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‘Current’ steams through Houston Press Club awards with four firsts

July 9, 2012
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‘Current’ steams through Houston Press Club awards with four firsts

A fine sweep at the Lone Star Awards of the Houston Press Club capped off a successful 2012 awards season for the Current. On Saturday, Staff Writer Michael Barajas (right) was cradling three icy plastic turrets with submerged stars declaring his coverage of mental health and toxicity legacies in the military complex of San...
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Still DREAMing: Immigrant Youth Educational Workshop

March 23, 2011
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Still DREAMing: Immigrant Youth Educational Workshop

We here at the Current have been closely following the path that undocumented students throughout the country have been taking toward gaining citizenship.  Back in November, I wrote about the need to pass the DREAM Act, and in the months since, Newsmonger and I have taken to the blogs – following the DREAMers’ late 2010 hunger...
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Census lawsuit challenges redistricting before it even starts

February 14, 2011
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Census lawsuit challenges redistricting before it even starts

Numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau set for release this week are sure to spark the long-awaited fight over redrawing district lines in Texas. The new census data is expected to provide detailed population figures for cities and counties around the state, showing which ones grew as well as giving an ethnic breakdown of...
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