As Virginia Thomas tells it in her soft-spoken, Midwestern cadence, the story of her involvement in the “tea party” movement is the tale of an average citizen in action.

A recent wave of scandals involving black elected officials has reawakened old familiar suspicions of racial conspiracies, even though the evidence so far points mostly to self-inflicted wounds.

For all the evidence of a divided GOP, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour.

Hispanic candidates ran strongly in many Republican primary races across Texas this week, but two candidates are blaming their losses to Anglos on racially polarized voting.

The number of Texans who could identify Victor Carrillo, or describe what he does as the chairman of the three-member Railroad Commission, is no doubt far smaller than the turnout in Tuesday’s Republican …

The U.S. Census forms arriving in Texans’ mailboxes next week will start the decennial dance over whether cities such as Houston or San Antonio get new seats in Congress through redistricting.

Bill Gates is the world’s richest person, but what kind of power does he have over you?

Latinos and blacks have faced obstacles to winning government contracts long before the stimulus.

In an effort to advance a bill through Congress before midterm elections, the president meets with two senators who have spent months trying to craft legislation.