighth Amendment, Extreme Heat, Health, News, Organizing, Prisons, Texas
These Texas advocates call themselves “lionesses” for a reason: They say backing down is not in their nature. In 2022, a small group of formerly incarcerated women formed the nonprofit Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance to empower communities to challenge harmful practices within the criminal legal system. Since that time, they have put a spotlight on what they argue are dangerous…
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by Dion Nissenbaum | Sep 28, 2026 | 2026 election, 2026 Elections, 2026 midterms, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Disenfranchisement, elections, midterms, News, SAVE database, Supreme Court, Texas, Trump Administration, Voting Rights
The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for election officials to resume using a federal immigration status verification system to check voter rolls for potential noncitizens — a significant victory for President Donald Trump’s administration, but one that’s likely to have little impact on the November midterm elections. The unsigned opinion hit pause on a lower court’s ruling from June…
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