Immigration
Immigration
TD Original
‘App No Longer Available’: The Disappearance of CBP One
Mar 3, 2025 The Trump administration’s deletion of the asylum scheduling app has left disarray and despair in its absence.
Courts & Law
Texas’ War on Drug Users
Jan 7, 2025 A mass overdose event in Austin reveals the state’s backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances.
Economic Justice
Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor
Dec 24, 2024 As a Texas state legislator, Scott Turner voted against protections for poor tenants and called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”
Immigration
How Texas Jails Paved the Way for Migrant Incarceration
Nov 20, 2024 Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.”
Immigration
Texas Will Be on the ‘Front Lines’ of Mass Deportation
Nov 11, 2024 Advocates are preparing to protect immigrant communities, as well as existing legal pathways to citizenship and legal residency.
TD Column
Sleepwalking in a Snitch State
Oct 30, 2024 In Trump’s America, neighbors coerce and silence where the government lacks the resources to intrude.2025 EPPY Award: First Place, Best News/Political Column
Ear to the Ground
Reviving a Lone Star Left
Oct 29, 2024 Populism began in Texas. Can the living remnants of its legacy be harnessed in the 21st century?
Courts & Law
Junk Science May Seal the Fate of Robert Roberson
Oct 17, 2024 An East Texas man could become the nation's first person killed by the state based on the controversial hypothesis on shaken baby syndrome.
Prison Reform
Solidarity from Solitary
Sep 24, 2024 From cell blocks to Congress, the fight to give incarcerated workers basic labor rights gains steam.
Environment
Texas Is the King of Greenhouse Emissions. It’s Also in the Path of the Climate Change Storm
Sep 13, 2024 With hurricanes, wildfires and droughts, every region of Texas is threatened by man-made climate change, vulnerability index shows.
Technology