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Texas Observer<p>In books: The Crossing: El Paso, the Southwest, and America’s Forgotten Origin Story is the title of the late Richard Parker’s new rich cultural and political history of El Paso. By virtue of being about El Paso, it’s an adventure into the Other Texas. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/forgotten-crossings-el-paso/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/forgotten-cr</span><span class="invisible">ossings-el-paso/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ElPaso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElPaso</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Texas Observer<p>From our magazine: The El Paso Walmart shooting in 2019, the largest massacre of Mexican Americans in the history of the United States, prompted award-winning journalist Richard Parker to take a second look at what was his family’s hometown during his youth. <br><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/el-paso-untold-story/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/el-paso-unto</span><span class="invisible">ld-story/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ElPaso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElPaso</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> outbreak in the news. They sure love their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomSores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomSores</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> which is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Red" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Red</span></a> like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sores</span></a>. They really like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Red" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Red</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“If any changes are going to happen in mental health, we’re going to have to [address] the generational issues.” </p><p>Our top story: The federal Health Resources and Services Administration designates 192 <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> counties as mental health provider shortage areas. Nolan County, home to Sweetwater, ranks worse than 155 of those. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mental-health-crisis-rural-texas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mental-healt</span><span class="invisible">h-crisis-rural-texas/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“Sweetwater is rough. They don’t want somebody blowing smoke and having them sing ‘kumbaya’ and all that. They want someone who will sit there and say, ‘You know what? Life is crap sometimes. It absolutely is. But we’ve got to figure out how to work through it.’” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mental-health-crisis-rural-texas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mental-healt</span><span class="invisible">h-crisis-rural-texas/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“The most important thing is there are no resources. Everything that we did, we had to travel for.”</p><p>Our top story: Amid a crisis of depression and suicide, small towns like Sweetwater struggle to provide support for residents. <br><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mental-health-crisis-rural-texas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mental-healt</span><span class="invisible">h-crisis-rural-texas/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“People in Sweetwater perceived mental health as, like, you’re lower. They always thought you should just be happy. It was like you had to be a functioning person with depression, and I couldn’t do that every day.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mental-health-crisis-rural-texas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mental-healt</span><span class="invisible">h-crisis-rural-texas/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Featured story: “How are they able to get away with not giving them [all] PE? … I saw the way they do it is by falsification of documentation.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mike-miles-t</span><span class="invisible">hird-future-schools-midland-classes/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Featured story: “How are they able to get away with not giving them [all] PE? … I saw the way they do it is by falsification of documentation.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mike-miles-t</span><span class="invisible">hird-future-schools-midland-classes/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Featured story: “How are they able to get away with not giving them [all] PE? … I saw the way they do it is by falsification of documentation.”<br><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mike-miles-t</span><span class="invisible">hird-future-schools-midland-classes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>RFK Jr. touts vitamin A and cod liver oil as another death is reported in growing measles outbreak. Health experts warn the move is ‘misleading the public’ <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1939463/rfk-jr-touts-vitamin-a-and-cod-liver-oil-as-another-death-is-reported-in-growing-measles-outbreak-health-experts-warn-the-move-is-misleading-the-public/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1939463/r</span><span class="invisible">fk-jr-touts-vitamin-a-and-cod-liver-oil-as-another-death-is-reported-in-growing-measles-outbreak-health-experts-warn-the-move-is-misleading-the-public/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/HealthAndHumanServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthAndHumanServices</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MeaslesVaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaslesVaccine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutrition</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PaulOffit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulOffit</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RobertF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertF</span></a>.KennedyJr. <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WorldHealthOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldHealthOrganization</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“I initially believed a great deal in the program, but once I became an administrator and I began looking at the report cards and the schedules. How are they able to get away with not giving them [all] PE? … I saw the way they do it is by falsification of documentation.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mike-miles-t</span><span class="invisible">hird-future-schools-midland-classes/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>This week's top story: A charter school, formerly run by Mike Miles, has been accused of allowing students to graduate without taking all social studies or physical education requirements. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mike-miles-t</span><span class="invisible">hird-future-schools-midland-classes/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Our top story: “How are they able to get away with not giving them [all] PE? … I saw the way they do it is by falsification of documentation.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mike-miles-t</span><span class="invisible">hird-future-schools-midland-classes/</span></a> |</p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
Deborah Sampson<p>What today’s death of a school-age child…in <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/westtexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>westtexas</span></a> shows is…</p><p>The “hard work” of generations of scientists…<br>Our own health professionals &amp; grandparents <br>Bought us…decades later was…<br>Eradication of horrific deadly diseases.</p><p>Those enabled years of luxury…of ignoring their…<br>Accomplishments…by embracing conspiracy theories…<br>&amp; disastrously drop in vacation…results in…</p><p>The Butchers Bill coming due.</p><p>Jaguars don’t just eat your face…<br>They take lives too.</p>
Jason Yip<p>A[n unvaccinated] child dies of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> outbreak <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/person-dies-measles-west-texas-outbreak-rcna193812" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/person-dies-measles-west-texas-outbreak-rcna193812</span></a></p>
Houston Public Media<p>A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/02/26/514826/an-unvaccinated-child-has-died-in-the-texas-measles-outbreak-thats-infected-more-than-120-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonpublicmedia.org/article</span><span class="invisible">s/news/health-science/2025/02/26/514826/an-unvaccinated-child-has-died-in-the-texas-measles-outbreak-thats-infected-more-than-120-people/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeaslesDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaslesDeath</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeaslesOutbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaslesOutbreak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasMeaslesOutbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasMeaslesOutbreak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VaccinationRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VaccinationRates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Elementary school students in a charter school HISD superintendent Mike Miles ran graduated without taking social studies, former employees say. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mike-miles-t</span><span class="invisible">hird-future-schools-midland-classes/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>New from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span>: Why didn't report cards match the actual classes students were taking? The charter school nonprofit started by Mike Miles is accused of neglecting requirements to teach every student physical education and social studies. <br><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-third-future-schools-midland-classes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/mike-miles-t</span><span class="invisible">hird-future-schools-midland-classes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a></p>
rexi<p><a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-measles-cases-texas-mexico-kids.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02</span><span class="invisible">-measles-cases-texas-mexico-kids.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> outbreak in rural <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestTexas</span></a> has grown to 90 cases across seven counties, the state health department posted online Friday, and 16 people are hospitalized.</p><p>In neighboring eastern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, the measles case count is up to nine</p>