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Rear view of large group of students raising their hands to answer the question on a class at elementary school. (Getty Images)

Former far-right GOPer: Billionaires using school board races to sow distrust in public education

Jeremy Schwartz
Stack of books on table at library (Getty images/Kenishirotie)

Texas school board GOP hardliner rejects her party’s extremism after actually reading the curriculum

Jeremy Schwartz
Shot of a shelf with books in an empty library (Getty Images/LumiNola)

“It’s the transgender, LGBTQ”: Secret recording catches superintendent ordering removal of books

Mike Hixenbaugh, Jeremy Schwartz
A construction crew works on a section of privately built border wall funded by hardline immigration group We Build The Wall on December 11, 2019 near Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)

“Catastrophic failure”: DOJ tried to hide report warning private border wall in Texas could collapse

Perla Trevizo, Jeremy Schwartz
Former President Donald Trump and Pastor Robert Morris at a roundtable with faith leaders, law enforcement officials, and small business owners at Gateway Church Dallas Campus in Dallas, Texas, on June 11, 2020. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Experts: These churches violate law by endorsing candidates — should have tax-exempt status revoked

Jessica Priest, Jeremy Schwartz, Chris Morran
Faith leaders pray over President Donald Trump during a 'Evangelicals for Trump' campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on Jan. 3, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Churches are breaking the law by endorsing in elections — but the IRS is looking the other way

Jeremy Schwartz, Jessica Priest
Vote here sign in front of an election site. (Stephen Morton/Getty Images)

Election administrators are under attack — here’s what that means for the upcoming midterms

Jeremy Schwartz
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)

“It makes no sense”: 18-year-olds in Texas can buy AR-15s but not handguns

Kiah Collier, Jeremy Schwartz
A sign warns of icy conditions on Interstate Highway 35 on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

How Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather

Jeremy Schwartz, Kiah Collier, Vianna Davila
President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, CA. (Getty/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Trump administration spent millions on border wall contracts to build on land it doesn’t own

Perla Trevizo, Jeremy Schwartz
US President Donald Trump visits the US-Mexico border fence in Otay Mesa, California on September 18, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump administration has awarded border wall contracts on land in Texas it doesn’t own

Perla Trevizo, Jeremy Schwartz
US President Donald Trump visits the US-Mexico border fence in Otay Mesa, California on September 18, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Records show Trump’s border wall is costing taxpayers billions more than initial contracts

Perla Trevizo, Jeremy Schwartz
The United States-Mexico border wall spray painted black (Photo illustration by Salon/AFP/Getty Images)

New engineering report finds privately built border wall will fail

Jeremy Schwartz, Perla Trevizo
The United States-Mexico border wall spray painted black (Photo illustration by Salon/AFP/Getty Images)

He built a privately funded border wall. It’s already at risk of falling down if not fixed

Jeremy Schwartz, Perla Trevizo
Migrants held in temporary fencing underneath the Paso Del Norte Bridge await processing on March 28, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. (Getty/Christ Chavez)

At the border, there is a high risk for coronavirus, but testing is in short supply

Lomi Kriel, Jeremy Schwartz