The Texas lieutenant governor’s disdain for science and experts in the fight against the rapidly worsening COVID-19 pandemic would be a joke if not for the deadly consequences. Now he’s essentially telling the nation’s top infectious disease doctor to shut up. Here’s the truth: Dan Patrick is going to get more people killed. […]
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Public Hearing: It’s Time to Teach the Truth on Sex Education in Texas
More than 260 people signed up to testify at a public hearing today as the State Board of Education considers an overhaul of health education standards — including standards on sex education — for Texas public schools. Check out our press release. […]
Texas Rising Leaders Express Relief over Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling
The Supreme Court today blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program established by the previous Obama administration for undocumented young people in the United States. We just sent out this press release from Texas Rising. […]
Texas Republicans Are Promoting Racist and Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories
As protests against police racism and brutality continue to sweep across the country, the Texas Republican Party faces a growing scandal over racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories posted to social media by elected party officials at local and state levels. It’s time for Texas voters to clean house. […]
Does Saving Lives Advance Tyranny? Republican Leaders in Texas Think So
With more than 100,000 Americans already dead in the COVID-19 pandemic, new polling confirms that a substantial majority of Americans say controlling the spread of the coronavirus is more important than reopening the economy. But Republican elected officials in Texas are siding with extremists who scream that having government act to save lives is the […]
