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Jay Root

How Renting Furniture In Texas Can Land You In Jail

While other businesses have to use civil remedies when customers don’t pay their debts, the rent-to-own industry has a special tool in Texas law that lets them file criminal charges.

10月 27th, 2017

作者 Shannon Najmabadi and
Jay Root

How Renting Furniture In Texas Can Land You In Jail

When Melinda Sandlin walked out of Discount Furniture in Austin in late 2014, she was sure the store had put her on a payment plan to buy a new bedroom suite worth $2,750. A year later, after realizing she had sent in more than $3,000 for her seven-piece set, she figured she was done. So Sandlin told the store clerk she wasn’t

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Wealth redistribution Feature photo

Lee Camp:是时候进行大规模的财富再分配了-是的,我是说真的。

Bolivia Feature

玻利维亚:新政府不会对美国支持的阿涅兹政权所造成的破坏造成破坏

World Bank Feature photo

世界银行:到2021年,将有1.5亿人生活在极端贫困中

Hurricane Harvey Highlights Big Money Behind Lax Petrochemical Reporting

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, an exploding chemical plant and spikes in cancer-causing emissions are highlighting how little the public knows about potential dangers from the oil and chemical industries. Critics say one reason for the darkness: tons of campaign money.

9月 07th, 2017

作者 Jay Root

Hurricane Harvey Highlights Big Money Behind Lax Petrochemical Reporting

Unlike any past storm — natural or man-made — Hurricane Harvey has exposed the fault lines between the politically powerful Texas petrochemical industry and the public’s right to know what dangers lie within their facilities. In Crosby, on the outskirts of Houston, French-owned Arkema 

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Austin Police protest Feature photo

奥斯汀警察通过暴力镇压应对警察的野蛮抗议

Bahia Amawi | Israel Boycott

德克萨斯教育家因拒绝向以色列宣誓而被解雇后提起诉讼

fracking pipelines explode

Fracking Pipelines爆炸后七家医院

Liquor Regulators Are Partying On Texas Taxpayers’ Tab

Texas alcohol regulators know how to party: records show they’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars to travel to swanky resorts where liquor flows and industry lobbyists abound.

3月 27th, 2017

作者 Jay Root

Liquor Regulators Are Partying On Texas Taxpayers’ Tab

No agency can kill a buzz quicker than the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, but behind the scenes state liquor regulators have shown they know how to party — all on the tab of taxpayers and members of an industry they oversee. Consider the boozy junket the top TABC brass took to San Diego in the summer of 2015 — depicted in a humorous

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A Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force pilot adjusts his oxygen mask while in the cockpit of a an American-made F-5 Tiger II aircraft prior to flying a training mission at Williams Air Force Base.

五角大楼以“亏损”数万亿美元而闻名“会计错误”并免费加油沙特也门轰炸机

A Royal Wedding for a Nation Sinking Ever-Deeper into Inequality

israel

The Israel Lobby is Slowly Being Dragged Into the Light

Rick Perry Scrambles To Divest From Energy Sector, Wall Street Ahead Of Confirmation

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, now the nominee for U.S. energy secretary, is moving to disentangle himself from potential conflicts of interest.

1月 12th, 2017

作者 Jay Root

Rick Perry Scrambles To Divest From Energy Sector, Wall Street Ahead Of Confirmation

(REPORT) --- Former Gov. Rick Perry, who saw a financial windfall in the private sector thanks in part to wealthy donors he cultivated while in state office, has begun to disentangle himself from assets and consulting relationships that could present a conflict of

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Rick Perry | Saudi Arabia

参议员要求详细说明特朗普政府对沙特秘密核武器计划的援助

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for Israel, the next stop in Trump's international tour, at King Khalid International Airport, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP/Evan Vucci)

特朗普行政当局补充以色列努力向沙特阿拉伯提供核武器

big oil pipeline protesters

今晚编辑突出显示针对管道抗议者的新法律,罚款$ Millon,10年监禁

8 Border Security Secrets You’re Not Supposed To Know

Trying to get beyond the rhetoric on border security or immigration at the state or federal level is often a fool’s errand. Here are eight secrets in those often shadowy arenas.

1月 03rd, 2017

作者 Jay Root

8 Border Security Secrets You’re Not Supposed To Know

(REPORT) --- Illegal immigration and border security were top issues in 2016, and recent pronouncements by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, President-elect Donald Trump and others suggest they will remain red-hot into the New Year. But trying to get beyond the rhetoric at

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Harris Ice Queen Feature photo

拜登(Biden)选择卡玛拉·哈里斯(Kamala Harris)在中美洲运送胡萝卜和棍子

Joe Biden Feature photo

残破的承诺标志着拜登的第一个月

Biden Immigration Feature photo

从集中营到溢出设施:由拜登负责,媒体忘记了关在笼子里的孩子

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