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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

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Op-Ed: Book Bans Are Just The Start Of A Dangerous Trajectory For Texas

As I complete my freshman year of college, and seeing the push to ban books in school libraries from the Texas Legislature (and in other states around the country), it has me reflecting on where I was 18 months ago. I never would have thought the secon...

SEC Chair Gensler doubts the need for more digital currency

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler took a swing Tuesday at cryptocurrency and other digital tokens, implying they're essentially unnecessary in today's world."Look, we don't need more digital currency," Gensler said during an appeara...

Satyaprem Ki Katha promotions show letting content take centre stage works better than marketing gimmicks | Opinion

This is the age of marketing gimmicks and over the top promotional campaigns in cinema, where week after week, films vie for audience’s attention. The attempt is to not let any airwave, social media platform, or webpage be left out when targetting the ...

Adipurush final trailer: Prabhas leads the ‘most epic battle ever fought’ against Saif Ali Khan in VFX-laden promo

Starring Prabhas as Raghava aka Ram, Kriti Sanon as Janaki aka Sita, and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh aka Ravana, Adipurush is one of the most awaited movies in the Indian film industry as the audiences can't wait to watch how the mythological tale of Rama...

UK orders China to close ‘secret police stations’ on British soil

Britain has probed claims that the Chinese stations were operating at three sites, its security minister says.The UK government has ordered China to shut down secret police stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat says in a w...

Denton Becomes First Texas City to Pass Resolution Supporting Medicare for All

Denton recently became the first city in Texas and the 100th nationally to pass a resolution in favor of Medicare for All. The local resolution does not change any laws and instead aims to drum up support for the single payer healthcare system.&nbsp...

Texas Food Banks Feel Sigh of Relief as Public Health Emergency Benefits Continue

The U.S. Health and Human Services quietly extended the public health emergency declaration beyond July 16, giving no required 60-day notice this week that it would come to an end. It means the public health emergency will continue to last for at le...

Congressional Lawmakers Want an Investigation into Operation Lone Star

Nine Congressional Texas Democrats penned a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week, urging the treasurer to investigate where the funding for Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star Star is coming from.  Operation Lone Star is an im...

Does Every Child in Texas Deserve Access to a Free Public Education? Greg Abbott Doesn’t Think So

In an interview on Wednesday with a rightwing talk show host, Greg Abbott was asked why the state of Texas must educate all children, including the undocumented. The Texas Governor responded by saying the state could be looking into “resurrecting” the ...

How to access abortion in a post-Roe world

Monday night, a draft opinion leaked by POLITICO showed the Supreme Court of the United States is set to overturn Roe v. Wade.  Conservative Justice Samuel Alito writes: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.The Constitution makes no re...

Texas abortion funds, Biden react to leaked SCOTUS ruling on Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a leaked initial draft of the ruling obtained by Politico.  In Texas, where a trigger law is set in place for the very day that happens, abortion would become illegal.  H...

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Op-Ed: Book Bans Are Just The Start Of A Dangerous Trajectory For Texas

As I complete my freshman year of college, and seeing the push to ban books in school libraries from the Texas Legislature (and in other states around the country), it has me reflecting on where I was 18 months ago. I never would have thought the secon...

SEC Chair Gensler doubts the need for more digital currency

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler took a swing Tuesday at cryptocurrency and other digital tokens, implying they're essentially unnecessary in today's world."Look, we don't need more digital currency," Gensler said during an appeara...

Satyaprem Ki Katha promotions show letting content take centre stage works better than marketing gimmicks | Opinion

This is the age of marketing gimmicks and over the top promotional campaigns in cinema, where week after week, films vie for audience’s attention. The attempt is to not let any airwave, social media platform, or webpage be left out when targetting the ...

Adipurush final trailer: Prabhas leads the ‘most epic battle ever fought’ against Saif Ali Khan in VFX-laden promo

Starring Prabhas as Raghava aka Ram, Kriti Sanon as Janaki aka Sita, and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh aka Ravana, Adipurush is one of the most awaited movies in the Indian film industry as the audiences can't wait to watch how the mythological tale of Rama...

UK orders China to close ‘secret police stations’ on British soil

Britain has probed claims that the Chinese stations were operating at three sites, its security minister says.The UK government has ordered China to shut down secret police stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat says in a w...