John, If you don’t like something, change it. This election cycle, two progressive champions took that advice to heart. In Lockhart, Taylor Burge, a long-time community advocate, watched last year as a 4-3 majority of her city council ignored the will of the people and refuse…

John, “As the federal shutdown stretched into its fifth week, imperiling the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, Vice President JD Vance insisted that there was little the White House could do to help. “‘The American people are already suffering,” he told reporters, “and the…

John, This Halloween, we don’t need haunted houses to feel scared, our own state leaders have turned Texas into a nightmare for working families. They’ve banned basic freedoms of speech, gutted local democracy, and wasted our tax dollars on cruelty instead of care. They’ve c…

John, Political gridlock in Washington has created a terrifying crisis: 3.5 million Texans, including 1.7 million children, are set to lose their SNAP food assistance starting in November due to the federal government shutdown. This isn't a budget cut—it's a complete halt to t…

John, The cruelty is the point. Right now, Governor Abbott is sitting on billions of our tax dollars. Money that could fund housing, healthcare, and food assistance for Texans who desperately need it. He could invest in services and stability. Instead, he’s investing in hum…

John, This past weekend, countless Americans, deeply committed to our democracy and its core principles, protested against Trump’s relentless assault on our most fundamental rights. Across Texas, communities of all sizes participated. Despite persistent efforts to label Te…

John, As Texans prepare to gather in "No Kings" protests across the state, Governor Greg Abbott has taken an alarming step: he has directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas National Guard to deploy personnel and tactical assets to Austin. Make no mistak…

Our country has never properly reckoned with this history. John, Yesterday, our movement achieved a significant victory: Hays County voted to terminate its contract with Flock Safety, a private company that used surveillance cameras to create extensive databases tracking ou…

Our country has never properly reckoned with this history. John, Today is Indigenous People’s Day, a day to celebrate the native inhabitants of this country’s land, and to reflect on our country’s continued legacy of violence toward those people. Here in Texas, humans have …

Hey John, Right now, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Every time you turn on the news, it feels like our freedoms and dignity are being chipped away by leaders who prioritize profit and control over people. Here in Texas, the threats are constant: from the erosion of reproduct…

John, It's true, things are getting scary out here. We're seeing new acts every day that are sheer authoritarianism, and it's a future we can't accept. The 2026 elections will be monumental for the future of Texas and our country. With a governor and a senator to be elected, …

John, The curtain has been pulled back on Greg Abbott's corruption, and what's exposed is a blatant scheme of pay-to-play politics that uses your tax dollars to reward his wealthiest donors. A new report from Public Citizen exposes the rot at the heart of his machine, finding…