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Illustration by Lauren Iba\u00f1ez<\/em><\/p>\n

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Texas Newsroom | September 2021<\/span><\/h2>\n

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What does it mean to be an American?<\/span><\/h2>\n

We are finding, coaching and training public media\u2019s next generation. This #nprnextgenradio<\/a><\/span> project is created in Texas, where six talented reporters are participating in a week-long state-of-the-art training program.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this project we are speaking to people representing a diversity of experiences and backgrounds in gender identity, physical ability, whether they are Indigenous, native born, a refugee or an immigrant without legal status\u2014to ask what it means to be an “American.\u201d
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How the history of Houston shaped one man\u2019s work as an ethnomusicologist<\/span><\/h1>\n

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by FABIANA CHAPARRO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For one Houstonian, a vinyl record isn\u2019t just a record \u2014 it\u2019s a gateway to escapism, history and a connection to his city and country. As an ethnomusicologist, Jason \u201cFlash Gordon Parks\u201d Wood\u2019s life mission is to document the unknown corners of Houston\u2019s music scene.
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Split between two countries: Mexican-American martial artist must choose which colors to wear<\/span><\/h1>\n

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by JACKIE IBARRA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As a citizen of both the United States and Mexico, Sofi Gonzalez belongs to both countries. That hasn\u2019t always been easy. Her life has been about blending \u2014 literally and figuratively \u2014 blending uniforms, cultures and identities.
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Restrictive new Texas abortion law won\u2019t stop the work of this life-long reproductive rights advocate<\/span><\/h1>\n

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by MIZELLE MAYO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Under the new Texas law, anyone who helps someone obtain an abortion after six weeks \u2014 including driving them to a clinic \u2014 could be sued for a minimum of $10,000. That puts Rachel Carter, a full-time volunteer with an Austin-based nonprofit providing reproductive resources and services, at risk.
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This Austin native holds the door open to his neighborhood\u2019s car club tradition<\/span><\/h1>\n

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by PETE RAMIREZ<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As West Dallas grows, a longtime resident empowers his neighbors to have the loudest voice<\/span><\/h1>\n

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In recent years, West Dallas has gone through a lot of changes \u2013 oftentimes at the expense of Black and brown folks who live there. Raul Reyes Jr. leads the fight to make sure new development benefits the community.
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Meet the El Paso man fighting for farmworkers during COVID-19<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Carlos Marentes was born in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, M\u00e9xico and both of his parents were farmworkers. As a child, he longed for the American dream. Then, in 1970, he started to work in the fields of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He saw exploitation, abuses of human rights and realized how vulnerable farmworkers were. His first dream came to an end, but a life of fighting for farmworkers began.
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The\u00a0Next Generation Radio Project<\/a>\u00a0is a week-long digital journalism training project designed to give competitively selected participants, who are interested in radio and journalism, the skills and opportunity to report and produce their own multimedia story. Those chosen for the project are paired with a professional journalist who serves as their mentor.<\/p>\n

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