Dot Dot Dot: Is the tweet mightier than the sword?
The view from Texas is pretty inspiring. At least for the moment, the Internet is supercharging democracy.
On Jun 27, 2013 by Nicholas White
Austin band turns historic filibuster into new anthem
“Wendy Davis” was written and produced in just two hours, using footage the band personally recorded at Tuesday’s protest.
On Jun 27, 2013 by Aja Romano
The Hater: This week, everyone is a lawyer
Yes, we’re all celebrating. But do we all have to be legal pundits too?
On Jun 27, 2013 by [email protected]
Snarky Amazon users review Wendy Davis’s filibuster shoes
The Mizuno Women’s Wave Rider 16 running shoes apparently “have a way of shutting the whole thing down.”
On Jun 27, 2013 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
How citizen journalists ruled the Texas filibuster story
The best coverage of Sen. Wendy Davis’ historic filibuster came from the Internet, not mainstream news outlets.
On Jun 26, 2013 by Cody Permenter
Casting the future Wendy Davis biopic (starring Connie Britton, of course)
What happened Tuesday night at the Texas State Capitol was so enthralling and suspenseful that it deserves to be a movie.
On Jun 26, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
How Wendy Davis spearheaded the first crowdsourced filibuster
So why Wendy Davis, why Texas, and why now?
On Jun 26, 2013 by Aja Romano
A GIF tribute to Leticia Van de Putte’s badass mic drop
If Wendy Davis is MVP, her colleague Leticia Van de Putte deserves All-Star consideration.
1 Twitter user caught a rule that 31 senators missed
She called the office of Sen. Kirk Watson to get his attention, and it was mentioned on the floor later in the night.
On Jun 26, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski
Tracking the tweets from the Texas abortion battle
Follow along with the chaos that erupted after Wendy Davis’s filibuster ended and Senate Bill 5 passed—or didn’t—in the Texas Legislature.
On Jun 26, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
How the Internet and abortion rights won in Texas
On Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook, Wendy Davis was all anyone, anywhere, could talk about.
Filibuster goes viral as Texas lawmaker fights anti-abortion measure
A new Twitter handle, @WendysFlats, sprang up yesterday to support the state senator on her quest to derail SB 5.
On Jun 25, 2013 by Tim Sampson
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