Beyond the Budget: The Human Reality Behind Texas’ New Education Savings Account Program
By Courtney Parker Lopez As the Texas summer heat began to wane and school buses resumed their morning routes, more than 85,000 families across the Lone Star State embarked on…
Beyond the Warehouse: How One Administrator Transformed Texas’s Most Punitive School System
On July 22, 2015, Jorge Meave walked onto the campus of the Del Valle Independent School District’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP). His official start date was still weeks away,…
The Childhood Pipeline: Inside Texas’ Controversial Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs
For most families, a child’s sixth birthday is a milestone marked by cake, gifts, and the simple joys of early childhood. For a mother named Melissa, however, her son’s sixth…
The Legal Tug-of-War Over Texas SB 4: A Comprehensive Analysis of the State’s New Immigration Enforcement Powers
In a landmark decision that has sent shockwaves through the American legal and political landscape, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Texas to implement…
Federal Accountability: ICE Agent Arrested in Texas Following Minneapolis Shooting and Alleged Cover-Up
MINNEAPOLIS — In a significant development for federal-state legal relations, Christian Castro, a 52-year-old agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was arrested in Texas on Friday. The arrest…
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Texas to Proceed with Contested Congressional Maps, Sparking Outcry Over Racial Gerrymandering
In a decision that has sent shockwaves through the civil rights community, the U.S. Supreme Court has formally reversed a preliminary injunction that would have barred Texas from utilizing its…

















