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22 Mar 2023

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Petty Drama, Electric Trucks and Hungry Bears 

[ad_1] Austin Drue Wagner / Texas Observer The unreliable Texas grid could not stop one man’s pursuit of reliable family planning. When his urology clinic suddenly lost power, Dr. Christopher Yang thought he would have to cancel a patient’s impending vasectomy. But a staffer reminded…

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Mexico’s Testosterone Shortage Puts Trans Men at Risk 

[ad_1] This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Global Press Journal is an award-winning international news publication with more than 40 independent news bureaus across Africa, Asia and Latin America. When Thomas Chiu Palomeque saw on social media that there was a shortage of…

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Meet the Latest Wingnuts to Join the State Board of Ed 

[ad_1] A newly elected band of bankrupt, bought, and criminal-abetting representatives joined the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) this year. The 15-member SBOE sets curriculum standards; reviews and updates instructional materials; makes decisions on new charter school applications; and oversees the state’s Permanent School…

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A Hot, Dry 2022 by the Numbers 

[ad_1] Last year, Texas experienced climate change not as a single disaster like Hurricane Harvey or Winter Storm Uri, but through a slow burn of increasingly hot days and nights. Summer was brutal: The state baked through its hottest July on record and its second-hottest…

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EPA Backs Down from Permian Air Pollution Crackdown 

[ad_1] This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here.  Federal authorities have stepped back from a proposal to address high levels of…

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A Question with No Easy Answers 

[ad_1] Why would the book club I participate in at a Texas church choose to read a book titled Do I Stay Christian? Because many of us are asking ourselves that question. We can see that the political views and tactics embraced by many Christians…

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Fight for Change Where You Live 

[ad_1] Watching the national media’s reaction to last fall’s midterm elections made my head spin. While the cable news pundits and legacy media headlines spoke of the failure of a “red wave” to materialize, we here in Texas had to swallow the fact that our…

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Supreme Court Sides with Defense on Death Row Case 

[ad_1] The state forensics lab that handled the evidence in Areli Escobar’s capital case was so bad that Texas officials closed it for good five years after a jury sentenced the then 32-year-old to death in 2011. The evidence in the case was so tenuous…

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The Rising Cost Of Mexico’s ‘Free’ Education 

[ad_1] This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Global Press Journal is an award-winning international news publication with more than 40 independent news bureaus across Africa, Asia and Latin America. by Mar García, Adriana Alcázar González, Ena Aguilar Peláez, Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez, Aline Suárez…