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After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic.
The state spends less per capita on public health, local govs have less authority to respond to a health crisis, Texans are less vaccinated and more distrustful of science. via @eleanorklib.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/t...
The state spends less per capita on public health, local govs have less authority to respond to a health crisis, Texans are less vaccinated and more distrustful of science. via @eleanorklib.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/t...
After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic
Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.
www.texastribune.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic.
The state spends less per capita on public health, local govs have less authority to respond to a health crisis, Texans are less vaccinated and more distrustful of science. via @eleanorklib.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/t...
The state spends less per capita on public health, local govs have less authority to respond to a health crisis, Texans are less vaccinated and more distrustful of science. via @eleanorklib.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/t...
"The AfD proved particularly strong among in the 25-34 age bracket, receiving 22% of the vote, ahead of the CDU/CSU at 18%, and the Greens and Die Linke at 16% each." #YouthVote
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘Now is the time of monsters’: young Berliners despair at far-right surge
Alternative für Deutschland projected to finish second in federal election with about 20% of the vote
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"The AfD proved particularly strong among in the 25-34 age bracket, receiving 22% of the vote, ahead of the CDU/CSU at 18%, and the Greens and Die Linke at 16% each." #YouthVote
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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"Now maybe, just maybe, some upper-middle-class folks might be able to afford a fancy private school with a voucher to help, but working-class and middle-class kids are going to be stuck just where they always were.Why should we spend public money to help just that one thin slice of the population?"
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 made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in you...
www.texasobserver.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Now maybe, just maybe, some upper-middle-class folks might be able to afford a fancy private school with a voucher to help, but working-class and middle-class kids are going to be stuck just where they always were.Why should we spend public money to help just that one thin slice of the population?"
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🧵The real impact of Chancellor Reeves' new round of school cuts? ⬇️
A new survey of nearly 90 primary schools in Calderdale, West Yorkshire found that more than half planned to make teachers redundant.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
A new survey of nearly 90 primary schools in Calderdale, West Yorkshire found that more than half planned to make teachers redundant.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Cash-strapped schools plan to lay off teachers in blow to Labour’s promise
Despite government pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers, headteachers are under renewed pressure to avoid going into deficit
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🧵The real impact of Chancellor Reeves' new round of school cuts? ⬇️
A new survey of nearly 90 primary schools in Calderdale, West Yorkshire found that more than half planned to make teachers redundant.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
A new survey of nearly 90 primary schools in Calderdale, West Yorkshire found that more than half planned to make teachers redundant.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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At least 100 Texas children — including six preteens — got abortions in other states during the first year after Texas banned the procedure.
At least 6 Texas children under age 12 got abortions out of state in 2023
The number, possibly an undercount, underscores the effect of blocking the procedure for one of the state’s most vulnerable populations.
www.houstonchronicle.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
At least 100 Texas children — including six preteens — got abortions in other states during the first year after Texas banned the procedure.
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Today, @19thnews.org is celebrating its 5th anniversary! We’re marking this milestone by launching our first-ever endowment campaign to safeguard our organization for the long haul.
19thnews.org/2025/01/fift...
19thnews.org/2025/01/fift...
The 19th turns five: Half a decade of critical journalism and a bold vision for the future
As The 19th celebrates this milestone, we’re looking ahead to the next five years and launching an endowment campaign aimed at sustaining our organization for the long haul.
19thnews.org
January 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Today, @19thnews.org is celebrating its 5th anniversary! We’re marking this milestone by launching our first-ever endowment campaign to safeguard our organization for the long haul.
19thnews.org/2025/01/fift...
19thnews.org/2025/01/fift...
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Drives me crazy. If you don’t want to fight say so. Stop trying to discourage others from doing the work you’re too jaded to do.
You try 50 times and win the 51st. That’s how it works. Progress happens when you find ways to make it matter. And sometimes it’s just your persistence.
You try 50 times and win the 51st. That’s how it works. Progress happens when you find ways to make it matter. And sometimes it’s just your persistence.
January 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Drives me crazy. If you don’t want to fight say so. Stop trying to discourage others from doing the work you’re too jaded to do.
You try 50 times and win the 51st. That’s how it works. Progress happens when you find ways to make it matter. And sometimes it’s just your persistence.
You try 50 times and win the 51st. That’s how it works. Progress happens when you find ways to make it matter. And sometimes it’s just your persistence.
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Fascinating our fixation with public opinion when even upwards of 80% support for a policy doesn't ensure its passage nor does upwards of 80% opposition guarantee its blockage.
January 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fascinating our fixation with public opinion when even upwards of 80% support for a policy doesn't ensure its passage nor does upwards of 80% opposition guarantee its blockage.
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Repeating "deport" in understandable exhortations "do not deport X" "stop deportations" "end mass deportations" traps us in the opposition's frame and actually reinforces the logic of...deportations. We must say what we're for: "here to stay" "[PLACE] is our home" etc presuppose immigrants belong.
January 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Repeating "deport" in understandable exhortations "do not deport X" "stop deportations" "end mass deportations" traps us in the opposition's frame and actually reinforces the logic of...deportations. We must say what we're for: "here to stay" "[PLACE] is our home" etc presuppose immigrants belong.
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The structures and tools that helped get us into this aren't going to be leading the way out of it.
January 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The structures and tools that helped get us into this aren't going to be leading the way out of it.
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I've had "I Voted" stickers that lasted longer than the TikTok ban
January 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I've had "I Voted" stickers that lasted longer than the TikTok ban
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We expected this new Labour Government to start reversing the cuts.
Instead, they are shortchanging schools by £700 million.
Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Instead, they are shortchanging schools by £700 million.
Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
January 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We expected this new Labour Government to start reversing the cuts.
Instead, they are shortchanging schools by £700 million.
Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Instead, they are shortchanging schools by £700 million.
Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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The 89th session of the Texas Legislature kicks off today. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Texas Legislature Is a Mess. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Look Away.
A guide to making sense of the most nonsensical body in the nation.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The 89th session of the Texas Legislature kicks off today. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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In Texas, chilly weather is chili weather. In Austin, chili weather brings to mind the Texas Chili Parlor. And the Texas Chili Parlor makes one think about Guy Clark. All of which is to say, remember this lil gem? www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
The Texanist: What's So Special About the Texas Chili Parlor?
A Canada man has a few questions about the Austin establishment immortalized in a Guy Clark song.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In Texas, chilly weather is chili weather. In Austin, chili weather brings to mind the Texas Chili Parlor. And the Texas Chili Parlor makes one think about Guy Clark. All of which is to say, remember this lil gem? www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
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Our Stop School Cuts campaign, supported by 10,000 parents, led to progress in school funding.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves added £2.3bn in the Budget.
While it's a start, it doesn't fully reverse previous cuts. Our campaign continues 👉 buff.ly/2GYAwOG #StopSchoolCuts #NEUChristmas
Chancellor Rachel Reeves added £2.3bn in the Budget.
While it's a start, it doesn't fully reverse previous cuts. Our campaign continues 👉 buff.ly/2GYAwOG #StopSchoolCuts #NEUChristmas
December 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Our Stop School Cuts campaign, supported by 10,000 parents, led to progress in school funding.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves added £2.3bn in the Budget.
While it's a start, it doesn't fully reverse previous cuts. Our campaign continues 👉 buff.ly/2GYAwOG #StopSchoolCuts #NEUChristmas
Chancellor Rachel Reeves added £2.3bn in the Budget.
While it's a start, it doesn't fully reverse previous cuts. Our campaign continues 👉 buff.ly/2GYAwOG #StopSchoolCuts #NEUChristmas
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IT'S HERE 👀 The National Voter Registration Day 2024 Annual Report is hot off the presses! Take a look inside to get the full story of just how star-spangled awesome this year's celebration of democracy truly was 🥳 🇺🇸
National Voter Registration Day 2024 Annual Report
2024 was an unprecedented election year. But our record-breaking Partner coalition was ready for the challenge
nationalvoterregistrationday.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
IT'S HERE 👀 The National Voter Registration Day 2024 Annual Report is hot off the presses! Take a look inside to get the full story of just how star-spangled awesome this year's celebration of democracy truly was 🥳 🇺🇸
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hate when I get too big for my britches. what with the price of britches these days
December 10, 2024 at 10:57 PM
hate when I get too big for my britches. what with the price of britches these days