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Voting Rights Act

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Feds Block Texas's Voter ID Law: Unfair to Hispanics, They Say

    Texas's strict new voter ID law, put in place by this past session's Tea Party legislature to stem the tidal wave of voter fraud that is actually not happening at all, has been blocked by the U.S. Department of Justice. The new law unfairly targets Hispanic voters, the feds said. "[T]he state has ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    The Red-Light Camera Circus

    Step right up, folks: Passion, deceit, money, lots of money, double dealing and a mayor with more flip-flops in her than a Cirque du Soleil acrobat!

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Redistricting GOP Was "Very, Very Clever" in Limiting Minorities' Voting Power, Expert Testifies

    Richard Murray talks of the GOP, blacks and the Tea Party.​Republicans found "very, very clever ways" to minimize minority voting opportunities in new Congressional and House maps passing in June, University of Houston professor Richard Murray told a three-judge panel during the redistricting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Redrawing Fiefdoms in Ye Olde HISD

    Margaret DowningGene Locke walked HISD trustees through redistricting, Chapter 1​The Hispanic population continues to boom, the Anglo drip-drip-drip away to suburbia continues, there's a small decline among African Americans in Houston ISD and the district's biggest gain percentage wise is in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    A Protest Playlist For The March On Washington Avenue

    ​Saturday marks the 47th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the huge civil rights rally in Washington D.C. where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. This rally is largely credited for helping to put enough pressure on Washington to pass the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Pop Rocks: It Was You, Don Draper...You Broke My Heart

    ​We're two weeks into the new season of Mad Men and already we've witnessed the event that may signify the ultimate spiritual and mental collapse of series lynchpin Don Draper. No, I'm not talking about his post-Christmas party tryst with Allison, his loyal secretary (loyal to a fault, it wou ... More >>

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Jump-starting a Political Engine

    Will Montrose come home in 2001?

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Rebmaster

    Web designer George Kalas wanted to re-fight the Civil War. Instead, he started one in his own movement.

  • News

    July 17, 1997

    The Insider

    Web designer George Kalas wanted to re-fight the Civil War. Instead, he started one in his own movement.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    The Great Decolorizer

    As a student radical in the late sixties, Ed Blum fought for affirmative action. Now, as a middle- aged neocon, he wants to destroy it.

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