Civil Rights - Texas Outlaw Writers

A Soldier's Duty

"I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other. One of them [soldiers] literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, ‘Fuck them kids.’”

Trump

Oh, Lost!

Wolfe, like most of us in America today, was mourning the inescapable truth that time moves forward and that we cannot ever truly return to what we once knew, which might be our country’s ugly fate.

Border

Children of the Cane

It appeared a teenaged goat herder had been shot dead by a U.S. Marine on an anti-drug deployment. Esequiel had wanted to be Marine and had a recruiting poster hanging above his bed. When his death was confirmed, Esequiel’s younger brother tore the picture from the wall in their parents’ adobe home.

Racism

Sorry, We Had to Cancel the Dream

That throbbing, angry vein on America's forehead. Sure, the arc of the moral universe is long, but was it supposed to go backward?

Civil Rights

The ACLU: The OG Defenders of Liberty, Still Fighting Today

A million + members today, 500 staff attorneys, and thousands more volunteer in ACLU offices nationwide. They stand up to injustice using the Constitution as their shield. The right-wing efforts to turn America into a fascist nation keep them in business. But it’s the work they’re used to doing.

Civil Rights

A Tribute to the Champions of Democracy Whose Names You May or May Not Know

This midterm election cycle is rife with election deniers, poll worker intimidation and attacks on elected officials. It is a perfect time to remember a few of the courageous people who wrongly faced imprisonment, brutality, and death by those intent upon sabotaging fair elections and human rights.

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