During last weekend’s biennial Texas Democratic Party convention, delegates approved a platform calling for a pause on new data centers until stronger state regulations are in place. The data center platform emerged as one of the state party’s top priorities less than a week after the Texas Politics Project released a new poll showing a […]
CORPUS CHRISTI — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday closed the Texas Democratic Convention with an anti-oligarchical speech that bookended two days of state Democrats railing against Republican state leadership and corporate interests that they say are making life untenable for working class Texans. The Vermont lawmaker’s remarks largely focused on national politics, vowing to […]
A State Board of Education member from San Antonio has threatened to sue two other members of the board, alleging they’re harming her reputation by labeling her a “Marxist” and blaming her for spreading “gender confusion” among young people, the Texas Tribune reports. Marisa B. Pérez-Díaz, a Democrat on the Republican-controlled board, sent cease-and-desist letters […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shut down President Trump’s attempt to reverse a 170-year-old constitutional right that gives American citizenship to babies born to undocumented immigrants. In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court said that children born on American soil to undocumented parents are “‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are […]
A few days ago, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s use of a revamped immigration database to identify noncitizens who have registered to vote across the country. The pointed 75-page ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the federal government’s actions threatened Americans’ privacy and voting rights. But what does it mean for the estimated 24,000 […]
Cinematographer and San Antonio native Antonio Cisneros was captivated by cinema at an early age. He recalls watching Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien alone on TV as a child, an experience that he said “really screwed me up.” He also remembers his parents giving him a VHS copy of Fantastic Planet, the surreal […]
Roughly two dozen immigration advocates, faith leaders, Japanese internment camp survivors and their descendants completed a four-day, 45-mile pilgrimage Saturday to an immigrant detention facility outside of Dilley. The activists demanded the closure of the only federal family detention center, described by a Japanese internment survivor as inhumane and a tragic “repetition of American history.” […]
While Austin may bill itself as the Live Music Capital of the World, the summer concert schedule suggests the real action is happening 80 miles south along I-35. San Antonio has a stacked calendar this season that ranges from arena-worthy acts such as AC/DC, Kanye West and Karol G to locally produced fests featuring San […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was caught on video boarding a flight to Iceland for a getaway with his alleged mistress, British tabloid The Daily Mail reports. Paxton — a MAGA Republican now running for U.S. Senate — and his purported mistress of two years, Christian influencer Tracy Duhon, were spotted boarding a flight Saturday at […]
CORPUS CHRISTI — Kendall Scudder will lead the Texas Democratic Party into the critical midterm elections this year after Texas Democrats elected him to a full term as chair at the party’s convention in Corpus Christi. The party’s delegates overwhelmingly chose Scudder to continue on as chair over former TDP staffers Monique Alcala and Marco Orrantia, […]