Three weeks ago, I wrote that the Republican Party of Texas will face demise from lack of youth support, among other things. One week ago, while everyone was distracted by their world turning upside down,...
My little sister’s middle school (and my former school) is an anomaly in Austin — it’s a school with demographics representative of all of Austin Independent School District. Wednesday...
I got off a plane early Wednesday morning and got to my apartment with just enough time to do one small thing before making my way to class: cover the mirrors.
A friend and I had joked for months about...
Last December, Donald Trump called for a complete ban on Muslims entering the United States. This left me wondering why open racism is not a deal breaker. Although not all of his supporters may support...
Democrats and Republicans are taking this chance to catch their breath, but sooner or later the Republican party will have to resolve a new, post-Trump challenge: how to regroup after electing Donald Trump.
Throughout...
Our new fight has a martyr, and her name is Hillary Clinton. As we painfully watch our beloved champion lose, we are thrust into the seven stages of grief. This is a scientific theory suggesting experience...
We’ve been writing about this election for far too long. For many of you on campus, the way it ended was a disappointment; for others, a begrudging victory or a vindication. But to believe it is...
In 1881, a wealthy, protectionist New York Republican with no political experience and funny-looking hair took the Oath of Office, to much of America’s horror. He had no popular mandate — he...
Donald Trump capped what has been an emotionally taxing election cycle chock full of unproductive and demanding dialogue by pulling off a shocking upset. There has been and will continue to be speculation...
This has been a grueling year. This election cycle has raised the country’s collective blood pressure, and we now need to somehow put our divided nation back together again. There are a lot of people...
The outcome of Tuesday night’s presidential election is clear. The people spoke, and the majority of voters want Hillary Clinton in office.
Yet Trump is America’s president-elect,...
Gaetan Dugas was a gay flight attendant that was featured in a landmark 1984 CDC study that tracked the transmission of HIV/AIDS into the United States. In that same study he was listed as “Patient...
