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Houstonians worry new laws will deter voters who don't recall the hard-won fight for voting rights
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoSylvia Ann Miller-Scarborough remembers when people of color had to pay a poll tax to vote in...
Texas Republicans Lost Latino Support in Election Setback
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Texas Republicans’ success in winning over Latinos seemed to stall this election...
Democrats’ Dream Of Flipping Texas Is Turning Into A Recurring Nightmare
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoEach election cycle, the party puts big money and high hopes into some success in Texas only to have...
Houston has a population that's young. Its next mayor, set to be elected in a runoff, won't be
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoNo matter who wins, Houston will elect the oldest big-city mayor in the U.S. this weekend, choosing...
How Wingnuts Made Violent Extremism the New Normal
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters/GettyI have been a witness to this march for over forty years. As a young newspaper...