Equality Texas CEO Ricardo Martinez said Texas has filed more anti-LGBTQ bills this session than any other state legislature.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Our report on The Texas Tribune’s staff diversity in 2020
If the calamity and catastrophe of the last year taught us anything, it’s that we must do more to ensure our newsroom resembles Texas — and our journalism better reflects the communities we cover.
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Demographics
“Stand up with us”: Texans speak out at Stop Asian Hate Rally
Hundreds of people gathered to discuss taking collective action against anti-Asian discrimination during a recent rally and vigil at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin.
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Texas Legislature 2021
As Islamic holidays near, Texas Muslims back bill creating a more inclusive calendar for government employees
Texas Muslims view a recently introduced bill offering government employees days off for Islamic holidays as a step toward inclusivity.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Texas business leaders say Legislature’s anti-LGBTQ bills could hurt the state’s economy
Texas Competes, which is made up of more than 1,450 Texas employers, chambers of commerce, tourism bureaus and industry associations, is advocating the “economic case for equality.”
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Texas Legislature 2021
Transgender students in Texas would be barred from school sports teams matching their gender identity under a bill advanced by state Senate
The proposal would prohibit students from participating in a sport “that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student’s biological sex as determined at the student’s birth.”
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Texas Legislature 2021
Texas Republicans say their proposed voting restrictions are color blind. But many see “Jim Crow in a tuxedo.”
An outraged Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick castigated those implying that GOP efforts to restrict Texas voting are racist. But the state has a history of marginalizing voters of color, and many business leaders, voting rights advocates and Democrats see it taking another step down that path.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Bills restricting abortion, including one that bans procedure as early as six weeks, gets Texas Senate OK
The slate of bills must still go to the House for approval.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Hispanic Texans are still struggling to get vaccines. Here’s how Dallas is trying to change that.
Grassroots organizers and county employees are organizing registration events in some of the underserved neighborhoods in the city. But they still worry it won’t be enough.
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Coronavirus in Texas
White Republicans are refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine more than any other demographic group in Texas
In Texas, 59% of Republicans either said they are reluctant to get the vaccine or would refuse it outright, according to the February University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.