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Among Those Closest to Dallas Ebola Case, Confusion Reigns
As investigators retrace Thomas Eric Duncanu2019s movements and national media throng at the gates of the apartment he stayed at, many residents inside, who are immigrants, remain ignorant and …
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Dallas District Attorney Announces Plan for New Unit to Investigate Police Shootings: Will It Go Far Enough?
A district attorney's civil rights unit that will investigate police shootings is a step in the right direction.
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Cashing In On Carbon: How Taxpayer Dollars Greenwash Dirty Energy
A supposedly green proposed Texas plant will just burn coal and then sell its emissions to allow for the extraction of hard to reach oil, which in turn will …
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Women’s Health Over Politics: Courts Block Laws Threatening Abortion Clinics in Texas, Louisiana
Over the past three days, federal judges have blocked a pair of new laws that could have closed most of the 19 abortion clinics in Texas and all five …
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Big Dallas Plunder: Open Door to Wholesale School Privatization
Dallas business interests stacked the school board. Now, a rule change could open the door for wholesale school privatization.
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Are Texas Jails Safe for Pregnant Women?
Advocates face the task of bringing the hundreds of jails and parole boards throughout the state up to speed.
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Fracked on Their Own Petard: The Self-Implosion of an Industry on the Ropes
As Denton seeks to become the first city in Texas to ban fracking, the industry is trying to frame the fight in economic terms. But that turns out to …
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Why I Support the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride: Ground Zero Texas
I want my daughter to come of age in a world where she is not a second-class citizen.
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ALEC Agenda: Gutting Medicaid, Privatizing Schools, Exports
ALEC's 40th annual meeting in Chicago was met by over a thousand protesters. Local groups in Texas are planning protest activities for Wednesday, July 30.
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Deep in the Tell-Tale Heart of the Texas GOP
Are we to sell reality for a phantom?