A family living in Rio Grande City was on their way to Houston to see medical specialists for their 10-year-old daughter when they were stopped and arrested at an immigration checkpoint, NBC reported Wednesday. When the mother — who spoke to NBC and whose name is being withheld to protect the family’s identity — told […]
Author Archives: Angela Lim
Angela Lim is The Barbed Wire's trending news fellow. She is a senior majoring in journalism and Asian American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, set to graduate in May 2025. Most recently, she worked as an editorial intern at Texas Monthly, news intern at KUT, and freelance music writer at the Austin Chronicle. Angela is also an alumna of NPR’s Next Gen Radio fellowship and the Asian American Journalists Association’s VOICES program. She was born in Houston and lived in the Philippines for 16 years, but considers both home.
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Hundreds of Texans Had Thoughts on School Voucher Scheme at Tense 23-Hour Capitol Hearing
If Texas lawmakers want to use taxpayer money to fund private education, they’re going to hear from a lot of concerned citizens. A contentious public hearing on the issue lasted almost 23 hours this week, as hundreds of people spoke to lawmakers. About 330 people registered for public testimony at the House Education Committee hearing […]
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‘We Value Our Health’: Fort Worth Pastor Brags About Low School Vaccination Rates
A private school in Fort Worth is proud of its low vaccination rates — it even put it on a T-shirt. Mercy Culture Preparatory Academy had a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination rate of 14.29% among kindergartners in the 2023-2024 school year, the lowest in the state, according to Texas Department of State Health Services […]
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Gross. Natalist Conference Is Returning to Austin with Race Science, Eugenics.
Since neither tax incentives nor government propaganda are solving the country’s fertility crisis, self-described proponents of eugenics and race science will gather to think of solutions at a natalist conference in Austin, as was first-reported by The Guardian. Returning for a second time on March 27-28, the Natal Conference features speakers from race-science influencers to […]
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Congressman and Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Dies at 70
Congressman Sylvester Turner, who was just two months into his first term representing the 18th Congressional District of Texas, died on Tuesday, according to the Texas Democratic Party. He was 70 years old. Turner told the press in 2022 that he was cancer-free after secretly receiving treatment for bone cancer. Turner was elected to Congress […]
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Women Are Saved! Texas A&M Just Banned Drag Shows on All 11 Campuses
Texas’ Republican lawmakers have long argued that drag shows endanger children. That was always a stretch, but Texas A&M University has taken things a step further. The university’s Board of Regents voted to ban drag performances on its 11 campuses, and the resolution, which unanimously passed on Friday, said drag show events are “likely to […]