FIFA In The Sun, Soccer In The Shadow
Rick Majumdar, Fight Back! News Dallas, TX – Soccer is globally celebrated. It is the most consumed sport in the world. At least a billion people tune in to watch…
‘Kansas Was Going To Be The First Domino That Fell’: Red States Are Making Lists Of Trans People As Surveillance Ramps Up
States including Kansas, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee are looking to collect information about people who sought gender-affirming care or changed gender markers on documents Nick Fulton for Prism Kansas, Texas,…
Trump Administration Faces Backlash Over $1 Billion Wind Project Cancellation Deal
ScheerPost Staff The Trump administration is facing sharp criticism after reaching a nearly $1 billion agreement with TotalEnergies that will end major offshore wind development plans along the eastern United…
University of Texas Regents Approve Limits on Teaching ‘Unnecessary Controversial Subjects’
Opponents warned the policy’s vagueness could push professors to self-censor and leave students less prepared for the workplace.
Immigrant Children Lead Uprising at Texas Detention Center
The immigrant jail, where many children are detained, has “horrible” conditions, including “putrid” drinking water.
A Texas Man Was Found Innocent 70 Years After the State Executed Him
By Victoria Valenzuela / Substack In 1953, Tommy Lee Walker was 19 years old when he was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, executed by the state of Texas less…
Texas’ Chilling Academic Freedom Crackdown Sees Plato Passages Excised
A Texas A&M professor was forced to choose between editing his syllabus or teaching another course.
FBI Helping GOP Track Down Texas Democrats Denounced as ‘Threat to Our Democracy’
"They're grandstanding. There literally is no federal law applicable to this situation—none," said the governor of Illinois, which is hosting some of the lawmakers trying to prevent GOP gerrymandering.
Texas House Orders Arrest of Dem Lawmakers Who Left State to Block GOP Gerrymandering
However, experts said the warrants are effectively unenforceable, given that the lawmakers fled to Democrat-controlled states.
The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the…
Texas Flood Kills 82+, Including 28 Kids, Amid Drought, Trump Cuts to Weather Service, NOAA & FEMA
The speed and scale of the natural disaster has raised questions about why officials weren’t better prepared, and whether the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific positions exacerbated the situation.
Is Juneteenth, Our New National Holiday, a Delusion?
By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost This article was originally posted on June 19, 2023. We are reposting it in honor of Juneteenth. On June 16, 2023, the White…
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes…
And the Winners of the 2024 Shkreli Awards for Worst Healthcare Profiteering Are…
"All these stories paint a picture of a healthcare industry in desperate need of transformation," said the head of the think tank behind the awards.
Christian Nationalism Marches on With ‘Bible-Infused’ Texas Curriculum
"What we're seeing here in Texas with these lessons is a larger national push to promote the idea that American identity and Christian identity are woven together, are one in…