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Molly Ivins on School Vouchers (1997)
Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be ...
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Trans Texans are Under Attack (Again), But Advocates Aren’t Giving In
With another legislative session that could pile on even more anti-trans policies, LBGTQ+ groups grapple with how to protect ...
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Remembering Boca Chica Beach—Before Elon Musk Came to Town
ENTRE, a community archive and film center based in Harlingen, hosted the gathering to help people learn more about Boca ...
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Counting Hate: At Least 61 Anti-LGBTQ+ Incidents in Texas Last Year
The LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD, which tracks incidents, warned that threats against the queer community are likely to ...
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New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border Misinformation
Derek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations ...
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Abbott’s Familiar Priorities Include Property Taxes, Vouchers, Cracking Down on Bail
Abbott’s emergency items include property tax relief, improving water infrastructure, creating a universal school voucher ...
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The ‘Texas Three-Step’: Defund, Demonize, and Privatize Public Schools
Vouchers become subsidies for families who had already decided to pay for private school, at the expense of public schools ...
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ICE Agents in Churches ‘Does Not Bode Well for the Future of Religion’ in America
They’re de facto endorsing government interference with the church—the very government interference with the church that they ...
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Who Really Benefits from School Vouchers?
I do not pretend to know the motivation of Jeff Yass. But I do know that Mr. Yass is not a Texan, and I also know that Texas ...
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Trans Children Are God’s Gifts
A version of this story ran in the January / February 2025 issue. Editor’s Note: The following is by Molly Carnes, as told to Nico Lang, the author of American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are ...