Zencity touts its Listen module as an innovative way to “build community trust.” Do the local officials using the tool across Texas have the same aim?

Zencity touts its Listen module as an innovative way to “build community trust.” Do the local officials using the tool across Texas have the same aim?

The Texas Democratic Party once owned the state. It even did some good things. Then it collapsed, and boy, has it stayed collapsed. Ah, but if James Talarico wins ...

As the strong mayor of Texas' largest city, the former dean of the Texas Senate should be able to get his way in Houston. But he faces a shrinking ability to do so without vindictive state…

As the strong mayor of Texas' largest city, the former dean of the Texas Senate should be able to get his way in Houston. But he faces a shrinking ability to do so without vindictive state…

As the strong mayor of Texas' largest city, the former dean of the Texas Senate should be able to get his way in Houston. But he faces a shrinking ability to do so without vindictive state…

As the strong mayor of Texas' largest city, the former dean of the Texas Senate should be able to get his way in Houston. But he faces a shrinking ability to do so without vindictive state Republicans...

As the strong mayor of Texas' largest city, the former dean of the Texas Senate should be able to get his way in Houston. But he faces a shrinking ability to do so without vindictive state Republicans...

As the strong mayor of Texas' largest city, the former dean of the Texas Senate should be able to get his way in Houston. But he faces a shrinking ability to do so without vindictive state…

Al Green was a fighter past his prime, and Houstonians finally chose a new direction. But a post-Voting Rights Act world means that intraparty fights over Black representation are just beginning.

A new book recounts how San Francisco tenant organizers took on tech-fueled displacement in the 2010s. Their campaigns were brave, media-savvy, and sometimes successful — but the conditions that made ...

An appeal is coming, but the conviction of several protesters on charges of providing “material support” for terrorism is a chilling sign.

The Dem primary for the 18th Congressional District pits two generations of politicians—Christian Menefee and Al Green—against each other.

After 23 years in solitary confinement, Alvaro “Xinachtli” Hernandez’s health is failing him. So is the system.

Four people ran for chair of the Tarrant County GOP. When no one received more than 50% of the votes, three candidates conceded.

The federal government rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. The case is the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on left-wing groups ...

A network of PACs, and political consultants and lobbyists has quietly infiltrated school board elections. From Steven Monacelli.

The federal government rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. The case is the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on left-wing groups ...