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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.
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.
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.
Fracking Protests Continue in Texas as New ALEC-Backed Law Bars Towns From Banning Drilling
The city of Denton, Texas, is in a showdown with Big Oil after it tried to pass a ban on fracking within its city limits
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Texas Lawmakers Are Busy Making It Harder to Vote
Texans should demand better.
Sgt. James Brown, 26, Survived Two Tours in Iraq Only to Die Begging for His Life in Texas Jail
A shocking video from inside the jail raises new questions.
Denton Frackettes Respond to Texas Legislative Attack on Local Democracy
The Frackettes, a troupe of community organizers from Denton, have launched a video response to the Texas Legislature's passage of HB40.
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Real Talk on Abortion
Anti-choice state legislatures aren't just closing clinics to stop abortion. They're trying to silence their critics.
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A Pipeline Strikes Deep in the Heart of Texas
One of the last unspoiled regions in Texas faces construction of a pipeline wider than Keystone to supply Mexico with US fracked gas.
Republicans Aim to Preempt Local Democracy, Target Fracking Bans
Texas Republicans approved a bill blocking Denton's fracking ban and gutting cities' ability to regulate the industry.