I was working on my Education Writers Association fellowship when I first met undocumented students at UT. It was Oct. and no one expected that SB17 would impact these students. The story evolved in unexpected ways. Here's how the DEI ban swallowed UT's Monarch program: dallasnews.com/news/education…

Hi, everyone. 🧵 Through circumstances outside of my family’s control, my nephew, Ricardo, and my niece, Naomi, are both facing challenges no child should endure.

stellar piece by Dan Kois, @pahwa_nitish and Luke Winkie. this is the oral history of Pitchfork. 👓 read it here: slate.com/culture/2024/0… 📲 see it on IG: instagram.com/p/C4suzBuqyGR/…

Texas law enforcement officers can now stop and detain anyone they “suspect” of having entered Texas unlawfully after a Supreme Court decision today. If you can't prove your legal status, you can be jailed or deported to Mexico, even if you aren't Mexican.slate.trib.al/kTCLYui

Disabled migrants are struggling to access the U.S. asylum system, according to a complaint filed this week. “This is the most vulnerable population, the most overlooked population." For Texas Tribune: texastribune.org/2024/03/29/tex…

For many, the deaths of 6 men in the collapse of Scott Key Bridge is a reminder of the dangers that immigrant workers face every day. So I recently spent time with construction workers in Baltimore to hear about the hard but necessary jobs they do. NPR npr.org/2024/04/12/124…

in this essay, nadira will slate.com/culture/2024/0…

For some Black women in L.A., the cowboy hat + boots isn't a costume, it's a lifestyle. I interviewed some Black cowgirls about how they are staking their claim in a white male-dominated industry. They say Beyoncé's #CowboyCarter album came just in time. laist.com/news/they-trie…

i serve 💃 so i can serve 🏓 a new little something from me for Slate: slate.com/human-interest…

incredibly proud of the juris team Slate for their work unpacking what 'originalism' even is and how it is intertwined with the current vibe of SCOTUS being incredibly at odds with the will of the people right now slate.com/originalism

Día histórico para los mexicanos en el extranjero y en México. Personas formadas desde las 3:30 a.m. para votar en las #EleccionesMexico2024 en el consulado de México en Dallas más en Al Día Dallas y Dallas Morning News

i asked my wonderful Slate colleagues to text their parents if “kamala is brat” means anything to them … and their answers did not disappoint 💚 anyway, follow us on IG: instagram.com/p/C95arYBpzd_/…

Russia freed wrongly convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. wsj.com/world/russia/e…

1/ NEW from ProPublica : Josseli Barnica is one of at least two Texas women who we found lost their lives after doctors delayed treating miscarriages, which fall under a gray area in the state’s abortion ban. propublica.org/article/jossel…

We, the billionaires of Silicon Valley, hereby assembled, would like to offer our sincere and heartfelt congratulations to one Mr. Donald J. Trump for his ascension to the throne. We pray he will smile upon our fortunes and families and treat us kindly. slate.com/business/2024/…

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Trump’s order to limit birthright citizenship could have significant impact on Texas (W/ Joseph Morton) dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employees—including three editors, two of whom were members of the union—were being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:

letting go of the idea that “good” curls are smooth and defined has given me so much freedom. so i'm here to tell you to embrace the frizz! it’s what ’90s mariah carey would’ve wanted. my latest for Slate 😇 slate.com/life/2025/08/c…