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South by Southwest, Austin's annual conference and festivals dedicated to tech, music and film, on Tuesday dropped its first list of featured speakers and sessions for the spring event.
The announcement focused mainly on the interactive side of SXSW, which will happen March 10-19 next year. (Sorry, music and movie fans; stay tuned.)
Highlights include:
•A session called "Data Privacy After Roe v. Wade," featuring Cecile Richards, former president and CEO of Planned Parenthood and co-founder of Supermajority; Alexandra Reeve Givens of the Center for Democracy & Technology; and Nabiha Syed, CEO of The Markup.
• Bryony Cole, founder of Sextech School and host of the Future of Sex podcast, will appear in conversation with the Alex Naghavi, executive creative director at Josephmark.
• Kyle Andrew of apparel brand Athleta will appear in conversation with Allyson Felix (the most decorated track and field Olympian in history and founder of sneaker brand Saysh) Gloria Riviera of the "No One Is Coming To Save Us" podcast.
• Other notable names include CEO of Indeed Chris Hyams, founder of Starts With Us and KIND Snacks Daniel Lubetzky, co-chair and CEO of Warner Chappell Music Guy Moot and chef/writer/Counter Space host Sophia Roe.
• Other featured sessions announced are "2050: Digital Identity is a Human Right," "Design For a Better Future" and "RTR 2023: The Neuroscience of Self-Renewal."
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/things-to-do/2022/08/30/sxsw-2023-lineup-interactive-austin-tx-fest-cecile-richards-roe-v-wade-abortion-tech/65464031007/
Federal trial over new Texas political maps is delayed by evidence disputes
by Alexa Ura, Texas TribuneThe Republican-drawn maps largely serve to bolster the party’s dominance. The maps are being challenged based on various claims, including intentional discrimination, vote dilution and racial gerrymandering.
The legal fight over the shape of Texas political representation for the next decade won’t be decided until next year after a federal panel agreed Tuesday to delay a trial over new political maps.
The federal three-judge panel hearing the case pushed the start of the trial, which was originally scheduled for Sept. 28, following a flurry of disputes over discovery that left both the state and the various plaintiff groups questioning whether they’d have enough time to prepare to make their cases in a federal court in El Paso.
The court said it would announce a new trial at a later time.
The maps passed by the Legislature in 2021 have already gone into effect and are being used for the first time in this year’s elections, but the litigation could decide whether those maps need to be changed to ensure that voters of color have a fair say in choosing their representatives in elections for years to come.
The state faces a broad catalog of challenges to its four political maps, including its congressional and statehouse maps, that could affect a litany of districts. The legal claims, stemming from nearly a dozen consolidated lawsuits, include allegations of intentional discrimination, vote dilution and racial gerrymandering. The Republican-drawn maps largely serve to bolster the party’s dominance, giving white voters greater control of political districts throughout the state.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/30/texas-redistricting-lawsuit/
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Former Texas Rep. Steve Stockman's arrest surfaces as feds build case against Trump ally
WASHINGTON — The arrest timeline of former Houston-area Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, convicted in 2018 in a complex corruption scheme that involved misusing charitable funds, may be used as evidence by U.S. attorneys building a case against Trump ally Tom Barrack.
Barrack, a private equity investor and close friend of former President Donald Trump, will go on trial with a business associate in September on charges of illegally lobbying Trump on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
In a brief submitted before Barrack’s trial, attorneys said they intend to introduce evidence showing that Barrack and his associate were directed, by the UAE, to meet with and advocate for the appointment of Stockman to the position of U.S. ambassador to the UAE, but were unable to because of Stockman’s arrest on March 16, 2017.
The attorneys argued that Stockman’s “arrest is relevant because it explains why the Defendants were not able to fulfill this request, despite agreeing to do so.”
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/08/26/former-texas-rep-steve-stockmans-arrest-surfaces-as-feds-build-case-against-trump-ally/
Former Texas Rep. Steve Stockman's arrest surfaces as feds build case against Trump ally
WASHINGTON — The arrest timeline of former Houston-area Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, convicted in 2018 in a complex corruption scheme that involved misusing charitable funds, may be used as evidence by U.S. attorneys building a case against Trump ally Tom Barrack.
Barrack, a private equity investor and close friend of former President Donald Trump, will go on trial with a business associate in September on charges of illegally lobbying Trump on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
In a brief submitted before Barrack’s trial, attorneys said they intend to introduce evidence showing that Barrack and his associate were directed, by the UAE, to meet with and advocate for the appointment of Stockman to the position of U.S. ambassador to the UAE, but were unable to because of Stockman’s arrest on March 16, 2017.
The attorneys argued that Stockman’s “arrest is relevant because it explains why the Defendants were not able to fulfill this request, despite agreeing to do so.”
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/08/26/former-texas-rep-steve-stockmans-arrest-surfaces-as-feds-build-case-against-trump-ally/
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