#texas
Pride Month Repost: Trans in small town #Texas ...
"I’m not normally so wont to jump into the deep end, but there’s no discreet way to transition in a small town. Just shaving my face occasioned so much remark that I knew it would be impossible to take the gradual approach." https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-trans-acceptance/
From Emily Markwiese: “We’re saying to the city, we should not treat neighbors who happen to be migrants trying to make a better life here like hardened criminals. We should not shackle them together and put them on shadow flights.” https://www.texasobserver.org/world-cup-dallas-deportation-flights/
#WorldCup #immigration #ICE #Dallas #NorthTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #news
From Christopher Collins: The USDA is effectively trying to create a no-fly zone in South #Texas. But despite the surge of state and federal resources, the screwworm problem may prove difficult to squash. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-fight-screwworm-cattle-agriculture/
#agriculture #farming #SouthTexas #Trump #news #politics #USpol
From Dalyah Jones: "So I think that’s the message for us, especially today: that we got to go from the plantation to the thicket. It’s gonna be tough, but we gotta take action. " https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-emancipation-freedom-marronage-east-texas/
Featured story, from Candice Bernd: The drought-stricken City of Corpus Christi is withholding how much #water a controversial #cryptocurrency mine is siphoning away from surrounding residents. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/
#bitcoin #crypto #tech #drought #GulfCoast #Texas #news #journalism
Laredo isn’t as widely known as the Big Bend for its history and natural beauty, but it’s one of the oldest cities in #Texas, and the Rio Grande as it winds through South Texas is unlike anywhere else in the state. https://www.texasobserver.org/laredo-trump-border-wall-city-deal-border/
Top story: “I wish somebody would really investigate. Because I want to know who took my brother’s life. Who had the nerve to take him.” https://www.texasobserver.org/the-troubling-disappearance-of-el-gallito/
Betty Simmons lived through the last days of slavery in #Texas. In our magazine, Dionne Babineaux uncovers her story, recorded in 1938 by the Federal Writers' Project. https://www.texasobserver.org/betty-simmons-new-deal-narratives-slavery-juneteenth/
Beyond #Juneteenth: "Now is a good time to talk about Black #history in Texas, and an even better time to cut through the myths and get to the ugly facts." https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-and-the-myth-of-texas-fight-for-independence/
Beyond #Juneteenth: "Now is a good time to talk about Black #history in Texas, and an even better time to cut through the myths and get to the ugly facts." https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-and-the-myth-of-texas-fight-for-independence/
“The #Juneteenth story is much more than one day, or one city. But this is where it started.”
Meet the man known as "Professor Juneteenth": https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-galveston-sam-collins/
“The #Juneteenth story is much more than one day, or one city. But this is where it started.”
Meet the man known as "Professor Juneteenth": https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-galveston-sam-collins/
“The #Juneteenth story is much more than one day, or one city. But this is where it started.”
Meet the man known as "Professor Juneteenth": https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-galveston-sam-collins/
“The history of #Juneteenth shows that Texas, more than any state in the Union, has always embodied nearly every major aspect of the United States of America.” https://www.texasobserver.org/on-juneteenth-refuses-easy-answers-about-the-importance-of-people-of-color-to-texas-history/
It is 1863 and Betty Simmons is about 20 years old. Soon, her 3-year-old son, Charlie, will be made to work in the field.
From our magazine, Dionne Babineaux explores the narrative of a woman enslaved in the final years before freedom:
https://www.texasobserver.org/betty-simmons-new-deal-narratives-slavery-juneteenth/
"Maroon communities throughout #Texas, Louisiana, and other places were brought here for [their] knowledge; they were able to take it into these landscapes and continue to figure it out. And they also exchanged knowledge with #Indigenous people." https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-emancipation-freedom-marronage-east-texas/
"Maroon communities throughout #Texas, Louisiana, and other places were brought here for [their] knowledge; they were able to take it into these landscapes and continue to figure it out. And they also exchanged knowledge with #Indigenous people." https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-emancipation-freedom-marronage-east-texas/
“Human beings, regardless of their race, want to live their lives without restriction. Juneteenth is about a spirit of renewal that celebrates freedom and opportunity.”
To understand Juneteenth, one must visit Galveston, its birthplace: https://www.texasobserver.org/a-visit-to-galveston-the-birthplace-of-juneteenth/
“Human beings, regardless of their race, want to live their lives without restriction. Juneteenth is about a spirit of renewal that celebrates freedom and opportunity.”
To understand Juneteenth, one must visit Galveston, its birthplace: https://www.texasobserver.org/a-visit-to-galveston-the-birthplace-of-juneteenth/
“Human beings, regardless of their race, want to live their lives without restriction. Juneteenth is about a spirit of renewal that celebrates freedom and opportunity.”
To understand Juneteenth, one must visit Galveston, its birthplace: https://www.texasobserver.org/a-visit-to-galveston-the-birthplace-of-juneteenth/
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