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Last year, eleven separate marijuana-related bills were introduced in the Texas legislature, and next year we can probably expect eleven more. Candidates for local offices in Austin and Houston are running on marijuana decriminalization platforms, and the Dallas city council is poised to implement a “cite and release” pilot program for low-level possession offenders. It’s beginning to feel like a movement, and forgive us for saying so, but it’s high time.

Gay‐Straight Alliances, or GSAs, are student‐led and student‐organized school clubs that aim to create a safe, welcoming, and accepting school environment for all youth, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. While school administrators sometimes balk at allowing students to start GSAs, federal law guarantees that students at public high schools have the right to do so. Here are the list of the most common objections to GSAs, and how to combat them:

Our government is going after mothers and children trying to escape bloody violence.

Our Government Continues to Blatantly Ignore Horrors of Families' PlightThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security rang in the New Year by casting a nationwide dragnet targeting Central American asylum seekers for deportation to their home countries. In addition to the raids, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson likewise announced an "expanded messaging campaign" that would "educate those considering the journey north... about the dangerous realities of that journey."

These are the reforms Texas needs to ensure tragedies like Sandra Bland's never happen again.

Originally posted on notonemoredeportation.com.

Texas officials want to violate the Constitution by closing our doors on refugees fleeing our enemies.

In order to bring equality to Houston, we need more education, more pressure, and a fresh push by the new city council.

Without an Equal Rights Ordinance, discrimination claims cost thousands and last for years.