Feminist, journalist, consent education and mental health advocate. Former interim letters editor/editorialist at the San Antonio Express-News and staff writer for the Watertown Daily Times and Kerrville Daily Times. Follow her on Twitter @DonnaProvencher.
But it would mean taking money meant for low-income Americans.
By Donna Provencher - February 05, 2021
The legendary baseball player himself was widely respected for his civil rights activism.
By Donna Provencher - February 04, 2021
‘The stakes could not be higher, and the cost of inaction could not be more dire,’ reads an open letter signed by nearly 1,000 American physicians.
By Donna Provencher - February 04, 2021
Analysts say President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan could speed economic recovery.
By Donna Provencher - February 04, 2021
Many of teachers unions are resisting in-person teaching in cities suffering enormous spikes in COVID cases.
By Donna Provencher - February 03, 2021
Health officials say vaccinating everyone — including inmates — is the only way to achieve herd immunity.
By Donna Provencher - February 02, 2021
‘He doesn’t care. He just wants to spend money!’ said Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) support for a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package.
By Donna Provencher - February 02, 2021
Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, and Ron Johnson have shown little interest in one measure that has been demonstrated to reduce the number of mass shootings: gun law reform.
By Donna Provencher - February 01, 2021
GOP senators introduce a bill cutting the amount of proposed COVID relief to $618 billion.
By Donna Provencher - February 01, 2021
‘A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway,’ Democratic Rep. Cori Bush tweeted before her decision to move offices for her staff’s safety.
By Donna Provencher - January 29, 2021
Now that Biden has moved to reform immigration, Senate Republicans are retaliating.
By Donna Provencher - January 29, 2021
President Joe Biden halted construction of the wall on his first day in office.
By Donna Provencher - January 28, 2021
Senate Republicans apparently have a problem with President Joe Biden making ‘immigration an early and major focus of his Administration.’
By Donna Provencher - January 28, 2021
In 2018, private prisons and private immigration detention centers received $2.32 billion in federal contracts — more than twice what they received under the Obama administration.
By Donna Provencher - January 27, 2021
Rep. Jim Jordan says Democrats ‘knew they couldn’t beat President Trump without changing the rules.’
By Donna Provencher - January 27, 2021
‘How does a Senator preside, like a judge, and serve as juror too?’ tweeted Texas Sen. John Cornyn.
By Donna Provencher - January 25, 2021
GOP lawmakers are concerned about President Joe Biden’s wave of executive orders — but Donald Trump issued more per year than any president since Jimmy Carter.
By Donna Provencher - January 25, 2021
President Joe Biden has addressed food and income insecurity as Americans continue to suffer during the pandemic.
By Donna Provencher - January 25, 2021
In response to reports that National Guard troops had been ejected from the Capitol, Democratic lawmakers worked to fix things.
By Donna Provencher - January 22, 2021
Right-wing news outlets are spreading the story of caravans of immigrants supposedly threatening the United States.
By Donna Provencher - January 22, 2021
The right-wing app Parler was suspended by Apple, Google, and Amazon for allowing violent threats — and Biden had nothing to do with that.
By Donna Provencher - January 21, 2021
Sen. Rand Paul’s own track record on matters of race presents a stark contrast to President Joe Biden’s call for unity and responsibility.
By Donna Provencher - January 21, 2021
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton vows he’s going to fight ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ actions by the Biden administration.
By Donna Provencher - January 20, 2021
Meanwhile, Donald Trump leaves office with the lowest approval rating ever recorded by Gallup.
By Donna Provencher - January 20, 2021
He voted for the 2017 tax cuts for billionaires that helped increase the national debt by $7.8 trillion during Donald Trump’s time in office.
By Donna Provencher - January 20, 2021
Republicans claim it’s offensive to vet National Guard troops for potential security threats following the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
By Donna Provencher - January 19, 2021
‘Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for NY’s failure,’ tweeted Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).
By Donna Provencher - January 18, 2021
QAnon fan Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is among the latest to have social media accounts suspended.
By Donna Provencher - January 18, 2021
Donald Trump still hasn’t accepted his defeat.
By Donna Provencher - January 15, 2021
Her husband was impeached Wednesday for inciting insurrection and his followers continue to plan further violence in far-right corners of the internet.
By Donna Provencher - January 15, 2021