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Police in Texas Hospital Shoot Patient in the Chest
The patient's brother wasn't surprised that police came so close to fatally shooting his younger sibling in a space designed to care for people.
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Texas Town Retains Confederate Monument Despite Civil Rights Activist’s 16 Years of Protest
A Texas man's more than decade-long battle to relocate a Confederate monument has reignited amid a national debate scrutinizing symbols of the Confederacy.
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Refusing to Comply With Structural Racism: From Emmett Till to Sandra Bland
Like those before her, Sandra took conscious risks in the demand for dignity and respect, and she paid with her life.
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Sandra Bland’s Sister Responds to Suicide Allegations
Law enforcement officials have concluded that the cause of Sandra Bland's death in custody was suicide.
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Mass Graves of Immigrants Found in Texas: State Says No Laws Broken
Texas says there is “no evidence” of wrongdoing.
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SCOTUS Steps in to Prevent Further Texas Abortion Clinic Closures
A ruling would have shuttered all but nine abortion clinics.
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“Reforms” to Immigrant Family Jails Aren’t Enough, Say Advocates
Despite changes to U.S. policy of detaining immigrant families, detainees are still offered bonds they can't afford.
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Police Criminals and the Brutalization of Black Girls
For black girls in the hallowed idyllic spaces that enshrine the privileges of white youth, summer is always over.
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Texas Abortion Providers Vow to Take Fight Over Access to Supreme Court
This week has seen a new round of restrictions on reproductive rights in the US.
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Exhausting Legal Options, Residents of Texas Town Take Direct Action to Enforce Fracking Ban
Denton, Texas, residents are using nonviolent direct action to stop fracking operations after the state rendered the city's ban unenforceable.