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In the run-up to the November general election, in the combative months afterward and then through the Texas legislative session, “Texas Matters” focused its reporting on voting rights and recurring attacks on democratic institutions through in-depth and original reporting.
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The Republican-controlled state legislature is working to pass a historic sweeping overhaul to the way that elections are run in Texas. They say this is necessary for election security or to restore public confidence in elections.
Democrats and voting rights activists dispute that. They point to what s in the bills and say this will make voting difficult for certain demographics who historically have supported Democrats.
In this special Texas Matters program, we sift through the facts, testimony, historic record and pick through these proposed laws to help you answer the question: is this battle over the ballot box for security or suppression?
Beto O Rourke in El Paso on his way to becoming a Volunteer Deputy Registrar
The Republican leadership of Texas state government continue their drive for an overhaul on Texas elections that will make being able to vote more difficult for many. The lawmakers behind the bills say this is necessary because the state needs greater election security against voter fraud. Voting rights activists say that’s a sham and the real reason is to suppress the voting in communities more likely to vote for Democrats.
This week Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick a Republican condemned those who oppose these so-called voter security bills.
Demetrius Hardison practices classical guitar at Gardner Betts Juvenile Detention Center.
The corrido occupies a special place in the musical lives of many Mexican Americans. The songs frequently tell the stories of a people in the grips of trying times but often delivered with a contrasting upbeat tempo. Even in these sometimes woeful songs there is a constant lyrical quality of hope, resilience and perseverance.
The corrido is a ballad that traditionally features historical or topical information with the mentioning of a specific place, date and cast of characters.
Yet the corrido is flexible enough to be reborn with new generations claiming the genre as its own and then adding to the history with new songs about their own discoveries, injustices and ironies.