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TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

A crowd gathered Wednesday evening to mark one year since our state's worst school shooting. Staff Writer @gusbova takes us to the vigil and looks at what changed, and what's hasn't, since an 18-year-old opened fire at Robb Elementary School:
https://www.texasobserver.org/may-their-memory-be-a-blessing-hundreds-gather-for-uvalde-anniversary-vigil/
(📷 Photo by Gus Bova)
#Uvalde #guns #politics #USpol #MassShooting #schools #Texas #TXlege

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

It's been one year since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in #Uvalde. The people of that town are still seeking justice.

From the archives: A town's tragedy awakens memories of a history of civil rights #activism in the southwest #Texas town in @gusbova's investigation.
https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-guns-protest-walkout/

This story won an award from the Texas Institute of Letters.

#news #guns #politics #USpol #MassShooting #schools #SanAntonio #history

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to random

American Born Chinese, premiering this week on #Disney, is a coming-of-age comedy that masterfully interlaces the stories of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a Chinese-American teenager, and characters from Monkey King #folklore.

It also reflects the journey of colonized working class peoples in search of identity, reports @josephinelee, in this personal & philosophical new #review:
https://www.texasobserver.org/american-born-chinese-disney-frantz-fanon/

#AmericanBornChinese #TV #reviews #immigration #WhiteSupremacy #philosophy #culture #China

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

Today's top story: Clinics like Access Esperanza are a desperately needed lifeline in #Texas cities near the #border where the average income is less than $20,000 a year.

But the Healthy Texas #Women program, on which these kinds of clinics depend, is rapidly unraveling, according to our correspondent: https://www.texasobserver.org/wrecking-womens-healthcare/

#Healthcare #McAllen #news #politics #USpol #HumanRights #inequality

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

This article (originally from Mother Jones) continues the analysis of documents from the anti-#trans anti-#abortion hate-group #ACPeds, and references our examination of the "How to Defund Trans #Healthcare" email chain: https://www.them.us/story/anti-trans-american-college-pediatrics-leak-michelle-cretella-abortion

Read our story: https://www.texasobserver.org/monty-bennett-acpeds-genecis-transphobia-sb14/

#news #transphobia #politics #extremism #LGBTQIA+ #transgender #HumanRights

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to fediverse

Happy #Newstodon Friday, the day we celebrate the publications and journalists of the #Fediverse!

Today let's highlight @josephinelee's story of the fight to control the #Texas State Historical Society and why it matters to the future of #education ... https://www.texasobserver.org/those-who-dont-know-the-past/

#history #News #politics #TXedu #nonprofit

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to random

Featured Story: In the small Gulf Coast city of Freeport, a pretty mint-green house stands alone in a neighborhood called the East End, surrounded by what looks at first glance like a meadow. Closer examination reveals the grass is growing over recently emptied lots where other houses once stood. Now driveways lead to nowhere.
https://www.texasobserver.org/port-freeport-industrial-takeover-black-community/

#environment #OilAndGas #Texas #Houston

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

Headed for the governor’s desk, #SB14 shows that the Legislature has no idea what #healthcare for #trans kids even is.

Correspondent Nancy Goldstein returns to the Observer to bust myths about #gender-affirming care... not to mention the idea that the #Republicans care, at all, about children:

https://www.texasobserver.org/fast-furious-xi-texas-transgender-youth/

#transphobia #news #politics #USpol #TXlege #Texas #HumanRights #children

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

Earlier: In what seemed like a 16-hour indoctrination session, TEA’s “Lone Star Governance” program trainers had the 230 applicants who attended repeat self-flagellating mantras about their lack of integrity and lack of concern for student success to get them ready for what they called the “Lone Star Governance mindset."

https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-morath-houston-texas-education-agency/

(Edit: typo)
#education #Texas #Houston #politics #USpol #news #TXedu #TXlege #schools

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to books

“All the trends that McVeigh embodied—the political #extremism, the obsession with gun rights, the search for like-minded allies, and above all the embrace of violence—came together under the forty-fifth president.”

Though his reputation is tarnished by scandal, Jeffrey Toobin's created the definitive biography of the Oklahoma City bomber, which roots his story in the #Waco Siege, writes @drdrbrockman:
https://www.texasobserver.org/jeffrey-toobin-homegrown-timothy-mcveigh/

#books @bookstodon #Texas #history #guns #culture #WhiteSupremacy

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

“It seems like we’ll be too busy staring at student ... test scores to wonder why can’t we teach our kids about the real history of America, or why we are not allowed to vote for our own leaders here, or run our own elections?”

After the takeover of #Houston ISD, #Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath is limiting school board control in the region and setting his own conservative agenda, reports @josephinelee:
https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-morath-houston-texas-education-agency/

#education #news #politics #schools #TXedu

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to random

Antelmo Ramirez murió ayudando a construir la Gigafábrica de #Tesla. Era papá, abuelo y esposo. Tesla no reportó su muerte a funcionarios locales. Lea más aquí: https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-texas-trabajador-muerte-calor

#news #ElonMusk #Austin #Texas @gusbova

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to random

Multiple sources report that Dell Children's hospital in #Austin has shut down their adolescent care division under pressure from Project Veritas and indicted felon Attorney General Ken Paxton over their #gender-affirming care clinic: https://www.tiktok.com/@revjo.uu/video/7232341205235862827

#Healthcare #transphobia #KenPaxton #Texas #trans #LGBTQIA

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

From last week: One man contributed almost $800k towards anti-trans politicians in #Texas and used his wealth to threaten a #Dallas children's hospital over their #gender-affirming care clinic:
https://www.texasobserver.org/monty-bennett-acpeds-genecis-transphobia-sb14/

#transphobia #news #politics #sb14 #LGBTQIA #transgender #healthcare #children

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to humanrights

“Texas is just a really terrible place for construction workers to do their job."

Antelmo Ramirez was one of more than 1,300 construction workers to die in #Texas between 2011 and 2021, more than California and Pennsylvania combined, reports @gusbova in this week's top story:

https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-texas-worker-death-heat/

#Tesla #ElonMusk #HumanRights #safety #health #workers #news #politics #immigration

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

New from Correspondent Benton Graham: a coalition of safety experts are pressuring the #Texas legislature to improve road #safety and reduce fatalities throughout the state:
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-transportation-advocacy-revs-up-at-the-lege/

#politics #news #TXlege #transportation #USpol

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to politics

"The troopers came in with a vendetta."

As a DPS traffic stop turns deadly north of #Austin, justice advocates from #Dallas worry history is repeating itself with fatal consequences. Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher investigates trooper deployments in #Texas in this new report:
https://www.texasobserver.org/he-failed-to-signal-when-dps-traffic-stops-turn-deadly/

(Cw: Description of #police killings)
#CriminalJustice #news #politics #USpol #guns #HumanRights

damemagazine, 1 year ago to fediverse

It’s #Newstodon Friday! That means it’s time to surface the great journalism from outlets here in the #Fediverse.

After the shambolic “town hall” on CNN, we’re kicking things off with a piece from our archives.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2022/07/11/mainstream-medias-rightward-lurch/

And don’t forget to support your favorite outlets here with your boosts, follows, and your membership/donations.

Now we kick it to our friends to share their work!

@ProPublica @mongabay @gbhnews @TexasObserver @thexylom @TheConversationUS @heiseonline

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to humanrights

Over on #birdsite, the hate group American College of Pediatricians claims they have been subject to a cyberattack when actually they just left 10,000 private files in a completely unsecured Google Drive. Aka they cyberattacked themselves: https://nitter.nl/ACPeds/status/1656630733966909441#m

Our story: https://www.texasobserver.org/monty-bennett-acpeds-genecis-transphobia-sb14/

#LGBTQIA #transphobia #HumanRights #transgender #healthcare #news #politics #extremism #USpol

TexasObserver, 1 year ago to random

The issue that almost never was!

Our May/June 2023 issue is reaching mailboxes and select newsstands now. With important coverage of #ReproductiveRights and #Healthcare, as well as the continuation of @delger's river series.

Digital subscribers: look out for a new, easier format for this month's issue, available soon.

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#TexasNeedsAnObserver #NewMemberMonth