“What I think they really are concerned about is their loss of a privileged place in terms of influence and power.” By [@josephinelee](
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Josephine Lee (@josephinelee@texasobserver.social)
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 ) in 2023: Powerful interests are sending #Texas youth out to do battle against #LGBTQ+ people, #abortion and progressive causes.
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The New Children's Crusade: Recruiting for America's Culture War
Powerful interests are sending Texas youth out to do battle against LGBTQ+ people, abortion, and progressive causes.
 #news #politics #USpol #extremism #students #children #Republicans #education #LGBTQIA+
From the archives: “I didn’t know the answers. Abortion had never been a topic in any of my law classes, and I had not been involved in any criminal cases since becoming licensed as a lawyer.” But Sarah Weddington found the answers ...
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Roe's Grassroots Beginnings
The landmark abortion case had its origins in campus activism at UT Austin, including journalists at a feminist newspaper called the Rag.
 #abortion #RoeVWade #healthcare #history #Texas #politics #USpol #SCOTUS #law #CriminalJustice
“I think it was worth the risk. But in the end, I had to pay the price.” This week's top story: Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay.
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Prison Laborers Want a Seat at the Table, Even If They’re Shackled to the Chair
Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay.
 #prison #HumanRights #union #WorkersRights #Labor #news #politics #USpol #Texas #CriminalJustice
Featured post: “When the ordinance came to Amarillo, we felt like we didn’t have a choice other than to fight it. It was our responsibility to protect our community, our friends, our family. We realized no one is going to come save us. We’re going to have to save ourselves.”
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The Far Right Wants to End Out-of-State Abortion. Amarillo Is in the Way.
Texas' biggest popular vote on abortion post-"Roe" pits local advocates against an abortion travel ban that's part of a scheme to block t...
 #democracy #abortion #HumanRights #travel #health #healthcare #women #election2024 #extremism #RoeVWade
“There’s somebody watching. There’s somebody out there. It’s not just for the person, but it’s also to signal to the [prison] administration that there’s eyes on this.”
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Prison Laborers Want a Seat at the Table, Even If They’re Shackled to the Chair
Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay.
 #politics #USpol #prison #HumanRights #WorkersRights #union #CriminalJustice #Texas
New today: Twenty years ago, the only likely mention of veganism in the Houston Chronicle would have been in connection with a controversy or an attempt at humor. Now there are frequent vegan recipes, and positive references...
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Confessions of a Beaumont Vegan
The only justification for animal suffering is that it is necessary or doesn’t matter. I have concluded it is not necessary and does matter.
 (CW: Animal death) #culture #food #ethics #AnimalRights #animals #vegan
Earlier: One of the biggest explosions and fires in recent #Texas pipeline history was apparently sparked by a disoriented SUV driver who took the wrong road out of an oversized Walmart parking lot in the #Houston-area city of Deer Park.
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Pipeline Explosion in Deer Park Reveals Hidden Hazards Texans Face
The pipeline’s owner is “the same company that got $2.4 billion richer when Texans froze to death during Uri,” one activist points out.
 #OilAndGas #energy #ClimateChange #environment #pollution #news #GulfCoast
“Sometimes they say it’s illegal [for prisoners to unionize], but it’s not. It’s just frowned upon. But it works.” New today from Michelle Pitcher: Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay.
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Prison Laborers Want a Seat at the Table, Even If They’re Shackled to the Chair
Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay.
 #politics #prison #WorkersRights #labor #HumanRights #Texas #USpol #news
This week's top story: He’s one of Ken Paxton’s “best friends.” Angela Paxton served on his corporate board. And he stands accused of sprawling financial malfeasance.
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A Jet-Setting CEO, the Paxtons, and an Alleged Massive Fraud
Ken and Angela Paxton have ties to a corporate honcho caught in a tangled web of alleged fraud involving a powerful business clan and a commercial ...
 #KenPaxton #news #politics #USpol #corruption #TXlege #Texas #fraud
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