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In February 2021, it began to snow in Austin, Texas, which was unusual, and exciting for some, at least until the power dropped out for millions of people. To many, this came as a shock – how could a...
View ArticlePossible GOP Prez Hopeful Will Hurd On Running As A 'Moderate'
One of the few Black Republicans to serve in Congress discusses partisanship around the country, in his home state, and some of the GOP's policy agenda's including abortion bans and more.On Today's...
View ArticleRepublicans Find A COVID Rule They Like: Keeping Immigrants Out
One of the central issues at the upcoming Summit Of The Americas is migration, and how to address deportation and asylum cases.On Today's Show:Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, former Congresswoman from Florida,...
View ArticleAnother School Shooting in America: The Latest from Texas; Gun Policy;...
Coming up on today's show:Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Texas Capitol Reporter, NPR's The Texas Newsroom, based at KUT in Austin, talks about the community of Uvalde, Texas, the victims and how they are...
View ArticleUvalde, Texas: Another Community Forced to Cope With a School Shooting
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Texas Capitol Reporter at The Texas Newsroom, talks about the community of Uvalde, Texas and the victims of yesterday's mass shooting at an elementary school.
View ArticlePolitics Aside, Who Are The People Of Uvalde, Texas?
The small town of Uvalde Texas now joins Newtown Connecticut and Parkland Florida, as a community grieving in the wake of a school shooting.On Today's Show:Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Texas Capitol...
View ArticleGays Against Guns Founder On Texas Shooting
Jay Walker, co-founder of Gays Against Guns, joins us to discuss gun policies after a shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 19 students and 2 adults dead.
View ArticleNew York Gun Regulation Laws; A School Psychologist on Managing Trauma;...
Coming up on today's show: Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about renewed calls for regulating guns in the wake of two mass shootings. Plus, New York State Senator Zellnor...
View ArticleA Dome of Insecurity
Michelle Garcia, journalist, essayist, Soros Equality Fellow and Dobie Paisano writer-in-residence, and Monica Muñoz Martinez, associate professor of history at the University of Texas-Austin, talk...
View ArticleThe Border Patrol Context For The Uvalde Shooting
What does the US Border Patrol have to do with the shooting in Uvalde, Texas?On Today's Show:Michelle Garcia, journalist, essayist, Soros Equality Fellow and Dobie Paisano writer-in-residence, and...
View ArticleGreetings, Prophet! - Snap Classic
A mild-mannered theater professor attempts to stage a controversial play in a small East Texas town.This episode discusses drug use, sex, homophobia, and contains explicit language. Sensitive...
View ArticleThe Religious Right Mobilized to End Roe. Now What?
Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that gave women in the U.S. the legal right to an abortion, has now been officially overturned. The Supreme Court rarely reverses itself. The ruling means states can...
View ArticleJason Isbell Plays Live, Plus New Mexico’s Michelle Lujan Grisham
New Mexico’s governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven.” Sandwiched between Arizona and Texas, New Mexico is preparing for battles to protect abortion patients...
View ArticleNew Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona
In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven” between Arizona to the west, and Texas to the east. Already, she says, New Mexico’s few abortion...
View ArticleNew Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona
In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven” between Arizona to the west, and Texas to the east. Already, she says, New Mexico’s few abortion...
View ArticleNew Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona
In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven” between Arizona to the west, and Texas to the east. Already, she says, New Mexico’s few abortion...
View ArticleAsylum Seekers Bussed to NYC
The Republican governors of Arizona and Texas have, as a political ploy, begun to bus migrants arriving at their borders to New York and other East Coast cities. Local nonprofits and volunteer groups...
View ArticleAmerican Rehab: Shadow Workforce
Picture stepping into a drug rehab. You’re looking for treatment, but instead, you get hard work for no pay. For decades, this type of rehab has quietly spread across the country. How are rehabs...
View ArticleThe Big Grift Behind the Big Lie
This episode explores two stories of fights over the right to vote. Texas-based nonprofit True the Vote claims to have evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election—an idea Trump loudly...
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