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He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials.
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Listen to an audio version of this article. It was mid-afternoon on September 28, 2021, when Antelmo Ramirez began acting strange. A 57-year-old originally from the...
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‘He Failed to Signal’: When DPS Traffic Stops Turn Deadly
As Texas state troopers patrol Austin streets in their dark, imposing SUVs, old patterns follow in tow. Data shows that within the first month of the agency’s partnership with the City of Austin,...
View ArticleFast & Furious XI: Texas’ Transgender Youth
Like Fast & Furious X, yesterday’s decision by the Texas Legislature to approve SB 14—a bill banning hormone and puberty-blocking treatments as well as surgeries for transgender children—is just...
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Wrecking Women’s Healthcare
This story was supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Mondays are Access Esperanza’s busiest days. Some of the women who come seeking care may wait for a...
View ArticleTexans Die from Heat After Governor Bans Mandatory Water Breaks
As a part of a bill critics have dubbed the “Death Star” bill—an expansive law that preempts legislation in eight key areas of local government—the Legislature has overridden local ordinances that...
View ArticleAfter Dobbs, Native People Face a Web of Obstacles to Reproductive Care
Originally published by Truthout. Subscribe to Truthout‘s newsletter. Abortion access was already a near impossibility for people receiving services through the Indian Health Service (IHS), even...
View ArticleSave the Mothers
The United States has the worst maternal mortality rates of any wealthy country, by a lot, and the rates are increasing. The rate of Black mothers dying is more than twice as high as that for white...
View ArticleThe Difficulties of Tracking Maternal Mortality After ‘Dobbs’
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Since the...
View ArticleStudy: More Infants Die in States that Restrict Abortion
Originally published by Truthout. Subscribe to their newsletter here. States with abortion restrictions suffer a 16 percent increase in infant mortality rate, according to a new study published in the...
View ArticleThe Reason Texans Can’t Vote on Abortion and Weed
On Tuesday evening, Ohioans resoundingly passed a pair of ballot measures to provide constitutional protection for abortion and legalize recreational marijuana use. Like Texas, Ohio is a GOP...
View ArticleWomen’s Lives Are on the Ballot This November
Fifty-one years ago on January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision, Roe v. Wade, which recognized a woman’s right to privacy when it comes to their reproductive health. My...
View ArticleAfter Abortion Ban, Texas Teen Birth Rate Rises
A 15-year decline in Texas teen birth rates slid to a stop—and converted into a modest increase in 2022, the year after the state Legislature implemented what was the nation’s strongest ban on...
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Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks For Polluters
A booming petrochemical buildout on the Gulf Coast has drawn billions of dollars in public subsidies from state tax abatement programs despite regular violations of pollution permits, according to a...
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Clearing the Air
Most people survive the Coronavirus with their kidneys intact. But not 34-year-old Austin resident Vanessa Ramos. An experienced community organizer with nonprofits like the Sierra Club, Ramos was...
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Dade Phelan’s Efforts to Expand Healthcare Still Leave Many Struggling in His...
Three years ago, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan unveiled a set of bills that he declared would improve the health of millions of Texans, largely by expanding access to healthcare. The measures,...
View ArticleWater Scarcity and Clean Energy Collide in South Texas
A chemical company, Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc., has purchased the last available water supply from the Nueces River of South Texas, raising concerns as reservoirs dwindle and drought persists. Avina’s...
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