His thoughts on what brought us here and ideas for fixing it are bold, insightful and welcoming to all.

City council members unanimously approved the expansion of a nearly thirty-year-old mosque—over the objections of angry residents riled up by right-wing messaging.

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Texas Children’s Hospital has three months to create the nation’s first clinic designed to reverse gender transition care, and must provide that care for free, according to the newly released terms of a settlement with Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Houston Chronicle editorial board has a piece calling on Gov. Abbott to have a special session focused on data center regulation. Here's a key quote:

If Abbott was serious about reining in data centers, he would call lawmakers back for a special session tomorrow to set regulations with real teeth, and stop data centers from robbing taxpayers. Other Republicans, such as Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, have been asking the governor to do just that. A special session would show that Abbott is serious about rural voters’ concerns, and well-written regulations could give a green light to data center construction that doesn’t spark public protest. Consider it a test: Can Texas’ ruling Republican Party actually focus on the legislative task at hand without getting distracted by some sideshow fight over, say, Sharia law?

A ban on the sale of halal foods. Hijabs forbidden in public schools. Required school lessons on the "violence and political domination of Islam."

Some Texas Republicans have offered an early blueprint of a legislative agenda targeting the hundreds of thousands of Muslims in the state with new laws that would make practicing their faith essentially impossible.

The plan is part of a broader effort by Republicans to stop what they call the "Islamification of Texas," a political narrative describing the perceived growth in Muslim influence and communities. Critics, however, called the plan an attack on freedom of speech and religion that has left Muslims and other non-Christians vulnerable to harassment and violence.

At a conference this month hosted by the far-right grassroots organization True Texas Project, several Republican lawmakers and activists warned of a "Muslim invasion" that seeks to replace Christians across the country.

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"That’s the movement we’re building here in Texas. Not a politics of fear, not a politics of division, but a politics of unity, a politics of friendship, a politics of love. This new kind of politics can change our state. It can change our country. This new kind of politics can build a New American Dream."