The Green New Deal Can Exist in Texas

The state has already shown what can be accomplished when renewable energy is prioritized. Now, Texans want to take action. Do lawmakers?
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    Human Rights

    Where the Bodies are Buried

    In 1910, East Texas saw one of America’s deadliest post-Reconstruction racial purges. One survivor’s descendants have waged an uphill battle for generations to unearth that violent past.
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    Environment

    Bridge to Nowhere

    Where the Texas Gulf Coast meets Mexico, a trio of fossil fuel companies is planning an industrial complex the likes of which Texas’ Rio Grande Valley has never seen.
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    Politics

    They Persisted

    An unprecedented number of first-time female candidates ran for office in Texas in 2018—and lost. Now, many of those women are running again.
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    Health Care

    Warning Signs

    Rural East Texas has some of the highest suicide rates in the state. But the safety net for people who need help is being stretched thin, and some Texans are falling through.
Two men with large nets head into the Texas Capitol, where people are shouting about carrying guns. 'It really is a mental health problem' one of them says.
Ben Sargent

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