Both Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora were formerly on staff at the left-leaningTexas Tribune. Read our profile on United States government and media. Funded by / Ownership The 19th is a nonprofit that was initially funded with5 million dollarsby Craig Newmark (500,000); Kathryn Murdoch ($1 ...
We have so many small towns in Texas.Uvaldeis one of them. They are all close knit. Everyone knows everyone. The kids grow up together and the parents know each other’s kids personally. I can’t even begin to imagine how broken this community is or how absolutely devastated and angry ...
December 7: The Texas Tribune: Texas GOP caucus supports Cook for speakership while Burrows claims he has enough Democrat votes to make him speaker With the Texas GOP grass roots having made it clear they don't want to have Democrat chairmen in a GOP-controlled House of Representatives,...
On his return to the US he moved from state to state - Nebraska to Texas to Arkansas - where he ended up working in a factory that made beds for tanning salons. Image:Walz at a veterans event in 2007. Pic: AP Bridging divides He returned to Nebraska, took up his fi...
Today, it is Sandra Bland, the woman who allegedly committed suicide in a Texas jail cell earlier this week. And the Black Lives Matter protest at Netroots Saturday morning. And the criticism of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new release. And how, in one way or another, they all intersect. ...
Public sentiment towards the police is a matter of great interest in the United States, as reports on police misconduct are increasingly being published in mass and social media. Here, we test how the public’s perception of the police can be majorly sha
“Only two of 19 Republican Senators, BOB NICHOLSof Jacksonville andKELLY HANCOCKof North Richland Hills, voted in favor of convicting for any article,”the Texas Tribune’s Zach Despart reports. “And they came after sustained pressure on senators from grassroots groups, conservat...
At one point, Trump could be seen smiling when DeSantis reminded the crowd that he’d sent migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard to make a political point about illegal immigration. At least once during DeSantis' remarks he turned to speak to J.D. Vance. But he still allowed...
Mr. James Chacko, a permanent resident of Texas, is a well-known personality in the socio-political arena. Has published short stories and several articles. He is a writer for leading American media such as Jai Hind News and E Malayalee. He has served in various positions in leading Americ...
It was an extension of Bush’s past success with people outside the party’s usual base. When he was governor of Texas, he won more than 50 percent of the Mexican American vote. “He was comfortable with Hispanic culture. His kids went to a large public high school in Austin that was...