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Picturing Palestine

As a Palestinian in diaspora, I am constantly frustrated with how American fiction depicts my people...

by Iasmin Omar Ata-Delta

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On the podcast: San Antonio's Jessica Elizarraras educates us on the magic of the uniquely Texan puffy taco, a deadly Wichita Falls amusement park and the possibility of a purple Texas.

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A closer look at the poet’s musings on “Manly Health.”

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June 2016 feature, Irving, Glenn Beck, Van Duyne Jun 13, 2016

The Crank Factory

How the right-wing media and a small band of activists turned Irving into a hotbed of hatred.

by Christopher Hooks

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Bill Minutaglio Hands ‘State of the Media’ Over to Andrea Grimes

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