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Opinion: Los Verdes, a Fourth-Grader, and the Power of Protest
How Austin FC helped me talk to my daughter about Uvalde
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Opinion: Is Austin Energy Committed to Sustainability and Affordability? Its Rate Proposal Raises Doubts.
The rate hike is bad for consumers and runs counter to the city’s climate goals
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Opinion: Congress – Pass Federal Privacy Legislation to Support Texas Small Businesses
The co-founder of Tiny House Coffee Roasters offers a solution to the patchwork system of privacy laws that is crushing small businesses
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Opinion: Project Dis-Connect – Austin’s Back to the Future
Before burying the light rail below Austin’s unique street character and beautiful lake, we should take a breath to reconsider the design ideas and ballooning costs
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Opinion: An Open Letter to My Girls in a Post-Roe World
A mother explains why she left Texas and what she pledges to do to provide abortion care access to her children
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Opinion: Hungry Children Need Healthy School Meals to Thrive
A pandemic-era program that supported hungry children is set to disappear at the end of June. Pediatricians urge a new focus on food for kids.
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Opinion: Mental Illness Does Not Cause Mass Shootings. Mass Shootings Cause Mental Illness.
Austin therapists lay out Governor Greg Abbott’s abysmal record on supporting mental health access and education
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Opinion: Governor Abbott, Do Not Tell Our Children the Same Story About AR-15s
A survivor of an AR-15 reflects on the governor’s position on gun violence and the mental health crisis
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Opinion: 19 Children Are Dead. Someone Should Do Something.
A hospital-based pediatrician explains steps we can take to prevent the next tragedy
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Opinion: An Open Letter to Chip Roy, U.S. Representative, Member of Congress
A retired principal urges Chip Roy to reconsider his position on the free availability of military-style automatic weapons to civilians
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Opinion: Wildfires Are Coming to Central Texas. Be Prepared.
As we move into the summer, a drought has enveloped Texas, increasing the risk of wildfires in the Austin area
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Opinion: Wake-Up Calls for Our Fossil Fuel Addiction
Kicking our fossil fuel addiction is good for the climate, our health, our economy, and geopolitical stability
