The allegations that Coleman Hutchison committed sexual misconduct against his students first surfaced publicly in October of 2017. That fall, the English department held a town hall for graduate...
When alt-weeklies — free, weekly newspapers — hit the scene in the 1970s, they quickly became famous for taking on issues that mainstream outlets wouldn’t: sex and drugs and rock...
The Democratic Party hasn’t put up a serious fight in Texas elections since the early 2000s, when they lost control of the Texas House of Representatives. So I was surprised to see Texas’ 21st...
During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to dismantle “the Department of Environment Protection,” or what most of us know as the Environmental Protection Agency....
When Rep. Lamar Smith announced he wouldn’t run for reelection on November 2, he became the second powerful Republican committee chair to do so in the same week.
Smith, Chair of the House Science...
Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus’ announcement that he wasn’t running for re-election sent shockwaves through the state political sphere. Imagining a Texas Legislature without Straus,...
On Oct. 24, the University of North Texas will pay $100,000 for Donald Trump Jr. to give a guest lecture. A number of UNT students went off on social media in response to the announcement. The event that...
Editor’s note: Price is vice president of TX Votes, a nonpartisan voter registration and civic engagement organization.
When asking students if they plan to vote this November, I most often...
UT made national news last fall when Young Conservatives of Texas threw their now-infamous bake sale — changing the prices of baked goods depending on the color of a student’s skin —...
For the vast majority of UT students, finding a bathroom to use isn’t particularly stressful. But for students who don’t feel comfortable using traditional bathrooms, the experience is vastly...
Many students go through their four years at UT focused entirely on the content of their major, determined to be as prepared as possible for their career. For some students, however, this creates a blind...
With the incumbent off running for Congress, the race for Texas’ District 8 state Senate seat appears that it will come down between Phillip Huffines and Angela Paxton. Both of those names should...
Helping poor kids go to college has always been a bipartisan initiative. Programs like Pell Grants, TEXAS grants, and Federal Work-Study have each received the support of members of both parties in Congress....
In the early afternoon of May 2, police said Kendrex White pulled out a Bowie-style hunting knife in front of Gregory Gym and plunged it into the back of UT freshman Harrison Brown— killing him....
In the hustle and bustle of the Texas House of Representatives, it’s not easy for any single representative to stand out. Some manage to do it by grandstanding on every issue. Others gain fame by...
Gov. Abbott’s special session call made big news when it was released – the 20 items on the agenda dwarfs the number of topics a governor’s laid for a special session in recent memory....
UT System Chancellor William McRaven has come under fire lately for his perceived failures and mismanagement of the system administration. This comes as his contract is set to expire at the end of this...
It’s summertime in Austin, and that means that students are participating in age-old college traditions: backpacking across continents, soaking up sun on the beach, and working long hours without...
In a time of historically low voter turnout and a seemingly unbreachable partisan divide, civic engagement recently got a boost from the unlikeliest of sources: the Texas Republican Party. Eliminating...
On Monday, my Facebook feed was filled with UT students celebrating Uber’s return to Austin. I was disappointed to see thousands of students praise a company with an abysmal labor record that’s...
