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The War on Immigrants Is a War on Low-Income Workers

Shailly Gupta Barnes OtherWords
If poor and low-income Black, white, and Hispanic Texans turn out and stand together, they could change the outcome of Texas's gubernatorial race. They could shift the terrain — in Texas and every state that's playing politics with people's lives.

When Texas Cowboys Fought Private Property

David Griscom Jacobin
Cattle barons carved up Texas with barbed wire in the late 19th century, separating poor farmers and landless cowboys from vital resources for their struggling cattle herds. So the cowboys formed fence-cutting gangs to preserve the open range.

Friday Nite Videos | July 29, 2022

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Debunking the Myth of the Lost Cause: A Lie Embedded in American History. Choice (Texas Style). “I Call Bullshit!” Jon Stewart on the PACT Act. Manchin, Schumer Reveal Washington's Best Kept Secret. Why US Gun Laws Get Looser After Mass Shootings.

The Problem Is the Guns. The Guns. The Guns. The Guns.

Chuck Idelson Common Dreams
It's not school security or mental illness or anything else—it’s just guns. President Biden said on the night of the Uvalde massacre, "when we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
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