When Djena neglected to do a chore, Denise would use a belt or a power cord to whip Djena, leaving her covered in bruises.
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Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
What this narrative neglects are all the ways treatment might cause terrible side effects, or the long period one spends being sick, and how one’s identity may have changed in the interim.
In early 2022, after the state failed to pass a ban on such care for minors, Paxton wrote a legal opinion declaring transition care for minors to be child abuse.
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Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
16 May 2026
The city filed a lawsuit saying the federal government failed to perform required reviews of how the project would affect the health and safety of residents and the environment.
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