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Critics say that freedom was never in jeopardy.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/09/texas-values-campaigns-promote-merry-christmas-law/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/14/perry-social-conservatives-and-the-road-to-the-top/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerrySocialConservs_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerrySocialConservs_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Caleb Bryant Miller</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/14/perry-social-conservatives-and-the-road-to-the-top/">Perry, Social Conservatives and the Road to the Top</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:00:00 -0500" title="2011-07-14 05:00"> July 14, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/14/perry-social-conservatives-and-the-road-to-the-top/comments/"><span class="value">13</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> sits at the top of one of the country's most conservative state Republican parties, having forged a coalition of economic, religious and social conservatives that helped him become the state's longest-serving governor — and poised for a national political run. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/14/perry-social-conservatives-and-the-road-to-the-top/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/11/cecile-richards-in-tx-defends-planned-parenthood/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/PP_Still_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/PP_Still_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/11/cecile-richards-in-tx-defends-planned-parenthood/">Cecile Richards in TX, Defends Planned Parenthood</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/twiseman/">Todd Wiseman</a> and Thanh Tan </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 11 May 2011 18:42:38 -0500" title="2011-05-11 18:42"> May 11, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/11/cecile-richards-in-tx-defends-planned-parenthood/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards, a native Texan and daughter of former Gov. Ann Richards, visited the capitol on Wednesday to defend funding for womens' health services. She discussed "legislative assaults" against the organization's family planning services, why government funding isn't used for abortions, and her mother's legacy.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/05/11/cecile-richards-in-tx-defends-planned-parenthood/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/19/tribweek-top-texas-news-for-week-of-mar-14-2011/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/3-14-11tribweek-800x530_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/3-14-11tribweek-800x530_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Ben Hasson</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/19/tribweek-top-texas-news-for-week-of-mar-14-2011/">TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of Mar. 14, 2011</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:00:00 -0500" title="2011-03-19 05:00"> March 19, 2011 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Grissom on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-dept-criminal-justice/texas-department-of-criminal-justice/budget-cuts-would-undo-prison-re-entry-reforms/">threats to re-entry programs</a> for criminals, Hamilton on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/university-of-texas-system/ut-system-reassigns-odonnell-were-listening/">tempest</a> over the direction of UT, E. Smith's interview with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-news-media/triblive/triblive-straus-taxes-abortion-guns-and-birthers/">Joe Straus</a>, Stiles and Chang's new <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-lobbying/lobby-and-lobbyists/texas-lobbying-directory-details-spending-clients/">lobbying</a> app, M. Smith and Weber on where state officeholders <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-officials-children-education/">send their children</a> to school, Aaronson on allowing <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/opponents-fight-nuclear-plant/">new nuclear power plants</a>, Aguilar on how Hispanic Republicans are handling <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/gop-members-call-for-reform-less-punitive-laws/">immigration issues</a>, Ramshaw talks abortion with Planned Parennthood's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-health-resources/abortion-texas/cecile-richards-the-tt-interview/">Cecile Richards</a>, Tan and Dehn on tapping the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/will-texas-house-support-rainy-day-compromise-/">Rainy Day Fund</a> and Galbraith on San Antonio and its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/water-supply/in-san-antonio-a-focus-on-land-conservation/">water</a>: The best of our best content from March 14 to 18, 2011.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/19/tribweek-top-texas-news-for-week-of-mar-14-2011/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_5"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/17/cecile-richards-the-tt-interview/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Cecile-Richards_PP_Tri_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Cecile-Richards_PP_Tri_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Marjorie Kamys Cotera/Caleb Bryant Miller/Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/17/cecile-richards-the-tt-interview/">Cecile Richards: The TT Interview</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/emily-ramshaw/">Emily Ramshaw</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 17 Mar 2011 05:00:00 -0500" title="2011-03-17 05:00"> March 17, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/17/cecile-richards-the-tt-interview/comments/"><span class="value">19</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The president of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late Democratic Gov. Ann Richards on Republican lawmakers’ efforts to defund her organization, a Texas attorney general’s opinion she says will keep low-income women from preventative care, and how her mother would’ve handled all of this. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/17/cecile-richards-the-tt-interview/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_6"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/08/students-talk-sex-at-the-capitol/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB0581_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio speaks to youth group in Austin to advocate for more comprehensive sex education in public schools. March 8th, 2011"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150928025255/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB0581_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio speaks to youth group in Austin to advocate for more comprehensive sex education in public schools. March 8th, 2011" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio speaks to youth group in Austin to advocate for more comprehensive sex education in public schools. March 8th, 2011</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/08/students-talk-sex-at-the-capitol/">Students Talk Sex at the Capitol</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Christopher Smith Gonzalez </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:47:07 -0600" title="2011-03-08 15:47"> March 8, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/08/students-talk-sex-at-the-capitol/comments/"><span class="value">15</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>High school and college students from across Texas came to the Capitol today to talk sex ed with lawmakers.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150928025255/http://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/08/students-talk-sex-at-the-capitol/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid"> 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