Out today: “The work is physically hard, the pay right now is barely keeping up with other jobs. There is a shortage of #workers willing to even do these jobs because of the already low wages.”
The Texas Observer
Texas Domestic Workers Face Trump Attack on Minimum Wage
Advocates warn a proposed rule by the Department of Labor will deepen the country’s “crisis of care.”
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Austin’s “F” schools overwhelmingly serve mostly low-income African-American and Hispanic children. Closing them on the basis of a flawed metric sends one message: Your community does not matter.
The Texas Observer
Austin’s Children Deserve More than a Test Score
The city's “F” schools overwhelmingly serve mostly low-income African-American and Hispanic children.
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Our top story: Friends rented the Airbnb to celebrate a pair of birthdays. There were beers, arepas, and a birthday cake. They were planning to blow out candles and sing the following day. But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency #ICE raid.
The Texas Observer
Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.
A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother'...
 #HumanRights #immigration #police #law #politics #USpol #news #fascism #CentralTexas #Texas