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As the president has mulled invading the island and imposed harsh sanctions, old legal pathways have closed while asylum denial rates for Cubans are near 80 percent.

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CUBA’S GOVERNMENT IS IN TRUMP’S CROSSHAIRS, BUT POLITICAL DISSIDENTS FIND NO REFUGE HERE ↗

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A Venezuelan immigrant tries to make a home in San Antonio in exclusionary times.

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AMERICAN SKATER ↗

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The demise of a Brenham organization intended to help young victims of trafficking is a cautionary tale about the state's overreliance on religious groups to help foster kids.

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THE FALL OF HOPE RISING ↗

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Where I’m from, the Afro-Texans who made me know our lives are forever woven into the ecology of the Thicket.

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A LOVE LETTER TO THE BLACK WOODSWOMEN OF DEEP EAST TEXAS ↗

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A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more police.

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IN TEXAS SCHOOLS, A CRISIS OF ARRESTS OF KIDS AS YOUNG AS 10 ↗

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Inside Books Project volunteers have sent used books to Texas inmates for nearly 30 years. A new crackdown is threatening their work.

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THROWING THE BOOK AT BOOKS IN PRISON ↗

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A 25-year-old died last month of “blunt force trauma due to a fall.” An Observer analysis found that the injury rate at "Starbase" was well above an industry national average.

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WORKER’S DEATH AT SPACEX FACTORY FOLLOWED HUNDREDS OF INJURIES IN RECENT YEARS ↗

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Through self-portraiture, a trans Texan photographer steps in front of the camera to document their journey to find home within.

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A MIRROR AND A PORTAL ↗

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