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Election denialism and myths of voter fraud have long been part of the history of the United States. And here we are again.The survival of our democracy is on the line as efforts are underway to keep many away from the ballot box.Marc Favreau joins us to discuss his new book "Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote. "

UT Health San Antonio Speech-Language Pathology program graduate students are helping local kids at risk for developing a language disorder through a program called LAUNCH. Angela Kennedy, SLP-D, CCC-SLP, is the director of clinical education and an assistant professor for the Speech-Language Pathology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Last week South Texas candidate Cecilia Castellano, her legislative aide Manuel Medina, and other campaign workers were raided by the AG’s office. Officials say it was part of an investigation into a vote harvesting operation.

The play grew out of the aftermath of the racist massacre at an El Paso Walmart in 2019. Plawright Gregory Ramos describes how he used interviews with community members to touch on gun control and immigration.

KLRN, San Antonio’s PBS affiliate, has announced a new season of ¡SALUD!, a groundbreaking series that tells the stories of local Latinas who are leading in business, government, and the arts.

Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will the Justice Department and FBI officials, from Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr to career public servants.In the new book “Where Tyranny Begins,” Pulitzer Prize–recognized journalist David Rohde investigates how Trump systematically turned the country’s two most powerful law-enforcement agencies into his personal political weapons.

Today on Texas Matters. How Texas public school curriculum could be teaching Christianity. In Texas It will be harder to vote in this presidential election than it was four years ago. And how Arkansans are fighting to put abortion on their ballot.

TPR reporters David Martin Davies and Kayla Padilla spent the year following the passages that many Texans take to obtain an abortion. They documented what happens when they evade the Texas abortion ban.

The stated goal for school vouchers has been to provide educational equity. However, after years of implementation in other states, it's clear that vouchers are failing students and exacerbating income inequality. We now know that voucher programs hurt low-income students. But billionaires continue to push vouchers, especially in Texas.