(thread continues here: https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver/111670030375154017 )
"It strikes me, and may strike you, as a bit crazy to come out as #transgender in an essay like this. I’m publicly revealing myself to be a member of a marginalized community in the midst of a moral panic targeting our very existence."
April Ortiz shared her journey with us, in one of the best articles we published this year:
https://www.texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans-texan?utm_campaign=mastodon
#BestOf2023 #essays #LGBTQIA+ #culture #ComingOut #transphobia #rural #Texas
“This was the choice of the school to refer to law enforcement, the choice of the law enforcement to detain the child, the choice of the prosecutor to charge him and try to trump up the charges.”
Our most read story, and one of the most infuriating, was Reporting Fellow @josephinelee's investigation into the plight of 11-year-old Timothy Murray: https://www.texasobserver.org/why-was-this-11-year-old-honor-roll-student-put-in-solitary?utm_campaign=mastodon
#schools #education #news #politics #USpol #Texas #Brownsville #police #solitary #PublicSchools #BestOf2023
“Over the last 20 years or so, #nurses have been organizing at a faster rate than any other profession.”
#BestOf2023: Nurses at Ascension Seton made #unions history in 2023 by going on #strike twice. Senior Writer @gusbova learned about why they walked out for patient safely:
https://www.texasobserver.org/why-nurses-are-making-lone-star-labor-history?utm_campaign=mastodon
#health #healthcare #medicine #Texas #news #politics #USpol #WorkersRights
What those animals did to that poor kid is deplorable and they should all be treated in the same way they treated Timothy.
All them fired and charged for whatever criminal charges cover that.
Imagine if health care professionals organized to keep politicians out of health care decisions that should be between a patient and practitioner.
“We’ve issued a whole lot of #water rights—basically more water rights than there really is water ...”
#BestOf2023: In the crown jewel of our Drifting Toward Disaster series on the #rivers of Texas, our former Environment Reporter Delger Erdenesanaa (who left us this year for the NYTimes) introduces us to the activists fighting a chemical giant for control of one of our most vital waterways ...
https://www.texasobserver.org/dow-brazos-river-pollution-nurdles?utm_campaign=mastodon
#news #politics #pollution #ClimateChange #environment #Texas
#BestOf2023: Over the last three years an interconnected network of PACs, largely funded by billionaires who support school privatization, has begun to transform the nature of school board elections across #Texas. Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti dug deep into the money transforming local #politics ...
https://www.texasobserver.org/school-board-pacs-consultants-right-wing?utm_campaign=mastodon
#news #USpol #education #democracy #PublicSchools #elections #voting
#BestOf2023: When prosecutors refused to drop charges against Timothy Murray, the 11-year-old who #police previously put in solitary confinement, we dug deeper. Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee found what appears to be a shocking pattern of abuse at #Brownsville ISD: https://www.texasobserver.org/prosecutors-wont-drop-charges-against-brownsville-isd-honor-student?utm_campaign=mastodon
#schools #education #solitary #HumanRights #stu #PublicSchools #Texas
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No doubt some of the money those PACS received were from Russian sources to destabilize the U.S. Republicans - money first, country last.
Keep cops away from kids. Evil monsters.
@TexasObserver @josephinelee Eventually Texans will vote against Nazis.