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	<description>young, progressive opinion from the Lone Star State</description>
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		<title>Of Work and West Campus</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/04/workers-in-west-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ainee Athar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[campus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Austin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A map published by the Workers Defense Project, a collective of organizers and laborers advocating for low-wage workers, shows the meteoric growth of Austin. Dimpled across downtown are dozens of construction sites and half-finished high rises. The city’s population grew 37% in 2010 and shows no sign of stopping. As of March 2013, Austin was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax-free Textbooks in Texas?</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/02/tax-free-textbooks-in-texas/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/02/tax-free-textbooks-in-texas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew J. Leahy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary Gonzalez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MJL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas college students]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All too often, we read about new and disappointing ways the Republican controlled Texas Legislature is attempting to grease the slippery slope towards educational inferiority. That&#8217;s why it can be a real breath of fresh air when something like this comes along. If State Representative Mary González (D-Clint) has her way, Texas college and university [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Bother with the National Association of Scholars</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/02/dont-bother-with-the-national-association-of-scholars/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/02/dont-bother-with-the-national-association-of-scholars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Naik</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the daily texan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the university of texas at austin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of column space in The Daily Texan has lately been devoted to the National Association of Scholars and their report denouncing UT’s (and A&#38;M’s) U.S. history courses for focusing too much on gender, race, and class. Thankfully most of it has been challenging the report, but the way the paper (and even some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insecure Immigrant Communities: What Obama and Congress have Ignored so far</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/02/insecure-immigrant-communities-what-obama-and-congress-have-ignored-so-far/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/02/insecure-immigrant-communities-what-obama-and-congress-have-ignored-so-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ainee Athar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[city hall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anastasio rojas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[austin police department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border patrol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[s-comm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travis county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UT civic engagement center]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The best ideas for comprehensive immigration reform come from the immigrants themselves. Unfortunately, few are listening. How else do we explain the recent proposals announced by President Obama and the Senate? Both the White House and a coalition of key Senators prioritize doubling down on enforcement, and advocate increased surveillance and militarization of the US-Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Needed on Austin’s Redistricting Commission and Review Panel</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/01/students-needed-on-austins-redistricting-commission-and-review-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/01/students-needed-on-austins-redistricting-commission-and-review-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alejandro Barrientos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Co-operative Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent citizens redistricting commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Texas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The process of drawing the single member districts that Austinites voted for last November is underway, and one spot on the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is reserved for a student. We certainly need a strong student voice on the commission that will draw the new city council districts so that students are represented on city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOLz for ALLz</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/01/lolz-for-allz/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/01/lolz-for-allz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alejandro Barrientos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like even Congressmen have their twitter accounts hacked. Texas&#8217;s own Congressman Neugebauer has some great dieting tips!]]></description>
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		<title>Shake Up in the TX Senate Educational Committee</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/01/shake-up-in-the-tx-senate-educational-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2013/01/shake-up-in-the-tx-senate-educational-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alejandro Barrientos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[capitol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[83rd Session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Senate.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendy Davis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At 5:30 in the evening last Friday, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst released Texas Senate Committee assignments and some bad news to those hoping that the legislature might find a way to fund Texas public schools. Democrats lost influence in the Education Committee. They held four of nine positions in the committee in the 82nd legislature; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UDems Elections for Spring 2013</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2012/12/udems-elections-for-spring-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2012/12/udems-elections-for-spring-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Texas Monitor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[83rd Session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andre treiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black student alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidacy statement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carlos aurelio martinez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david feigen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elizabeth anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emily schoech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justin perez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[katie naranjo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kevin alcantar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latino leadership council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[max patterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michelle willoughby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nathaniel norris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promesa project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queer students alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott wold]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; On Wednesday, the University Democrats will conduct its officer elections for spring 2013. These are important because UDems will play an important advocacy role on behalf of students and young people next semester. Nominees in contested races were asked to submit candidacy statements to The Texas Monitor. PRESIDENT Nathaniel Norris Student issues are sure to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Stall Democracy, Governor</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2012/11/dont-stall-democracy-governor/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2012/11/dont-stall-democracy-governor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Huey Rey Fischer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[83rd Session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Alvarado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fred brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hd 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locke lord]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rick perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rw bray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sd 6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sylvia Garcia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sylvia Garcia For Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[texas legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Senate.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The battle to replace the late Sen. Mario Gallegos (D-Houston) is fully underway. Rep. Carol Alvarado and former Commissioner Sylvia Garcia have been fundraising, blockwalking, volunteering, picking up endorsements and so much more. A runoff is expected with multiple candidates throwing their hat in the ring, including Republican RW Bray. There is only one thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Democratic Dream Ticket 2014?</title>
		<link>http://TexasMonitor.com/2012/11/whats-your-democratic-dream-ticket-2014/</link>
		<comments>http://TexasMonitor.com/2012/11/whats-your-democratic-dream-ticket-2014/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Huey Rey Fischer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2014 elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George P Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greg abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[susan combs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[todd staples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://TexasMonitor.com/?p=1125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Democratic Party&#8217;s Executive Committee (SDEC) will be meeting informally on December 8, 2012 to discuss and outline a game plan for the 2014 election cycle. In addition to fundraising and strategic goals for each region, early candidate recruitment is going to be essential if Democrats hope to find a viable path towards victory. [...]]]></description>
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