Maya Women Softball Players Become Mexican Superstars

Las Amazonas de Yaxunah is an indigenous, all-female softball team famous throughout Mexico. They have even been invited to play in the U.S. They have worked to overcome the machismo attitude that softball is a sport for men, spreading the message that women are just as capable.

Four years ago men chastised them for playing a sport. Many men believed that women should stay at home or tend animals in the backyard – not run around the bases

In September, the Amazonas were invited to play the Falcons from Phoenix University in Arizona. Several hundred spectators and tens of thousands online saw them make history at Chase Field, home of major league baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks, in a stunning 22-3 win over the Americans.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/11/1203974955/these-maya-women-softballers-defy-machismo-from-their-mighty-bats-to-their-bare-

Debate Over Disability Services in Voucher Schools in Texas

Some disability advocates have raised concerns about funneling public dollars into private schools when the state’s public school system, which serves most special needs students in Texas, remains underfunded.

Texas Senate Bill 1 would use taxpayer dollars to create education savings accounts, a voucher-like program that would give families access to $8,000 a year to pay for private school tuition and other educational expenses.

Voucher proponents argue that education savings accounts would allow students with disabilities access to specialized schools if public schools are not meeting their needs. 

Given the fact that Republican-sponsored bills almost always harm people lower on hierarchies, most likely this bill will not end up helping the students it says it will help, a false "noble cause" in an effort to gain more support.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/10/texas-school-vouchers-disabilities-special-session/