“Our local leaders may finally listen to new folks, and we can’t get rail without a public vote,” Galvan said. “Among residents — especially low-income, disabled and minority communities — we have long known that buses aren’t enough.”

Hello from the redwoods. Less rain and fog over the summer devastated so many ferns/ the forest floor since I’ve been here last. They should be thriving and covering animals, fungus and other plants but instead global warming is killing them. Permanent plant death is increasing.

Thousands of families had to buy store brand before runaway inflation — where is their news and retail coverage ?

The number of people in the creative industries who are from a working class background has fallen by 50% since 1970 to under 8% today. It explains why so little of what we see in the arts is viewed through a genuine working class lens. theguardian.com/culture/2022/d…

"With people like Gawker alum Cord Jefferson luring journalists from the trenches of news-making to the glitz and glam of screenwriting, we may be seeing a lot more of ourselves." bit.ly/3j1VALl

Despite the presence of armed protesters outside the drag show in San Antonio tonight, the pro-LGBTQ counter protest has basically become an open air party.

For Texas Public Radio: The SAY Sí board chair Jason Moran says the afterschool arts nonprofit spent ~$35,000 on attorneys fees for Ogletree Deakins, the law firm unionizing workers with SAYSí Union have called a major ally of union-busting & voter suppression. tpr.org/news/2022-12-2…

Any South Texas lawyers, unions or organizers wanna chat about the NLRB funding crisis? Want to vent? Want to complain? Raise concerns? DM me or email in bio. ✌️👩🏼‍⚖️

Texas is lining the Rio Grande in El Paso with shipping containers. In Juárez, environmentalists called it a "political trick" will impact the already beleaguered ecosystem. El Paso Times with Ivan Pierre Aguirre : 🥑 elpasotimes.com/story/news/imm…

Spoke with Jolt Union and others about how the current state of NLRB funding is affecting labor movements. There was a 57% natl rise in election petitioning in 2022, and a bump in local organizing despite Texas’ status as a right-to-work state 👇🏻 bit.ly/3i1HjOo

My latest on labor 👇🏻

Jonathan Archille, an incarcerated man in Louisiana, works for no pay in the state capital. He tells a reporter he’s been called a slave by prison staff. Prison denies it. A few days later he’s placed on lockdown as punishment for talking to a journalist. washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01…

Today my story on the short term rental crisis is A1 in Fbg Standard Despite an STR ordinance rewrite, city leaders and residents are still concerned not enough is being done to preserve housing for workers and young families. Thank you Ken Esten Cooke for trusting the process 👇

Web version of my Fbg Standard story on the STR crisis 👇🏻 fredericksburgstandard.com/news/still-sho…

At a time when Texas leads the nation as the state with the most banned books in school districts and libraries, San Antonio Public Library and Jewish Federation SA have given this year's "Learn & Remember" series the theme of censorship. Mine for San Antonio Report 👇 bit.ly/3H18GBO

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