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Everything is indeed bigger in Texas. Texas is the second largest state both by size and population, and has the second largest GDP in the country behind California. If Texas were its own country, it would have the eighth largest economy in the world, bigger than Canada, Australia, Mexico and South Korea. And while states are called laboratories of democracy for a reason—that innovation on the state level often shapes the national policy of the future—Texas is more like the country’s incubator for bad policy, fueled by a particular extremism unique to the state then exported by force to the rest of the country.
For our October special issue,
Christopher Hooks writes about how Texas lawmakers, in their zeal to defy the constitutional order and challenge the federal government and other states, are determined to expand their vision beyond state borders—by busing migrants to blue states, attempting to enforce the state’s abortion ban on people outside of Texas, forcing corporations to continue investing in oil and gas, and more. The state’s most far-right politicians have always wanted to exercise control beyond Texas borders, but in riling up the most dangerous factions of the conservative coalition, Texas Republicans are playing a dangerous game.
This month, we’re releasing a special issue on how state policy has diverged so sharply in red and blue states. Depending on where you live, your life expectancy, quality of life and economic well-being could vary wildly. And states aren’t just content to legislate policy that stops at state borders. Far-right activists championing extremist policies in red states want to impose their vision on the entire country, through the courts, corporate collusion and even political violence. This dynamic is best understood as a cold civil war, and it impacts the health and wellbeing of millions of Americans. Click here to read our special issue on America’s cold civil war:
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