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	<title>Activism Archives | Dallas Observer</title>
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		<title>Small Texas Community Takes On Crypto Giant, Loses Bid for Peace</title>
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					<dc:creator>Alyssa Fields</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/ww-media/mediaserver/dal/2017-49/bitcoin_shutterstock.webp" alt="Small Texas Community Takes On Crypto Giant, Loses Bid for Peace" />The crypto mine in Hood County drills Bitcoin day in and day out, and it produces a lot of noise while doing it.]]></description>
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		<title>Holding Court: Dallas Artist Commissioned for Custom Portrait of the King of England</title>
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					<dc:creator>Alec Spicer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:39:47 -0600</pubDate>
				<category domain="foundation:section-category">Arts &amp; Culture</category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/11/King_of_Sustainability_Michael_Shellis_Courtesy_Taz_Khan.jpg" alt="Holding Court: Dallas Artist Commissioned for Custom Portrait of the King of England" />Michael Shellis grew up running from the police for graffiti. Now, he has delivered his art to Buckingham Palace. ]]></description>
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		<title>Prop 3 Could Worsen Dallas’ Jail Overcrowding and Mental Health Crisis</title>
		<link>https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-proposition-3-could-make-jail-overcrowding-worse-40612006/</link>
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					<dc:creator>Kelly Dearmore</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/10/Prison_Jail_Cell_Inmate_AdobeStock-e1761939207428.jpeg" alt="Prop 3 Could Worsen Dallas’ Jail Overcrowding and Mental Health Crisis" />Prop. 3 would let judges deny bail for certain felony charges when risk or danger is shown. But that's already in the state Constitution.  ]]></description>
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		<title>North Texas Restaurants Offer Free Meals for Kids as SNAP Money Ends</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patrick Williams</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:57:01 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>Andy Cohen Praises a Dallas Church for its Reponse to Gov. Abbott&#8217;s War on Crosswalks</title>
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					<dc:creator>Alec Spicer</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:46:35 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>After Calling Out Trump and ICE, Reneé Rapp Uses Her Platform for Change</title>
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					<dc:creator>Eric Diep</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:17:12 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>Buried on the Ballot, Prop 15 Sparks Fears Over Censorship and Trans Youth Care</title>
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					<dc:creator>Alyssa Fields</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/ww-media/mediaserver/dal/2025-32/texas_capitol_floor_legislature_adobestock.webp" alt="texas capitol" />It's not often Texas voters get a say in how the state governs social issues but 'parental rights' are on the ballot this year. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Local Luxury Handbag Designer, Chef and Mom Running For a Texas House Seat</title>
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					<dc:creator>Alyssa Fields</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>These Texas Women Fight the Death Penalty Outside Huntsville Execution Chamber</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patrick Williams</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>The Sky Was Crying: Scenes From the Dallas &#8216;No Kings&#8217; Protest</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patrick Williams</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 15:22:44 -0500</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/10/Dallas-No-KIngs-Patrick-Williams22.jpg" alt="A Dallas protester at October&#039;s No Kings rally holds an anti-MAGA sign in the rain." />ICE raids, tyranny, politics and a call for love and political organization were on the agenda at Dallas' wet No Kings protest.
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