For some, the Elf on the Shelf doll, with its doe-eyed gaze and cherubic face, has become a whimsical holiday tradition — one that helpfully reminds children to stay out of trouble in the lead-up to Christmas.For others — like, say, digital technology professor Laura Pinto — the Elf on the Shelf is “a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and” [deep breath] “reify hegemonic power.”…For some, the Elf on the Shelf doll, with its doe-eyed gaze and cherubic face, has become a whimsical holiday tradition — one that helpfully reminds children to stay out of trouble in the lead-up to Christmas.For others — like, say, digital technology professor Laura Pinto — the Elf on the Shelf is “a capillary form of power that normalizes the voluntary surrender of privacy, teaching young people to blindly accept panoptic surveillance and” [deep breath] “reify hegemonic power.”WW…

Kaitlyn Walls, a single mom who has been job-hunting for months, thought she’d finally caught a break when she landed a new position at a day-care center in The Colony, Tex.Twenty-four words on Facebook later, the 27-year-old found herself unemployed once again, according to WPIX11 News.“I start my new job today,” she posted at the end of her first day last week. “But I absolutely hate working at day care. I just really hate being around a lot of kids.”…Kaitlyn Walls, a single mom who has been job-hunting for months, thought she’d finally caught a break when she landed a new position at a day-care center in The Colony, Tex.Twenty-four words on Facebook later, the 27-year-old found herself unemployed once again, according to WPIX11 News.“I start my new job today,” she posted at the end of her first day last week. “But I absolutely hate working at day care. I just really hate being around a lot of kids.”WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersAt a 24-hour emergency clinic in northwest Houston, the line for COVID-19 testing routinely stretches down the block these days. Typically, would-be testees remain in their vehicles, but last Friday night so many Houstonians descended on the facility that packing closely together on foot, forming a dense line reminiscent of those outside Apple stores in the hours before the release of the newest iPhone.The next evening, in Rice Village, an upscale shopping district ten miles south, another long line formed, this one also taking up most of a...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersAt a 24-hour emergency clinic in northwest Houston, the line for COVID-19 testing routinely stretches down the block these days. Typically, would-be testees remain in their vehicles, but last Friday night so many Houstonians descended on the facility that packing closely together on foot, forming a dense line reminiscent of those outside Apple stores in the hours before the release of the newest iPhone.The next evening, in Rice Village, an upscale shopping district ten miles south, another long line formed, this one also taking up most of a...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersBy By By, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said his department is investigating multiple violent incidents involving police harming innocent protesters, including the pregnant woman who “was struck with an impact munition to her belly.”“We are looking into that,” he added.ByByByandByByByIt’s free. It’s daily. And it’s full of great reads, y’all.ByByByandByByByByByByBy…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersBy By By, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said his department is investigating multiple violent incidents involving police harming innocent protesters, including the pregnant woman who “was struck with an impact munition to her belly.”“We are looking into that,” he added.ByByByandByByByIt’s free. It’s daily. And it’s full of great reads, y’all.ByByByandByByByByByByByWW…

MenuWith the first day of school looming, thousands of Texas teachers have faced a daunting choice in recent days: return to the classroom while a contagion continues to spread or find another source of income in the midst of an economic recession before they were .Some teachers have decided to retire and others have decided to , preferring to gamble on their economic health over their physical health. As teachers weigh family, finances, and the sense of obligation that so many feel they have to their students, there are rarely uncomplicated answers during the current crisis.That sobering...…MenuWith the first day of school looming, thousands of Texas teachers have faced a daunting choice in recent days: return to the classroom while a contagion continues to spread or find another source of income in the midst of an economic recession before they were .Some teachers have decided to retire and others have decided to , preferring to gamble on their economic health over their physical health. As teachers weigh family, finances, and the sense of obligation that so many feel they have to their students, there are rarely uncomplicated answers during the current crisis.That sobering...WW…

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Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersFor many Texans, the winter storm and the failure of the Texas grid has begun to recede from day-to-day consciousness, becoming something of a bad dream that has been happily left behind. But in the white, three-bedroom home on Berry Street in Houston’s Third Ward, where Ricarro Middleton lives with his four young children, fianceé, and sister, the nightmare is impossible to move on from because it hasn’t ended.  The Middletons’ pipes froze, and eventually burst, during the storm, and for the past six weeks the family hasn’t had...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersFor many Texans, the winter storm and the failure of the Texas grid has begun to recede from day-to-day consciousness, becoming something of a bad dream that has been happily left behind. But in the white, three-bedroom home on Berry Street in Houston’s Third Ward, where Ricarro Middleton lives with his four young children, fianceé, and sister, the nightmare is impossible to move on from because it hasn’t ended.  The Middletons’ pipes froze, and eventually burst, during the storm, and for the past six weeks the family hasn’t had...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersThe fleet of several dozen cars pulled into East Austin’s Fiesta Gardens, or “” as locals call it, on a recent weekend with the booming of powerful stereo systems announcing their arrival. After a few loops around the park, some drivers—most of them Black and Latino men in their twenties and thirties driving customized lowriders, bright, candy-colored slabs, and jacked-up trucks with flashy chrome rims—packed into a nearby middle school parking lot. Some unloaded barbecue grills, toddlers, and pit bulls, then cracked open beers, and blasted...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersThe fleet of several dozen cars pulled into East Austin’s Fiesta Gardens, or “” as locals call it, on a recent weekend with the booming of powerful stereo systems announcing their arrival. After a few loops around the park, some drivers—most of them Black and Latino men in their twenties and thirties driving customized lowriders, bright, candy-colored slabs, and jacked-up trucks with flashy chrome rims—packed into a nearby middle school parking lot. Some unloaded barbecue grills, toddlers, and pit bulls, then cracked open beers, and blasted...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersBy the time Brendan Walsh reached the top of the downtown Austin parking garage near the Texas Capitol, the blazing June sun was beating down and his short sleeve button-up shirt was covered in sweat. He took in the sweeping view, analyzing the overlapping arrangement of buildings, trees, and power lines before comparing the panorama before him with a screenshot from a video he’d saved on his phone.Over the past few hours, he’d done the same at several other locations, without much success. This time seemed different. “This could be the spot,”...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersBy the time Brendan Walsh reached the top of the downtown Austin parking garage near the Texas Capitol, the blazing June sun was beating down and his short sleeve button-up shirt was covered in sweat. He took in the sweeping view, analyzing the overlapping arrangement of buildings, trees, and power lines before comparing the panorama before him with a screenshot from a video he’d saved on his phone.Over the past few hours, he’d done the same at several other locations, without much success. This time seemed different. “This could be the spot,”...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersWhen Deborah Adani discovered a newborn Muscovy duck under a shrub beside her home last year, she decided she had to act. A late hatchling, the bird had emerged from his ivory-colored egg after his birth mother and siblings had departed for a nearby pond. Adani realized that without help the scrawny infant, his yellow and brown feathers still wet, wouldn’t last much longer. Knowing that successfully reuniting the duck with his family would likely prove impossible, Adani took the bird indoors. He would spend the next few months being hand-fed...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersWhen Deborah Adani discovered a newborn Muscovy duck under a shrub beside her home last year, she decided she had to act. A late hatchling, the bird had emerged from his ivory-colored egg after his birth mother and siblings had departed for a nearby pond. Adani realized that without help the scrawny infant, his yellow and brown feathers still wet, wouldn’t last much longer. Knowing that successfully reuniting the duck with his family would likely prove impossible, Adani took the bird indoors. He would spend the next few months being hand-fed...WW…