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Breaking News: Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has tested positive for the coronavirus and is isolating while receiving treatment. Abbott, who has banned mask and vaccine mandates in the state, has faced criticism as virus cases increased sharply. https://t.co/7wqTaKPNPp
Historians are dunking on the Project 1836 Law signed by @GregAbbott_TX & fairly so. It's pure culture-wars inflaming rhetoric, a response to a virtually non-existent threat of Critical Race Theory. But if we only trash it, we're missing the good news of *opportunity.* A thread/1
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The 2021 Friend of History Award goes to Refusing to Forget. Refusing to Forget is an award-winning educational non-profit that works to raise public awareness of the long history of anti-Mexican American violence in Texas.
The violence at the #border has deep, historical roots. While we must acknowledge past state violence, it is vital we also work with communities to build models grounded in transformative #justice in the present. Memorializing victims in not enough. @LatinostudiesUT
“The ERCOT grid has collapsed in exactly the same manner as the old Soviet Union,” said Ed Hirs, an energy fellow at the University of Houston. “It limped along on underinvestment and neglect until it finally broke under predictable circumstances." https://t.co/CTESlOlwQS