Top 10 Most Challenged Books Every year, the American Library Association compiles a list of the books most frequently targeted by censors based on reports from the field and media coverage.

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The Helium Crisis That Won’t Go Away The U.S. sold off a critical helium reserve despite decades of warnings — now, the war in Iran has exposed the consequences.

A case study in privatization.

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As Texas Restricts Cashless Bail, More People Will Be Jailed for Months Based on an Accusation Despite evidence that cashless bail doesn’t increase crime, several states are moving to restrict it.

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DHS Paying Local Police Millions in Quieter Approach to Immigration Enforcement Facing public backlash, the Trump administration is outsourcing more immigration enforcement to local agencies and politically connected contractors.

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"If Texas does not implement the water supply strategies and projects in the state water plan, a severe drought could cause an estimated $91 billion in economic damages in 2030, ...projected to increase to $177 billion per year by 2080."

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The cost to meet Texas' future water demand just skyrocketed to $174B That higher price tag was part of a draft report issued Thursday by state water officials and includes rising construction costs and a backlog of projects.

"'This figure validates concerns that $1 billion a year is not going to be sufficient to meet the infrastructure needs to ensure our water supply', said Perry Fowler, executive director of the Texas Water Infrastructure Network".

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Bad Takes: San Antonio needs more police oversight, not more police on the streets A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper keeps an eye on protesters in downtown San Antonio. Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. I recently

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‘Go Out and Sue a Polluter’ | Scott W. Stern Shortly before Christmas in 1969 a dense fog rolled in across the bayous of the Texas Gulf Coast. For more than four days it blanketed a vast region, as

“What this movement is saying is that the right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a community that is not contaminated should be a right all of us enjoy.”
-- Robert Bullard, 1991

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How Texas College Students Are Helping Thousands of Undocumented Classmates The peers of undocumented students haven’t given up.

"As of June 2025, Inside Higher Ed reported there were 57,000 undocumented students enrolled in Texas colleges and universities."

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From organizing to outcomes: San Antonio local builds power to strengthen their city Members of AFSCME Local 2021 in San Antonio won important gains as the cost of living rises.

Yes, police officers and firefighters each negotiate their own collective bargaining agreements, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2021 represents most of the rest.

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How companies are using AI to pay workers as little as possible As corporate profits surge, American workers are taking home a record-low percentage of the proceeds from their work.

"Driver pay dropped significantly when Uber introduced dynamic pay...'82% of longer serving Uber drivers are now earning less per hour...'. Algorithmic pay resulted in 'a $8.7 billion global loss of income for Uber drivers globally...'".

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‘We Just Want Life to Be Sustainable’: LAUSD Workers Near Strike in Contract Fight As the April 14 strike deadline looms, teachers and support staff remain at an impasse with a district strained by high housing costs and declining enrollment.

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Fear and Loathing in San Antonio Fear and Loathing in San Antonio

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Protect the National Labor Relations Board — Trader Joe's United! The NLRB is under attack--learn more and take action to protect workers' rights.

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One Battle After Another: The Big Contract Fights Coming in 2026 The coming year could keep the strikes rolling through steel mills, state offices, telephone lines, axle plants, baseball diamonds, and hospitals from coast to coast. Union contracts expiring in 2026 ...

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U.S. workers want union representation. We need political leaders who respect that. Organizers from Starbucks Workers United rally several years ago in downtown San Antonio. Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. “And I’m not

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everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

Can Democratic Socialism Rise in Rural America? From New Mexico to Tennessee, organizers are working to put DSA on the map. The work isn't easy.

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Hegemony In The Hinterlands: The Need for Rural Organizing | Reform & Revolution

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Texas is changing its social studies curriculum. Critics say it's too state-centric The process of rewriting the curriculum has been contentious, with some raising concerns about what it emphasizes. People who have been involved in the process say the changes are part of a conservati...

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Undocumented immigrants in Texas are delaying medical care Since Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas hospitals to start asking patients for their citizenship status in November 2024, reported visits by undocumented immigrants have dropped.

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Renewable energy is a 'second opportunity' for some rural Texans Partnerships provide stable income to help farmers and ranchers stay on their land despite agriculture’s uncertainties. Not all are fans, though.

"Developers across Texas are building to meet the demand, with solar and battery sites now making up 77% of generation sources, grid operator the Electric Reliability Council of Texas reported in December."

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Texas grid expansion splinters conservatives as data center backlash grows Texas is planning a $14 billion network of new power lines to support the oil and gas industry, but residents and lawmakers are pushing back.

Texas Republicans are “facing growing wrath about the power lines from their rural constituents, who are also upset about the rapid influx of data centers.”

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When ICE Blows Through Rural America - The American Prospect As the surge in Minneapolis winds down, small communities in Minnesota (like Willmar) fend off more arrests and lasting impacts.

"Speedy legal response is critical, because ICE has made a habit of transporting detainees immediately to Texas ..., making it harder to file for habeas corpus."

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Wormy food, intimidating guards, sick kids: Inside ICE’s only family detention center First-person accounts paint a bleak picture of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas.

"My kids are terrified; we are all depressed, staying here just waiting for our fate. My older son cries constantly...".
-- Mother of 2- and 7-year-old boys, on their 36th day at Dilley

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