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It’s Time For ‘Hot Nerd Fall:’ Megan Thee Stallion Launches A Scholarship for Women Of Color
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(Music)
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... morning, the website was back up and running.
Megan is currently a senior in the healthcare administration program at Texas Southern University. Throughout her career, she has continued her studies ...
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Created on 12 October 2020
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Mexican-American Sister Trio Tiarra Girls Talk New Cover Single "Can't Stop The World," Heritage, The Pandemic, and Proudest Moments: BUST Interview
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(Music)
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Austin, Texas' very own sister trio, Tiarra Girls, debuts their newest single “Can’t Stop The World,'' a cover song by none other than The Go-Go's. Working together as a band for a decade, these sister ...
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Created on 22 September 2020
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Trump's Supreme Court Shortlist Is Pretty Much What You'd Expect
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(Living)
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... feel the repercussions of for decades.
The list includes people like Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Josh Hawley of Missouri— all people who have made nationally recognizable names fo ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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ICE Deported Witness in Sexual Assault Investigation at El Paso Detention Center
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(Feminism)
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According to the Texas Tribune-ProPublica Investigative Unit, the Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department are investigating allegations that ICE guards assaulted and harassed detainees ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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Ted Cruz Thinks the Abortion Pill Should be Banned and, Apparently, Pregnancy is a Walk in the Park
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(Feminism)
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... has never been pregnant and clearly knows nothing about maternal mortality rates in the US or in Texas. People die in childbirth at an unconscionable rate, especially women of color. Not from medication ...
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Created on 03 September 2020
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The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in America
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(Feminism)
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... the amendment. In Alabama, child marriage is still legal, the heartbeat bill was almost passed and only in 1986 was marital rape deemed illegal. Alabama ratified on September 8, 1953.
Texas
Surprisi ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Group
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(General)
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... was instrumental in the prison break of his friend, Assata Shakur.
Meanwhile, Buck, born and raised in Texas, inherited her activist leanings from her father, an Episcopal priest who advocated for integration, ...
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Created on 30 July 2020
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Was Just Accosted And Verbally Harassed By GOP Colleague
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(Feminism)
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... ️ https://t.co/WlG3xccwR7
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 21, 2020
Representative Ted Yoho has yet to make a statement. When asked for one by The Hill, he simply stated, “No comment.”
Tex ...
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Created on 21 July 2020
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#IAmVanessaGuillen Calls Out The Military's Issue With Women
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(Feminism)
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... Guillen was an Army Specialist at Fort Hood in Texas who went missing on April 22. After two months of searching, on June 30, her remains were found in a shallow grave near the fort, according to CNN. ...
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Created on 08 July 2020
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Why Do Anti-Maskers Keep Co-Opting “My Body, My Choice" For Their Own Agenda?
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(Living)
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... only one example of right-wing protestors using the phrase to protest government-mandated protective measures against COVID-19. Another Twitter image went viral of a young person in Texas protesting the ...
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Created on 02 July 2020
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The Supreme Court Just Struck Down A Louisiana Abortion Law
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(Feminism)
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... would vote to uphold Roe v. Wade if it came down to it. Four years ago the court voted on an almost identical case in Texas, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. Roberts voted in favor of the law that ...
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Created on 29 June 2020
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13 Queer and Trans YA Books That Actually Have Happy Endings
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(Entertainment)
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... adult novels about queer and trans identities:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is a coming-of-age YA novel by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Set in El Paso, Texas in the 80s, the novel ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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"Mordechai" Showcases Khruangbin At Their Best
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(Music)
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KHRUANGBIN Mordechai (Dead Oceans)
Texas trio Khruangbin explores the power of storytelling on its third studio album. The band’s signature international, multilingual sound journeys through ’60s ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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14.
8 Incredible People to Replace Racist Statues With
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(Living)
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... have been taken much more seriously.
Dallas, Texas A Texas Ranger statue that went by the name “One Riot, One Ranger,” was removed from Love Field Airport on June 11. A statue of Texas Native Juanita ...
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Created on 24 June 2020
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“Black Parade” by Beyoncé Is the Activism Anthem We Need Right Now
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(Music)
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... energy is particularly fitting, as it was released on Juneteenth: the holiday observing June 19, 1865, when the enslaved in Texas were informed of their freedom, two-and-a-half years after the Emancipatio ...
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Created on 22 June 2020
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How To Virtually Celebrate Juneteenth This Year
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(Feminism)
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Today marks the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, which commemorates the freeing of enslaved people in Texas. On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas in order ...
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Created on 19 June 2020
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Week of Women: Miss Juneteenth, Teyana Taylor, Phoebe Bridgers
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(Entertainment)
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... Texas—is determined to prime her teenage daughter to win the same title. Out June 19.
Babyteeth
Little Women actress Eliza Scanlen stars as Milla, a terminally ill teenager who falls in love with ...
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Created on 18 June 2020
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Here’s How Community Members of Spokane, WA Are Responding to the Aftermath of the BLM Protests
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(Arts)
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... kinds to make a movement.
Check out these organic murals that have appeared too.
In George Floyd's home state of Texas:
View this post on Instagram
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Created on 15 June 2020
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10 Documentaries and Movies About Police Brutality and Racism White People Must Watch
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(Movies)
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... er Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO) Say Her Name is about the arrest and suspicious death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old Black woman who was taken into custody for a traffic violation in Tex ...
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Created on 03 June 2020
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Justice for Breonna Taylor: Understanding #SayHerName and Black Women's Invisibility in Police Brutality
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(Feminism)
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... – Killed by police October 12, 2019 The 28-year-old Black woman was shot and killed in her home by a police officer in Fort Worth, Texas. She was babysitting her nephew at the time.
Pamela Turner ...
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Created on 01 June 2020
