Topic: Elections

AFT Convention 2024: Progress Is Possible, Not Guaranteed  

Publish Date: August 2, 2024

Top: AFT convention delegates and guests listen to Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, July 25. Photo by Marco Guajardo, Texas AFT. Bottom: Scenes from the four days of convention programming at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Photos by Mariana Krueger, CCR Studios.   This past week, Texas AFT welcomed the 88th biennial national AFT Convention to Houston....

Read More

New Harris for President merch added to Texas AFT store 

Publish Date: August 2, 2024

The AFT recently endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for president! We’re ready to help elect her, ensuring that public school employees’ voices are heard on the national level and that pro-voucher Republicans are kept out of office.  If you’d like to show your support for Harris, you can sport a new Texas AFT Educators for Harris T-shirt or bumper...

Read More

Billionaires are buying politicians in Texas. What are we going to do about it? 

Publish Date: August 2, 2024

Pennsylvania GOP megadonor Jeff Yass has given another $4 million to Gov. Greg Abbott to boost the governor’s bid to unseat Texas House Republicans who oppose his private school voucher scam.  The donation, revealed in July in a campaign finance report, was Yass’ second major contribution to Abbott this election cycle. The billionaire TikTok investor donated $6 million to Abbott...

Read More

Texas Democrats Unite to Defend Public Education at 2024 State Convention 

Publish Date: June 14, 2024

This past weekend, Texas Democrats gathered in El Paso for their 2024 state convention, and the tone could not have been more different from the Texas GOP Convention held in San Antonio in late May.   As speaker after speaker took the stage, one issue resonated above all others: the urgent need to protect public education from Republican attacks. Democrats were...

Read More