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Texas stops providing new funding for border wall construction

Border Wall · Texas

Texas stops providing new funding for border wall construction

56% Center coverage: 57 sources

Trump’s Higher-Ed Fight Comes for Public Schools in States That Voted for Him

Donald Trump · United States

Trump’s Higher-Ed Fight Comes for Public Schools in States That Voted for Him

80% Left coverage: 5 sources

Arizona State University President Michael Crow is proud that his school is home to more international students — about 17,000 — than any other public institution in the US.See the Story

The Rio Grande Valley as Heart of LGBTQ+ Resistance and Joy

The Rio Grande Valley as Heart of LGBTQ+ Resistance and Joy

100% Left coverage: 3 sources

We were just about done setting up for our workshop at the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum when Hector Ruiz, president of the South Texas Equality Project (STEP), walked in. STEP is a coalition of diverse groups that celebrate and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community in the Rio Grande Valley. “Friend!” I rushed over to him. “Qué gusto verte.” “Girl,” he playfully replied as he leaned in closer for a hug. “This is one of five queer events I’m g…See the Story

Moonlighting Midland Prosecutor Means Freedom for Samuel Sanchez

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Samuel Junior Sanchez had served around 15 years of a 75-year sentence for a violent road-rage incident and had seemingly exhausted all appeals when his sister contacted a group of Abilene attorneys in 2021 about new information she hoped might finally give her brother another chance at life. As an angry young man, Sanchez had chased down and shot at a car whose driver honked at him, resulting in the injury and permanent paralysis of a passenger…Austin, Texas · Austin Read Article

Only An Economic Disaster Can Save the United States

Coverage: 2 sources

Donald Devine, Law & Liberty No one in Washington seems very serious about solving our economic problems—perhaps only a true crisis can shake the politicians awake.Law · United States See the Story

Reality Winner Rebuilds in Kingsville

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

On April 5 at 4 p.m., Reality Winner was hustling: She’d just learned she was needed to find additional last-minute female competitors for a Crossfit competition in Corpus Christi—a hassle for the 33-year-old who was already busy with other duties that day, including cleaning out dog kennels as one of the many requirements for her veterinary technology program at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Winner told the organizers that her two-person team would co…CrossFit · Austin Read Article

Photo Essay: Dancing on Horseback

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Gathered in a half circle, eight young equestrians atop multicolored horses bowed their heads for a prayer led by their coach, Heidi Ramirez. They prayed for many things, including their own safety, given that the synchronized routine they perform while riding sidesaddle in layered embroidered dresses, though beautiful, is both challenging and potentially dangerous. They are Dinastía Charra, a team of escaramuzas from Alvarado who perform intri…Austin, Texas · Austin Read Article

Poem: Apocalypses, Scenario #267-590

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

air so cold breath rattles down my throat like a penny tumbling in the cracked engine of a 2008 ford ranger going 75 on 45 with a broken a/c & full of candles during an ice age exhaling 2 centuries worth of disappointment. a loose spark plug coughs tufts of chromed grass. i figure that to be this cold i must have earned it, like stepped on the crack that grew into the unbalancing earthquake or bur…Austin, Texas · Austin Read Article

Strangest State: Snakes, Mammoths, and Explosions

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The post Strangest State: Snakes, Mammoths, and Explosions appeared first on The Texas Observer.Austin, Texas · Austin Read Article

A Time for Choosing: Should House Dems Break With Collaborationism?

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

In the leadup to Texas’ 89th legislative session, the Republican leadership apparatus was under siege and the party in open warfare as the sitting House Speaker Dade Phelan decided not to seek another term with the gavel. This power vacuum created unbridled chaos among the GOP ranks, largely divided between those who aligned with Phelan and more mainstream House Republicans, and those right-wingers, including many who had just won their seats b…Austin, Texas · Austin Read Article

‘The House Got Rolled’: Gene Wu on the Trials of the 89th Texas Legislature

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The job of leading the minority party in the Texas House has long consisted, at best, of harm reduction and something like emergency room triage. At worst, it amounts to frantically herding several dozen cats—many of whom can be coaxed out of their homes by the GOP House speaker’s saucers of warm milk. Since 2009, Dems have largely wielded their collective power to elevate their preferred Republican to the House speakership as a means to minimi…Austin, Texas · Austin See the Story

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