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While Texas isn’t considered one of the major battleground states this year (although a recent poll suggests that indeed it is a state race where both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are leading by single digits), many Texans left their mark at the DNC Convention. On Monday night, a national audience was introduced to Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in primetime. A stalwart surrogate for President Joe Biden, Crockett has now taken her linguistic prowess toward the campaign for Vice President Harris.

Reproductive Rights — 2 min read On Monday, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced they were filing federal complaints with the Biden Administration on behalf of two women who were denied treatment for ectopic pregnancies in Texas. The two women allege they were denied abortion care, the only treatment for an ectopic pregnancy, and because of that delay they now face a loss of fertility.

According to the Ka 'Imi Na'auao O Hawai'i Nei Institute and The Bishop Museum, Queen Ka'ahumanu attempted to ban the islands’ traditional dance, hula, in 1830. It didn’t take. However, colonists and missionaries continued to actively discourage and suppress the art form, alongside the Hawai'ian language. Practitioners had to dance in secret, often in rural villages away from nosy neighbors and law enforcement.