Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 25, 2025
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A win for trans rights... in Montana!
A win for trans rights... in Montana!
A win for trans rights... in Montana!
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An Attack on Pregnant Workers at the 5th Circuit Could Unleash Chaos Across the Country
Slate
This case is about relegating pregnant people to second-class citizens in the eyes of the law. It’s about undermining basic democratic principles in order to advance a dangerous political agenda.
Why the Texas Measles Outbreak Was ‘Inevitable’
The Hill
Critics of Kennedy accused him of fostering anti-vaccine sentiment in Samoa, months before an outbreak ultimately resulted in 83 measles-related deaths and more than 5,600 infections.
Unions Get Bigger in Texas
The Progressive
Open hostility to unions has left the Lone Star State largely without worker power. Until now.
Tidbits – Nov. 28 – Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; Resistance 2.0; Thankful for Farmworkers; Another Woman Dies in Texas; U.S. Military Spending vs Other Top Countries; New Directions in Labor Politics; Cartoons; and More…
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Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; Resistance 2.0; Thankful for Farmworkers; Another Woman Dies in Texas; U.S. Military Spending vs Other Top Countries; New Directions In Labor Politics; Cartoons; and more....
Christian Nationalism Marches On With ‘Bible-Infused’ Texas Curriculum
Common Dreams
"What we're seeing here in Texas with these lessons is a larger national push to promote the idea that American identity and Christian identity are woven together, are one in the same," said one professor.
For Black Americans, Post-Election Spam Messages Signal Mounting Threat
The Progressive
In Denton County, Texas, and across the US, a string of racist incidents raises fears white supremacists have been emboldened by Trump’s victory.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Overtime Pay Rule
Reuters
The rule would have required employers to pay overtime premiums to salaried workers who earn less than $1,128 per week, or about $58,600 per year, when they work more than 40 hours in a week.
Tidbits – Nov. 14 – Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; What Next?; Where To Begin?; Texas Victories; What the Hell Happened? How – Why Did Working Class and Union Members Vote? Virtual Event; Strategy for Labor: Panel Discussion in Honor of Merle Ratner
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Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; What Next?; Where Do We Begin?; Texas Victories; What The Hell Happened? How - And Why Did Working Class and Union Members Vote? -- Virtual Event; Strategy for Labor: Panel Discussion in Honor of Merle Ratner; Cartoons;
A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” To Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital
ProPublica
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.
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