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Erin Zwiener, a white woman with brown hair, holds her toddler daughter, wearing a mask, as she stands with other Democrats listening to Elizabeth Warren, who is wearing a red suit jacket and out of focus in the foreground.

Texas Observer School Board Investigation Spurs Call for Reform

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