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Oct 4, 20223 min read

Election Protection at Work: Improving Voting Access for People With Disabilities

Our Election Protection team often says that if you have any issues voting, you should call 866-OUR-VOTE. But how does a phone call help...

Sep 19, 20222 min read

Young People Getting Fired Up To Vote in Texas

New analysis from political data from the polling firm TargetSmart found that while Texas’ new voter registrants are evenly split between...

Sep 19, 20221 min read

What’s The Difference Between Poll Workers, Poll Watchers, and Poll Monitors?

We hear a lot about various groups related to the polling place, and it can get confusing to distinguish between them. Let's break down...

Sep 8, 20222 min read

Carl Blair Reflects on His Time as an Election Protection Legal Volunteer

My parents were both born in the early 1950s, well over a decade before the Voting Rights Act changed the very fabric of our democracy. ...

Sep 7, 20222 min read

Luke Freedman Reaffirms His Passion for Public Interest Law as a Summer Law Clerk for TCRP

Earlier this summer, as a Summer Law Clerk for TCRP, I was in a meeting with TCRP Attorney’s discussing legal strategy for a suit against...

Sep 1, 20222 min read

The Facts on Senate Bill 1: Changes in Texas Election Law since 2020

In the aftermath of a persistent myth regarding a stolen 2020 presidential election, partisan policymakers trumpeted measures to reshape,...

Aug 31, 20222 min read

Kaylie Hidalgo Discovers Hope for Texas as a TCRP Law Clerk

As a law student aspiring to pursue civil rights law and contribute to progressive change, it was difficult to find my footing in the...

Aug 29, 20221 min read

New: TCRP Election Protection CLE Trainings

Early voting in the 2022 Election starts in two months! Are you prepared to cast your ballot? Our Election Protection team spent this...

Aug 24, 20222 min read

Dustin Rynders Returns to TCRP to Lead Criminal Injustice Team

As a native Texan, I first interned at TCRP almost 20 years ago. Even then, I felt immediately at home among like-minded justice...

Aug 16, 20222 min read

Gabby Camilleri Defends Immigrants Rights As A Summer Law Clerk At TCRP

I was in my sophomore year of college when Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) was rescinded. At that moment, I became committed...

Aug 11, 20223 min read

Zoe Farkas Reflects on Criminal Injustice Reform as a Summer Law Clerk at TCRP

The first time I truly grappled with the pervasive problem of police brutality was as a high school freshman in 2012, after the murder of...

Aug 4, 20224 min read

How TCRP Continues to Fight Family Separation

By Kassandra Gonzalez and Georgina Guzman Many people came to know about family separations through our work in South Texas in 2018....

Jul 28, 20223 min read

Concerning School Policing In Pasadena ISD Requires New Community Action

After several years working in education, I decided to go to law school to use my passion for teaching to be a lawyer for the kids the...

Jul 20, 20222 min read

"Democracy from the Ground Up" Launches Powerful Campaign Ahead of Pivotal 2022 Election

Today, we are launching the 2022 Democracy From The Ground Up campaign to increase voter participation across Texas ahead of the midterm...

Jun 30, 20224 min read

Chelsea Alatriste Reflects on Her Gap Year at TCRP

After seeing an alarming video of a staff attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project being shoved into an elevator by the Department of...

Jun 16, 20222 min read

Mimi Marziani Stepping Down As President After An Exciting Seven Years at TCRP

After serving as President for nearly seven years, I will be stepping down at the end of this year. It has been an absolute honor to...

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