By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones said she isn’t budging—not until Republican lawmakers end what she calls a blatant effort to strip voting power from Black and Brown communities. “We’re all safe and we ain’t going nowhere,” Jones declared during an interview on the Let It Be […]
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Texas Democrats Stand Strong: A Familiar Fight for Democracy
By LaKeshia N. Myers History has a way of repeating itself, and as we watch Texas Democrats flee their state to block another Republican power grab, those of us who remember the Wisconsin 14’s brave stand in 2011 are experiencing a profound sense of déjà vu. Fifty Texas House Democrats have left the state to […]