Ep. 77 Ruby Powers - Immigration Update

Trans stories should be told by trans people. So this week transgender Houstonian Pete Makopoulos-Senftleber shares his story with guest host Lou Weaver.

Attorney General Ken Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott have opened up their party’s anti-trans reign of terror to the executive branch of Texas government and focused their cruel sights on transgender children. This week we talk to one of the attorneys fighting to defend Texas transgender children.

Texas Republicans have caricatured critical race theory into a boogie man in order to give them the political justification to change the narrative of history itself. Join us this week as we discuss  the GOP attempt to whitewash Texas history.

Georgia progressives are clearly doing something right.  So what should Texas learn from Georgia? Our guest this week, Delilah Agho-Otoghile, is uniquely situated to provide an answer, as a Houston organizer and Democratic strategist who played a leading role in Georgia’s success!

Progressives must embrace the indispensable digital tools of our age.  So join us this week as we discuss the State of Digital for Progressives in 2022 with Benjamin Hernandez!

Join us this week as we check in on the status of US immigration under the new administration with Houston immigration attorney, Ruby Powers.

Democracy is fragile during any time. But during times like this, when it is directly under assault, it cannot survive without a Mass Movement. We must fight for it. And that “we,” must be literally everyone.

Join us this week as we revisit the topic of our community and governmental response to flooding in the first of a series of episodes on climate justice.

It's that time of year again, election season! In what is becoming an H-Town Progressive tradition, this week we cover the eight ballot propositions that will appear on this November's ballot, with the great Andrea Greer!

It feels like we’re experiencing a Great Unraveling right now, with facts, science, decency, and humanity itself giving way to hatred, greed & bigotry. So how do you build bridges amid all this? With creative, thoughtful, resilient, and tough progressives, like our guest today, Sasha  Legette.