Jul 22 Texas Democrat Wendy Davis is running for Congress in 2020 By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Davis, who gained national recognition for her 13-hour filibuster of an anti-abortion bill in the Texas state capitol, will challenge freshman Republican Rep. Chip Roy. Continue reading
Jul 09 Two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot dies at 89 By David Koenig, Associated Press A family spokesman said Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot died early Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 02 Government photos show detained migrants pleading for help By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The report by U.S. government auditors -- who visited facilities in South Texas where migrant adults and children are processed and detained -- offered new cause for alarm. It quotes one senior government manager as calling the situation "a ticking… Continue reading
Jun 28 This sculptor builds what’s going on inside our heads By Joshua Barajas Gil Bruvel says his wooden multi-dimensional faces are "a huge neural pathway for our own identity, how we work our way as a human condition, what are we as human beings."… Continue reading
Jun 24 Hundreds of migrant children transferred from Texas facility with ‘inhumane’ conditions By William Brangham Hundreds of migrant children on Monday were reported to have been transferred out of a Texas facility following uproar over their treatment. But on Tuesday, 100 children were moved back to the facility in Clint, Texas, which was described as… Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 3:00 News Wrap: Children being moved from El Paso detention center In our news wrap Monday, there’s word the U.S. government is moving most of the 300-plus children held at a Border Patrol station near El Paso, Texas. The Associated Press had reported kids were going without food, showers and care… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch 4:37 A firsthand report of ‘inhumane conditions’ at a migrant children’s detention facility The Associated Press details grave conditions inside a Texas migrant detention facility where 250 infants, children and teenagers were being held without adequate food, water or sanitation during a recent visit. Warren Binford, a law professor at Willamette University, joins… Continue watching
Jun 21 Texas sending another 1,000 National Guard troops to border By Clarice Silber, Associated Press Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he will send another 1,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border while accusing Congress of failing to take action on the growing humanitarian crisis. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 10:14 Beto O’Rourke says Trump administration is gunning for war with Iran By Judy Woodruff, Tess Conciatori Former Texas Rep. Beto O’ Rourke burst onto the national stage when he came close to defeating Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterms. Now running for the Democratic presidential nomination, O’Rourke is emphasizing his ability to bring together… Continue watching
May 30 Historic cemeteries and family memories stand in the path of Trump’s border wall By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Under current plans for the border wall, one 19th century cemetery could be lost entirely. Some graves would have to be exhumed; others without a headstone might be paved over. Continue reading