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14 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Some recommendations for your Sunday listening ⬇️

For the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, @viaAlana spoke to Houston resident Deqing Yang, who is working to support his community as racist attacks on Asian Americans rise across the country. bit.ly/30HjgIr
.@TexasStandard marked the year anniversary of the pandemic by exploring the effect of the coronavirus on the state through the voices of those who have lived it, and those we have lost.
.@nytimes has an audio documentary series about Odessa High School reopening during the pandemic — and the teachers, students and nurses affected in the process. nyti.ms/3sxWs9S
Correction: We deleted a previous version of this thread that used the incorrect handle for The Texas Tribune’s @viaAlana.

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