“Cecile Richards has created generations of troublemakers who will never stop fighting for the Texas we deserve and the communities we love.” Richards, who passed away Tuesday at 67, was interviewed for the current print issue of the Texas Observer.
The Texas Observer
Cecile Richards Isn’t Giving Up the Fight
Despite a brain cancer diagnosis and political setbacks, the Texas native is investing in a new strategy: abortion storytelling for the TikTok age.
 #abortion #activism #politics #USpol #news #Texas #history #health #HumanRights
Donald Trump can order all federal agencies—even the National Hurricane Center—to use the new name in documents, websites, and future maps. But state and local officials are another matter—to say nothing of other countries.
The Texas Observer
Name Games: Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Move Flouts History, International Cooperation
The president could just as logically rename the body of water the “Chinese Sea,” one historian argues.
 #GulfCoast #water #politics #USpol #news #DonaldTrump #Trump #Mexico #history
“There’s more than one way to get the voice of the people amplified. It’s not always at the ballot box. If we get such an overwhelming cry against this policy, I think you’re going to see House members tell the speaker not to let the policy come to the [House] floor.”
The Texas Observer
'They Bought a Legislature': What the GOP's Gains Mean for Vouchers in Texas
Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Governor Abbott’s school voucher majority for the 2025 session.
 #TXlege #news #education #vouchers #Republicans #GregAbbott #schools #Texas #politics #USpol
“Cecile Richards has created generations of troublemakers who will never stop fighting for the #Texas we deserve and the communities we love. Her passing is a devastating loss to our movement, but the echo of her life will live on in every rally we hold, testimony we deliver, and vote we cast.”
The Texas Observer
Cecile Richards Isn’t Giving Up the Fight
Despite a brain cancer diagnosis and political setbacks, the Texas native is investing in a new strategy: abortion storytelling for the TikTok age.
 #history #women #abortion #activism #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights