Texas politicos’ Islamophobic rhetoric may win with the base, but it harms us all

Islamophobic posts on social media and hate crimes against Muslims remain at an unprecedented high as GOP leaders turn up the volume on their damaging rhetoric. The post Texas politicos’ Islamophobic rhetoric may win with the base, but it harms us all appeared first on San Antonio Current.

San Antonio congressional candidate Maureen Galindo faces antisemitism accusations

San Antonio Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo is facing heat after an article and an op-ed, both appearing over the weekend in the New York Times, accused her of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories on social media. In response to the reports, Galindo doubled down on her rhetor

For Texas GOP, immigration politics show signs of fading potency

As illegal border crossings skyrocketed two years ago, Texas Republicans in unison railed against the Biden administration’s immigration policies and vowed, if given power, to seal the U.S.-Mexico border and support Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations. These days, Republicans aren’t always on

San Antonio will remain a poor city until leaders look beyond the low-income status quo

Cityscrapes is a column of opinion and analysis. The New York Times turned its attention to San Antonio late last month in the form of a lengthy feature article.  No, it wasn’t about the coming wonders of Project Marvel and its multibillion-dollar price tag, or even about Spurs’ exciting playoff run