From our magazine: Rural #Texas wears a friendly facade. You know everyone, and everyone treats each other so kindly, but, if you鈥檙e Black, you just ignore the stares when you walk into the local steakhouse for fish fry night.
https://www.texasobserver.org/racism-wrapped-rural-warmth/

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New from @josephinelee: Many of Jodey Arrington's constituents stand to lose access to both their healthcare and their local hospitals under the massive tax-and-spending bill, which will slash Medicaid and ACA spending by more than $1T and knock 10M more people off of insurance nationwide. https://www.texasobserver.org/jodey-arrington-obbba-cuts-west-texas-rural-hospitals/

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New from @josephinelee: Many of Jodey Arrington's constituents stand to lose access to both their healthcare and their local hospitals under the massive tax-and-spending bill, which will slash Medicaid and ACA spending by more than $1T and knock 10M more people off of insurance nationwide. https://www.texasobserver.org/jodey-arrington-obbba-cuts-west-texas-rural-hospitals/

#healthcare #rural #politics#USpol#Trump#WestTexas#Texas #news