San Antonio city and housing officials break ground on affordable apartment complex on Far West Side
Vista at Reed will offer 56 two and three-bedroom units from $398 to $1,380.
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A study conducted by the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission found that Texas has seen a steady increase in antisemitic incidents in recent years.
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In December, Rackspace was hit by a ransomware group that took customers' data. Potentially, this group has held onto this data in exchange for ransom, but the company has not said either way due to the investigation run by the FBI.
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The state’s biennial maternal death report shows a wide gap in maternal outcomes between Black pregnant people and their white counterparts.
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In 2020, there were more than 6,000 United States veteran suicides. This averaged out to almost 17 people per day. Veteran suicide rates have trended downward but they still take their own lives 1.5 times higher than the general population.
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Jared Yates Sexton writes in “The Midnight Kingdom” about the dangerous abuses that those in power carried out throughout history. Those same people, he argues, reshaped those stories into fictions for people to better swallow the past. Many still cling to the myths about Western civilization, and Sexton exposes the political power and religious indoctrination behind it.
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Fusion centers are meant to serve as hubs of intelligence to flow between federal government, private sector, state, local, tribal and territorial partners. However, in a recent investigation, the Brennan Center for Justice uncovered not only flawed analyses from the centers but also abuses of their authority and instances of the surveillance of people engaged in First Amendment-protected activities. Under the guise of counterterrorism, they have historically targeted American Muslims and claimed that activists are threats.
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Dreamweek is in full swing in Alamo City. Dreamweek is a 16-day event that started in 2013 as a way to bring people together to celebrate creative and diverse voices. It also serves as a time when the community can reflect on the past year and discuss the issues that still affect society.
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In "The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life," San Antonio writer Simran Jeet Singh recounts his early life on the North Side of San Antonio. The book explains how the core tenets of the Sikh religion — love and service to others — helped him navigate the discrimination he often faced.
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For 11 years, the San Antonio Public Library has presented a series titled “The Holocaust Learn and Remember.” This year the program focuses on censorship and how the Nazi regime controlled information in order to suppress Jewish people and other persecuted groups. The timeliness of this theme is a reminder of current censorship efforts across the state. Texas currently leads the nation with the most banned books in school districts and libraries.
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In December, scientists in California produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it. This historic first could lead to more advancements in clean energy.