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Freelance journalist. Also, journalism lecturer @UTAustin. Writing has appeared @POLITICOMag, @AJEnglish, @Salon, @Vice, @TexasObserver, @PacificStand

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The John Birch Society Is Back

The John Birch Society Is Back

Bircher ideas, once on the fringe, are increasingly commonplace in today’s GOP and espoused by friends in hig…

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The Shocking Legacy of America's Worst Modern-Day Lynching

The Shocking Legacy of America's Worst Modern-Day Lynching

Twenty years after the brutal, racially motivated murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas, some residents a…

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Where the Confederacy Is Rising Again

Where the Confederacy Is Rising Again

In east Texas, a group of true believers is helping build the largest Confederate monument in a century. Is t…

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How Texans With Intellectual Disabilities End Up Homeless

How Texans With Intellectual Disabilities End Up Homeless

With no place to go, some Texans with intellectual disabilities end up on the streets.

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I taught at the worst school in Texas

I taught at the worst school in Texas

My time at Pearce was an unforgettable lesson in what the education reformers get wrong.

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The Toxic, Hidden History of a Black Man Castrated in a Small Texas Town

The Toxic, Hidden History of a Black Man Castrated in a Small Texas Town

Almost 80 years after a brutal castration in a Texas town, residents' strident opinions show that race remain…

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By Milos Forman, John Savage Verified, Treat Williams
| France TV Verified
Ce direct commencera le dimanche 28 juin 2026 à 00h15 | Théâtre et danse 1979 Vidéo 1 h 55 min Anglais Primé Déconseillé aux moins de 10 ansSous-titréVO | VOST Disponible jusqu'au 28/07/2026 En 1967, Claude Hooper Bukowski quitte son village natal de l'Oklahoma pour New York, où il s'engage dans l'armée. Sur le point de partir pour le Viêtnam, où la guerre fait rage, il découvre avec ahurissement la faune bigarrée et contrastée de Central Park et se lie avec un petit groupe de hippies.
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San Antonio recovery facility developing LGBTQ+ inclusive programs 

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By John Savage Verified
| wordpress.com
By Gabriella Gonzales Lifetime Recovery in San Antonio will incorporate new “LGBTQ+ inclusive” programs, a counselor from the substance abuse treatment facility said in a presentation hosted by the city on June 29. “Over the next 12 months, we’re making Lifetime LGBTQ+ inclusive,” Celso Zepeda said.
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‘We want justice’: Anger in Uvalde a year after school shooting

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By John Savage Verified
| Al Jazeera English Verified
Uvalde, Texas, US – One year ago, an 18-year-old man brandishing an AR-15-style rifle walked into Robb Elementary School in the southern Texas town of Uvalde. He brutally murdered two teachers and 19 children. A year after the killings, a crushing void lingers in the hearts and lives of the victims’ parents, siblings, friends and many residents of this largely Latino, United States town of about 15,000 people.
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