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PHOTOJOURNALISM
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When a Vintage RV Is Your Home, Repair Is a Way of Life / Scott Gilbertson drives his 1969 Dodge Travco along the Pensacola, Florida coast with his family on February 19, 2023. Briana Vargas for Wired Magazine

Ana Reza, bridge chaplain, runs an asylum shelter at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in El Paso, Texas. Reza works with the Rio Grande Borderland Ministries to provide safe haven to recent arrivals seeking asylum who have been released by Customs and Border Protection. Briana Vargas for The New York Times

The interior of Southern News Group building following the Get Out the Vote Rally hosted by the Asian American Democrats of Texas in Houston's Asiatown on October 15, 2022. Briana Vargas for The Texas Tribune

Aubrey Freeman holds a hat belonging to his late father, Ancel Walton Freeman, in Batson, Texas, on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Bud, as Ancel was known to friends and family, died of blood loss following surgery performed by Eric Heston Scheffey in 1994. Briana Vargas for The Texas Observer

Aubrey Freeman contemplates a photograph of himself in his Batson, Texas home on July 30, 2022. Briana Vargas for The Texas Observer

Delegates listen to proposed amendments to the legislative priorities list during the 2022 Texas State Republican Convention on June 18 in Houston, Texas. Briana Vargas for The Texas Tribune

An abortion-rights demonstrator speaks in front of the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston following the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday, June 24, 2022. Briana Vargas for The Texas Tribune

Deshana Green and her children visit Galveston Beach during spring break on March 11, 2021. Briana Vargas for The Texas Tribune

Lisa, an anonymous HPV patient living in a Houston hotel to escape domestic abuse, navigates the uncertainties of Planned Parenthood being withdrawn from Medicaid coverage. The state's health commission gave Planned Parenthood's Medicaid patients until Feb. 3, 2021 to find new doctors. Briana Vargas for The Texas Tribune
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