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Pusha T’s Clinton endorsement makes sense, if you think about it

Cuillin Chastain-Howley October 10, 2016

Pusha T has found a different kind of white girl to endorse this year in Hillary Clinton. The prolific Virginia rapper, known for his endless lines about dealing cocaine, made his endorsement around...

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Youth turnout will define America’s future

Jordan Shenhar, Leah Kashar, and Alexander Chase October 7, 2016

As Ted Cruz so eloquently put it at this year’s Texas Tribune Festival, this election, “we’re facing a binary choice.” And indeed, 2016 is unlike any election year that the United...

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Voter participation ensures vibrancy of republic

Bruce Elfant October 7, 2016

Ben Franklin was leaving Independence Hall after casting his vote for the new U.S. Constitution in 1787 when a woman approached him to ask what type of government was established. “A Republic,”...

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Hook the Vote makes registering to vote easy

Bailey Schumm October 7, 2016

When I came to UT, I didn’t know anything about the voter registration process. The gubernatorial race was all over the news, so I knew I wanted to vote. I just didn’t know what registering...

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Texas commits to reminding everyone that OU still sucks

The Daily Texan Editorial Board October 6, 2016

Editor’s Note: In the spirit of the University of Texas’ friendly rivalry with the University of Oklahoma, the editorial boards of The Daily Texan and The Oklahoma Daily have exchanged editorials. Read...

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After many years of losing, Make Texas Average Again

Editor’s Note: In the spirit of the University of Texas’ friendly rivalry with the University of Oklahoma, the editorial boards of The Daily Texan and The Oklahoma Daily have exchanged editorials. Read...

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Testing policies must reflect campus conversation on gender

Ethan Elkins October 6, 2016

Most students consider sitting boy-girl, boy-girl a practice of the past. This is not the case for students in Brian Lendecky’s managerial accounting course, who are instructed to position themselves...

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White nationalism has no ground in the immigration debate

Alyssa Fernandez October 6, 2016

From Brexit to burqa bans, 2016 has seen a global rise in white nationalist movements. Even in the U.S. the popularity of Trump and the alt-right can be associated with white nationalistic sentiments....

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Trump does not advocate for women in the workforce

Laura Hallas October 6, 2016

This is a historic year for young women voters. For many of us, it is our first year of voter eligibility, and it is the first time anyone has seen a woman nominated for president by a major party. For...

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Asian-Americans must open mental health dialogue

Janhavi Nemawarkar October 6, 2016

Stigma surrounding the topic of mental health is prevalent — although there has been a recent push for awareness, people who suffer from illnesses are often viewed as “weak” or are not...

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Google Home turns us into lazy royalty but helps medical field

Albert Zhao October 5, 2016

Picture, if you will, sitting in the Oval Office on a Friday by the phone. For an easy evening, you press the button and order your personal aide to fetch the car for dinner, the film reel of “Air...

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Clean coal provides little to fight climate change

Alden Marshall October 5, 2016

Republicans seem to be experiencing trouble on how to spin their climate change denial. Ohio Gov. John Kasich debuted a new line of attack on climate change at the Texas Tribune Festival in late September,...

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