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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

End Texas’ war on women

End Texas’ war on women

Editorial Board January 23, 2024

Almost a year and a half after the implementation of a controversial abortion legislation in Texas, the law has received its first challenge. Kate Cox, a Dallas mother of two, received devastating news...

Say yay to Prop A

Say yay to Prop A

Lauren Hernandez, Assistant Arts & Life Editor April 11, 2023

Stop whatever you are doing and go vote. Local elections are coming up on May 6, with early voting starting April 24, and if you are a San Antonio resident, this election is especially critical. The ballot...

Texas laws stomp on free speech

Texas laws stomp on free speech

Luna Infante, Staff Writer April 4, 2023

Texas State Representative Steve Toth recently introduced HB 2690, which seeks to restrict online access to information regarding abortion and abortion materials. This bill is known as the Women and Child...

Charter aims to codify justice reforms

Charter aims to codify justice reforms

Chloe Williams, Web and Social Editor January 31, 2023

San Antonio Justice Charter is a coalition led by ACT 4 SA, an organization working to shrink the impact of over-policing and mass incarceration in Bexar County, and Ground Game Texas, whose goal is...

Herschel’s hypocrisy

Herschel’s hypocrisy

Malaki Lingg, Assistant Web and Social Editor November 1, 2022

Nationwide we are preparing for the conclusion of the 2022 midterm elections, with Democrats and Republicans displaying the differing beliefs they support. Reproductive rights and access to abortions are...

Efficiently insufficient

Efficiently insufficient

Areebah Bharmal, Staff Writer October 12, 2021

35 days after one of the most strict abortion laws in the country went into effect and over four months after it was passed, the law was temporarily blocked. Two days later, the ban was reinstated: and...

Senate Bill 8: we should be angry

Senate Bill 8: we should be angry

Jessica McLaren, Staff Writer September 7, 2021

Abortion has remained a polarizing and emotional topic in headlines since long before the ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Roe decided that someone’s right to an autonomous decision regarding abortion...

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