Greg Abbott 
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SOURCE: Texas Tribune
4/11/2023
Greg Abbott Claims to Boost Texas Universities. Why Is He Attacking Tenure?
Attacks on tenure and diversity programs would threaten the improvements Texas politicians say they want to make in higher education in the state, say faculty advocates.
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SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
3/8/2023
Do 3 GOP Governors' Higher Ed Policies Forecast the 2024 Election
While none have announced their candidacy, Greg Abbott of Texas and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia are joining Ron DeSantis in making aggressive moves on public higher education that may signal a key issue in the GOP primaries.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
9/20/2022
Governors DeSantis and Abbott Borrow from the Jim Crow Playbook
by Greta de Jong
"Immigration scholars have noted how U.S. foreign policies contributed to the poverty and violence in Central and South America that migrants are fleeing. Yet rather than acknowledge this – along with assuming the moral responsibilities it entails – some GOP leaders denigrate and dehumanize refugees to win support from voters."
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
9/16/2021
Politicians, not Migrants, are Fueling the Pandemic's Resurgence
by Randa Tawil
At the height of colonialism, European governments rejected calls for quarantine to keep global commerce humming, and blamed supposedly unsanitary local populations for the inevitable spread of cholera. Governors in some US states are repeating this mistake today.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
GOP Revives Old Tactic: Blame Outsiders for Disease
by Jonathan Zimmerman
"The coronavirus is spreading most rapidly in places with low vaccination rates, not high immigration."
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