Attorney General Ken Paxton cherishes liberty, which is apparent when he sues the federal government for intruding into Texas’ affairs. His lawsuits against his favorite target, the EPA, have cost...
The internet has transformed not only the way we live and socialize, but also how we digest media. It is easy to point fingers at platforms such as Facebook for allowing fake news to circulate. Yet there...
A recent New York Times interview series asked women about times they had felt trivialized because they were a girl. All responses highlighted poignant displays of sexism, but the most heartbreaking anecdotes...
The libel suit surrounding the infamous Rolling Stone article, “A Rape on Campus,” has recently ruled in favor of one of the plaintiffs. Nicole Eramo, the University of Virginia administrator named...
Distrust of the media has been a staple of president-elect Donald Trump’s campaign, but he was certainly not the first person to sow seeds of doubt between the public and media organizations. This...
Last Tuesday, Hillary Clinton may have lost the presidency to Donald Trump, but the fight against climate change has reached a point of no return and Trump has shown little interest in turning that back.
The...
We knew that racism and misogyny have always festered under the surface of American society. It doesn’t make the result of this election any less devastating.
The result — including...
Early in the fall semester, panic rises surrounding the dilemma of housing. Students scramble to sign leases for the next school year before they have even attacked their first round of midterms. In order...
In the past week, my Facebook feed has been filled with non-stop rants and events for protests throughout the Austin area: “Banish the electoral college!” “Stop racism!” “Encourage...
Editor's note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding the legitimacy of superdelegates in our political system. You can read the counterpoint here.
As this election cycle has illustrated,...
Editor's note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding the legitimacy of superdelegates in our political system. You can read the counterpoint here.
Following the culmination of a...
The coalition that elected Donald Trump president is comprised of two wings. The deplorable wing is made up of members of the so-called “alt-right,” white nationalists baffled by the notion...
