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The Year of the Youth

Over the last year, we’ve seen an extraordinary surge in student organizing around LGBTQ rights, climate change, labor, Palestine, and more. ....

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Free tampons in Texas school bathrooms? A bill could chip away at 'period poverty'

Texas schools may be required to offer students free tampons and pads in bathrooms, under a bill up for debate in the Legislature. ....

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Is the Texas Lege Finally Ready to Repeal the State's Tampon Tax?

Menstrual products are subject to a sales tax, and Democrat Donna Howard has tried to change that since 2017. With support from powerful Republicans, this could be the year. ....

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With Abortion Rights Under Attack, Menstrual Equity Gains Support

This year, lawmakers in two dozen states, including Texas, Alabama, Nebraska, Missouri, and Georgia, introduced bills that would expand access to menstrual products. ....

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A bill to abolish the 'pink tax' in Texas is filed for a fourth time

If Austin Rep. Donna Howard's latest bill makes it through the Legislature and becomes law, Texas will join 24 other states that don't tax feminine hygiene products. ....

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