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March 24, 2023

Texas Bill Tries to Shroud Jail Deaths in Even More Secrecy

 Michael Barajas,
March 9, 2023

Right-Wing Task Force Will Police Elections in the Texas GOP’s Last Urban Stronghold

 Jessica Pishko,
January 27, 2023

A Texas ‘Crime Stopper’ Targeting Reform Judges Could Gain More Power Over Them

 Michael Barajas,
January 9, 2023

“Exercises in Futility”: Dallas Police Oversight Board Mired in Frustration and Inaction 

 Tyler Hicks,
December 23, 2022

Ten Questions that Will Shape Democracy and Voting Rights in 2023

 Camille Squires, Daniel Nichanian, Michael Barajas,
November 17, 2022

Election Day Problems Inflame Voter Fraud Conspiracies in Houston

 Michael Barajas,
November 3, 2022

The 30 Prosecutor and Sheriff Races that Will Shape Criminal Justice Next Week

 Michael Barajas, Daniel Nichanian,
October 21, 2022

How Years of Organizing Put Drug Reform and Diversion on the Ballot in Central Texas

 Michael Barajas,
October 7, 2022

As Election Nears, Dallas Politicians Have Few Answers for Their Jail Crisis

 Tyler Hicks,
September 15, 2022

Texas Students Are Again Battling the Closure of a Campus Polling Place

 Michael Barajas,
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August 8, 2022

How Small Towns Are Working to Protect Abortion Rights from State Threats

 Davis Giangiulio,
July 29, 2022

North Texas Conservatives Police High Turnout and Close Races as “Anomalies” Suggesting Fraud

 Michael Barajas,
July 14, 2022

Your Guide to Local Elections Where Abortion Is on the Line This Year

 Daniel Nichanian,
July 7, 2022

“In Spite of This Place”

 Michael Barajas,
June 17, 2022

“They Force You to Work”

 Michael Barajas,
May 20, 2022

The Culture Warrior Prosecutor

 Michael Barajas,
April 11, 2022

Texas Conservatives Want Private Cops to Police Elections

 Michael Barajas,
March 7, 2022

Decarcerating from the Bench

 Michael Barajas,
March 2, 2022

Big Wins for Big Lie Politics in Texas’s Republican Primaries

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 2, 2022

Greg Casar Wins Congressional Primary, Defying Attacks on Criminal Justice Reforms He Championed in Austin 

 Michael Barajas,
February 23, 2022

The DA Elections That Will Shape Prosecution in Texas This Year

 Michael Barajas, Daniel Nichanian,
February 17, 2022

“Stop the Steal” Activists Target a Texas Judge

 Michael Barajas,
February 9, 2022

Voting Rights Advocates Search for Openings to “Go Local” in Texas

 Michael Barajas,
February 25, 2021

Prosecutors Excluded Black Jurors in a Death Penalty Case. They’re Getting Away With It.

 Kyle C. Barry,
October 15, 2020

Will Texas Democrats’ Gains Topple a Trumpian Sheriff?

 Teresa Mathew,
October 1, 2020

A Police Union Official Hopes Fear Of The Defund Movement Will Propel Him To The Texas House

 Meg O'Connor,
July 10, 2020

A Texas Referendum Provides an Early Window Into Battles Over Police Budgets

 James Russell,
January 30, 2020

Blockbuster D.A. Races Rock Big Texas Counties, from Austin to Houston

 Daniel Nichanian,
September 12, 2019

Federal Judge Rebukes Houston DA for Using the Willie Horton Strategy

 Daniel Nichanian,