Women and Youth Recovering from Domestic Violence Timely coverage of the legal needs of low-income Texas families. Distributed by the Legal Services Support Division of the State Bar of Texas. The TCRP Promotora Programs are self-advocacy groups consisting of current and former Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) clients. The programs build leadership skills and empower [...]

Posted by Richard Dunham Texas on the Potomac Blog The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc divided in two this morning, allowing President Obama to score a legal victory in the closely watched Arizona immigration case. Justice Anthony Kennedy, a nominee of President Reagan, wrote the 5-3 majority opinion that struck down several key provisions of the [...]

Texas Immigrant Advocates: DREAM Act Back on Front Burner AUSTIN, Texas — With the Obama administration’s decision Friday to defer the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented U.S. residents, immigration is fast emerging as the sleeper issue this election season. Texas border-community advocates are predicting an increase in political activity by [...]

A Zone of Their Own: How the Crawford Five fought City Hall and Defended our Constitutional Rights to Assemble and Speak Free “Texas towns have a tradition of turning their dislikes into city ordinances,” wrote the late great Molly Ivins and her co-author Lou Dubose, Editor of the Washington Spectator. “But the extent to which [...]