In the first major elections since Trump took office, people across the nation rejected politics of fear and division engineered to distract us from our neighbors being kidnapped by ICE, our government allowing children to starve, and giving billionaires total control of our lives and futures. These reproductive and economic injustices aren’t a mistake — they’re by design.

The one central policy in all the victories yesterday was delivering an economic justice agenda.  An economically just society provides ways for all people to thrive in life, regardless of their race, gender, sexuality, or the circumstances that they were born into, and its link to reproductive justice is inextricable.

The cruel minority who stole our abortion rights understands this clearly. When people don’t have resources to feed themselves and their children, they’re stuck in survival mode and are easier to control — unable to envision a future and build it, whether that’s through education, accessing therapy, and yes, getting an abortion. At least that’s what anti-abortion extremists and the people who prop them up hope for.

But even as conditions in this country have been created to push us down, people across this nation are rising up.

From New York City to Virginia and Detroit, people built power for their communities by centering economic justice platforms and a vision of governing that cares for its people.

While our elections in Texas were stacked with vague constitutional amendments meant to disenfranchise voters, we have models all around us for how we can win, especially in Texas, where the cultural, economic, and demographic forces already exist for these shifts. Despair is not an option.

As vital 2026 elections loom in Texas, we must be clear-eyed about our mission to build power and shift culture for lasting, generational change.

The people who seek governing power in Texas should see this moment as a shift in what the people demand of them, not simply a one-off election. Texans deserve governance that centers our ability to live, eat, move freely, have children when and if we choose, and raise those children in communities with fully funded public schools, free from gun violence, and militarization from our government.

We are contending for governing power that is rooted in care, abundance, and creating conditions that allow our communities to dream and organize to make those dreams a reality.

It’s not about left vs. right.

It’s about us vs. billionaires.
Community care vs. control.
Collective power vs. fascism.

When we focus on meeting the needs of our communities instead of pushing a divisive agenda, we can build a future where Texans have the care they deserve and the resources to thrive. We can win.