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It took me 2 months to complete this vase, which I made to honor the power & purpose of hurricanes. We made it through 3 strong storms last year. Milton caused a spiritual & mental shift moving me to “let go of that which no longer served me.” (That included Instagram, btw!) There is more to hurricanes than destruction & despair. They move nutrients from sea to land and renew ecosystems. I used #GulfCoast clays from LA, FL & AL to decorate the surface. #pottery #clay #hurricane #transformation
A large ceramic vase with a voluminous, bottom portion, narrow waist and flared neck, at the beach washed over by clear blue ocean water. The vase is intricately decorated with earth tones, and a light aqua glaze patterns swirl around the vase, just as the waves and water do.
Osa Atoe holding the same vase, standing in front of her pottery studio in the sunshine. The vase is 17” tall and about 12” diameter at its widest point.
#transformation #pottery #hurricane #gulfcoast #clay

Following a 1925 investigation into deportees’ conditions of confinement, a grand jury in #Galveston declared detention in the jail “a crime against humanity,” while a local reporter wrote of the dangers of “sending these unwelcome guests back to their countries embittered by months spent in a reeking jail.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-jails-migrant-incarceration/

#history #media #racism #GulfCoast #immigration #refugees #HumanRights

How Texas Jails Built Migrant Incarceration

Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.”
Brianna Nofil (The Texas Observer)
#humanrights #history #Refugees #media #immigration #racism #gulfcoast #galveston

A Sierra Club and Greenpeace report estimates that air pollution from currently operating LNG facilities nationwide causes $957 million in health costs and 60 premature deaths a year. https://www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-lng-pr-elected-officials/

#environment #pollution #OilAndGas #energy #ClimateChange #news #politics #USpol #GulfCoast

Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject

The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
Gaige Davila (The Texas Observer)
#energy #pollution #environment #news #climatechange #politics #uspol #gulfcoast #oilandgas

TEA vs. the Media: An agency report challenging media stories overlooks the charter schools’ compliance with federal tax and state business laws, on the watch of the now-HISD superintendent, while revealing new out-of-state payments. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-tea-report-houston-charter-schools/

#Houston #GulfCoast #schools #education #politics #USpol #TXlege #news #media

TEA Exoneration of Mike Miles’ Charter Schools Leaves Questions Unanswered, Raises New Ones

Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)
#news #politics #schools #education #uspol #media #houston #txlege #gulfcoast

“TEA investigating Mike Miles is like the fox guarding the hen house.”

New from @josephinelee: A new report seeking to clear the name of the controversial Houston ISD superintendent leaves out key details, and raises new questions. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-tea-report-houston-charter-schools/

#Houston #GulfCoast #news #politics #USpol #education #schools #TXlege #journalism #media

TEA Exoneration of Mike Miles’ Charter Schools Leaves Questions Unanswered, Raises New Ones

An agency report challenging media stories overlooks the charter schools’ compliance with federal tax and state business laws, on the watch of the now-HISD superintendent, while revealing new out-of-state payments.
Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)
#news #journalism #politics #schools #education #uspol #media #houston #txlege #gulfcoast @Josephine Lee

“I was in Houston public schools during the McCarthy Era, and [the school] board alternated every couple of years, and it would sometimes be run by the Minute Women. And the Minute Women were the female equivalent of the John Birch Society.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-public-education-diane-ravitch/

#politics #education #USpol #history #racism #extremism #Trump #schools #Houston #GulfCoast #news

What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for Public Education

Houston native and education expert Diane Ravitch urges a fight for "the future of Texas, and for the future of the children" under Trump's proposed reforms.
Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)
#news #trump #politics #history #schools #education #uspol #racism #houston #extremism #gulfcoast

At the end of his Apollo 14 moon exploration in 1971, Alan Shepard played golf in a lunar sand trap on the moon’s surface, in a world-famous demonstration of the moon’s low gravity. Upon his return to earth, Shepard’s first stop was Carlos’ barber shop. https://www.texasobserver.org/book-excerpt-moon-golf-ball/

#books #bookstodon #history #space #Texas #GulfCoast

Did the First American in Space Take an Extra Golf Ball to the Moon?

A new book reveals the secrets of moon memorabilia and the friendship between a famous Texas astronaut and his barber.
Ed Supkis (The Texas Observer)
#history #books #bookstodon #Space #texas #gulfcoast

From @josephinelee in our magazine: About 410,000 U.S. residents report Taiwanese ancestry, and 8.5 percent of them live in #Texas. Houston has the state’s largest Tawanese-American community, and it remains a hotbed for Taiwanese nationalism.
https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-hotbed-taiwanese-nationalism/

#culture #Taiwan #China #GulfCoast #Houston

Texas’ Hotbed of Taiwanese Nationalism

For decades, Houston families like mine have helped keep the flame of independence burning.
Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)
#taiwan #culture #china #texas #houston #gulfcoast @Josephine Lee

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