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Writing on Free Speech & Intellectual Debate. Former cabbie, tenant organizer & doorman. Brooklyn w 2 boyz. Author of "Canyon Dreams" http://bit.ly/CanyonDreams 

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    Michael Powell‏ @powellnyt 10 Dec 2021

    1. I wrote today of the Education and Culture Wars in Texas , the effort to control what can be taught and what books can be read. I reported in a half dozen cities and towns. But all my work rested on a fine foundation of reporting by Texas reporters #Thread

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      2. Michael Powell‏ @powellnyt 10 Dec 2021

        2. @Mike_Hixenbaugh and @NBCNews have broken story after revealing story on the Battle over Books and Curriculum, particularly in Southlake, a tiny suburb north of Dallas:https://www.nbcnews.com/southlake-podcast …

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      3. Michael Powell‏ @powellnyt 10 Dec 2021

        3. Ariana García, @ariana_nogrande an education writer with the @HoustonChron write an excellent piece on a courageous school librarian in San Antonio named Carrie Damon. I spoke at length with Ms Damon:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/amp/How-books-get-banned-in-Texas-schools-16516820.php …

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      4. Michael Powell‏ @powellnyt 10 Dec 2021

        4. I read deeply in the excellent @TexasTribune , a non profit that is relentless on policy and the Texas statehouse . So too @TexasMonthly and the San Antonio @ExpressNews

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      5. Michael Powell‏ @powellnyt 10 Dec 2021

        5. And then there are the vigorous tough minded opinion pages, tough Texans. So the Houston Chronicle @ChronOpinion writes:https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-In-America-we-don-t-ban-ideas-16593479.php …

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      6. Michael Powell‏ @powellnyt 10 Dec 2021

        6. All of which I drew upon even as I added lots of my own reporting and, I hope, thinking:https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-In-America-we-don-t-ban-ideas-16593479.php …

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      7. Michael Powell‏ @powellnyt 10 Dec 2021

        7. This is a long winded way of saying if you care about the nation and want to learn and think and probe in these tough times, the foundation is courageous local and state reporting. Please pay for and patronize it

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      2. Greg Dworkin‏Verified account @DemFromCT 11 Dec 2021
        Replying to @powellnyt

        @threadreaderapp unroll

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      3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 11 Dec 2021
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        Guten Tag, the unroll you asked for: 1. I wrote today of the Education and Culture Wars in Texas , the… https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1469462692494729225.html … Talk to you soon. 🤖

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      1. chris smith‏Verified account @chrissmithnymag 11 Dec 2021
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        Good story. Don’t think you linked:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/texas-critical-race-theory-ban-books.html?referringSource=articleShare …

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