The Texas State Board of Education will rewrite state standards for history, government and other social studies courses this year. The last time this happened, in 2010, the whole process became — to put it bluntly — a circus. It embarrassed Texas before the eyes of the country and the world. That year, the board made hundreds of changes, often based not on facts but on personal political beliefs. The result is a set of standards that have been panned even by conservative think tanks as a “politicized distortion of history” that downplayed slavery as the cause of the Civil War, dismissed the separation of church and state, portrayed civil rights gains as having negative consequences, and much more. […]
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On the Anniversary of the Insurrection, Pledge to Hold the Voter Suppressors Accountable
A year ago we witnessed one of the darkest events in our nation’s history.
It was Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob inspired by the former president’s lies about the presidential election stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. They threatened many lives and injured others, all because they were lied to and told that a free and fair election was stolen. […]
Explainer: The Texas Legislature’s Bill to Whitewash History
SB 3 by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, is a substantial rewrite of HB 3979, which passed at the end of the regular legislative session in May. The bill maintains many of the same problems in HB 3979, including a ban on schools requiring instruction on current events and topics some politicians think are too controversial. […]
Texas AG Paxton Misuses Health Crisis to Push Anti-Abortion Agenda
TFN President: Reproductive Health Care Is Essential Health Care […]
Texas Rising Action Press Release: Young RGV Activists Protest Sen. Lucio’s Record at Brownsville Office
Texas Rising activists in the Rio Grande Valley protested outside the office of Democratic Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., calling out the nearly 30-year incumbent for betraying progressive voters. Check out out press release. […]
