A year into taking office, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin decided that, as the chief executive of his land, he need not to humor dissent among lower officials. Putin unveiled plans to consolidate...
Eighteen months. We “argued” for 18 months. We watched our Facebook feeds tell us the information we wanted to hear for 18 months. We stayed trapped in our own little bubbles for 18 months....
Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez is following through on her campaign promise to no longer blindly honor all voluntary detainer requests issued by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for individuals...
The Women’s March on Washington was an impressive display of unity among American women and their allies, coming just a day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. However, what was meant...
On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump hijacked America’s political culture and transfixed its staid media institutions with a single escalator ride to the lobby of his eponymous skyscraper.
Three days...
Self-proclaimed Alt-right leader Richard Spencer experienced a more extreme side of inauguration protests when the sucker-punch heard around the world landed in his face last weekend. Videos of the punch...
Twitter has always been the perfect place to live-tweet the Bachelor and follow the tweeted revelations of Jaden Smith and Zach Braff. But Twitter is not the place for making political arguments about...
The past election cycle, despite its turmoil and turbulence, has brought political change. Political conversation took place on the stage for the presidential and vice-presidential debates and still takes...
Trump has declared a war on the arts. In the new administration’s goal to slash federal spending by $10.5 trillion, the National Endowment for the Arts faces the threat of total elimination. Now...
In recent years, movements like body positivity and fat acceptance have gained widespread support. The idea behind these movements is that everybody should love the body they have. You don’t need...
Students sacrifice to get a UT degree everyday. Many students, especially those who must pay their way through school, work many hours outside of class to pay their way through school. And regardless of...
Just a few days have passed since Trump’s inauguration, and already high profile policy shifts are occurring on the national level, such as the apparent end of the United States’ involvement...
