In a small living room in Austin, Texas, a map covered in thumbtacks takes up most of the wall. Through every series of thumbtacks runs a piece of colored string, following the travels of just one resident...
My paternal grandfather, Hanz Rudolph Joseph, fled Nazi Germany in 1937. He left Germany carrying a passport emblazoned with a swastika and stamped with a large red “J,” placed there by the...
Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has hit Texas within days of his taking office. Over the weekend, Trump signed two executive orders to start building a border wall and ban immigration from seven...
Let’s accept it: UT provides us a protective bubble. But as soon as we graduate, we are on our own. Students will have to find a job and an apartment, buy a car, pay back their loans, fill out their...
The weeks following Trump’s inauguration have seen an era of protest unprecedented in American history. Millions took to the streets the day after the inauguration in the Women’s March, and...
Time heals all wounds.
31 years ago, after being deemed “too racist” for a federal judgeship by the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee, Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions III, receded back...
It’s been suggested that in opposing President Donald Trump, Democrats should pursue tactics similar to those of the Tea Party movement. This is a strange idea, given the fate many leading voices...
Do you remember when you decided what to study in college, or picked a career? Perhaps it was in high school, or maybe you still haven’t figured it out. You probably don’t think it was at the...
Following President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, NYC taxi workers halted rides in protest, as the majority of them are immigrants. Uber responded by lifting surge prices in order to generate more revenue....
If a majority of voters support a policy, should legislators cave to loud opposition from the other side? It is true that all of our voices should be represented by our legislators, but what are they to...
Protest has always been significant in American history. In essence, protest is intended to give a voice to the voiceless, serving as the only means disadvantaged groups have of expressing themselves....
Horns Up: You call this winter?
Are you hot, sticky and about to drop dead when walking to class? No, you’re not, because the weather has been great this month. Thanks to some downpours of rain...
