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Texas Standard For July 13, 2020
Five years after the death of Sandra Bland, how much has and hasn’t changed – a conversation with two top Texas lawmakers about criminal justice in Texas since her death, and what more needs to be done. And: How Texas colleges and universities are trying to address changes in student visa rules. Also: As organizers push for greater Latino representation at the polls, a parallel initiative to preserve the history of one of the groups that led the push. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:
David Freid
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