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Hula In Houston

Hula In Houston

According to the Ka 'Imi Na'auao O Hawai'i Nei Institute and The Bishop Museum, Queen Ka'ahumanu attempted to ban the islands’ traditional dance, hula, in 1830. It didn’t take. However, colonists and missionaries continued to actively discourage and suppress the art form,

Why Contraception For Teens Matters

Why Contraception For Teens Matters

Last month, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he was once again suing the Biden administration. This latest lawsuit concerns a program known as Title X that offers family-planning services for low-income Americans, including contraception for teenagers. The Title X program that offers free contraception for teenagers was previously targeted by

Billboards Highlight Consequences Of Texas Abortion Ban

Billboards Highlight Consequences Of Texas Abortion Ban

On Monday, August 5 Texans in the greater San Antonio area will start seeing four large billboards with a shocking message: “Everything’s bigger in Texas: including our infant mortality rate.” The infant mortality rate in Texas has indeed increased since the near-total abortion ban Senate Bill 8 went into

Ashley Worhol: Dead Bugs, Metal, and Cinema

Ashley Worhol: Dead Bugs, Metal, and Cinema

I needed a wing transplant for my tooth fairy, and that’s how I met Ashley Worhol for the first time in a decade. We were both vending at the night market at the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston this past summer. I was hawking my horror story

Trump Abortion Bans And The Race In Texas

Trump Abortion Bans And The Race In Texas

On Monday, a six-week abortion ban went into effect in Iowa. The Midwest state is now the 22nd to enact some form of an abortion ban since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Following the newest state abortion ban, the Democratic National Committee convened a press call to discuss

Abbott Receives Big Bucks From Voucher Advocates

Abbott Receives Big Bucks From Voucher Advocates

In June, Greg Abbott released a semi-annual campaign finance report that showed eye-popping figures from two school voucher advocates: Jeff Yass and Jim Walton. The donations, totaling $4.2 million, are a continuing saga in Abbott’s overtures towards school choice backers. Texas is the largest red state that has

The Most Interesting Man In Texas Opens A Haunted B&B

The Most Interesting Man In Texas Opens A Haunted B&B

Walking up the steps to the 134-year-old RavenWolf Manor, I start thinking about Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour. One of the protagonists, Michael Curry, would stare through the fence every day at a New Orleans mansion rumored to be the home of witches. If I had to pick one