EPISODE · Jun 30, 2026 · 7 MIN
Daily Dispatch 6/30/26: So Now We're Arresting Nuns, And More
from Progress Texas Podcasts · host Progress Texas
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:After being seized off a McAllen street on her way to Sunday mass last weekend, Sister Letty Ugboaja has been released by ICE: https://www.tpr.org/news/2026-06-29/south-texas-nun-released-after-being-detained-by-iceThose of us who visited Corpus Christi last weekend might be wondering what the real story is with the water crisis: in short, it was manufactured over the last three decades by GOP sidestepping of climate science in favor of corporate industrial expansion: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-climate-change-refusal-crisis-corpus-christi/Eight Texas State Board of Education seats are up for election this fall - the recent votes on Bible stories and revisionist social studies curriculum make those elections more important than ever: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/republican-majority-sboe-approves-bible-infused-required-reading-lists-and-social-studies-curriculum/Check out the Substack version of the Daily Dispatch, which delivers each pod to your inbox and frequently includes extra video goodies: https://substack.com/@progresstexasProgress Texas is expanding into both broadcast radio - including a new partnership with KPFT-FM in Houston! Make a tax-deductible contribution to our radio initiative HERE, and to our Spanish expansion HERE. Find our web store and other ways to support our important work at https://progresstexas.org.
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