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by Taryn Woody | August 5, 2020 | China, Global | 0 Comments

“Never again” came sooner than expected. Kidnapped by their oppressive government, religious minorities are carted from their homes and held inside political prisons, where they are indoctrinated, tortured, raped and experimented on. This is not Nazi Germany. This is...

by Taryn Woody | July 14, 2020 | Education Policy, Health & Social Policy, LBJ School, Misc, Politics and Governance, Texas, University of Texas at Austin | 0 Comments

On July 14, Mayor Steve Adler joined a virtual interview with Politico on the state of affairs in Austin, given the recent surge in Texas Covid-19 cases. Adler expressed his concern for the state and Austin in particular, singling out the difficulties that the city's...

by Ana Perez | June 21, 2020 | Civil Rights | 0 Comments

Following last week’s public outcry at the Austin City Council’s virtual hearing, councilmembers unanimously backed new police reform and divestment resolutions.   On June 11, council took comments on five agenda items responding to police brutality against Black...

by Ana Perez | June 8, 2020 | Civil Rights, Misc, National, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 Comments

Over the past weeks, the nation experienced an outpouring of indignation, anguish and unity in response to the murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd after video of a police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck ignited a long-culminating powder keg of anger towards...

by Amelia Vorpahl | March 2, 2020 | Barbara Jordan Week, Civil Rights | 0 Comments

“If you take care of the land, the land takes care of you,” said Wenceslaus “June” Provost Jr., a fourth-generation sugarcane farmer from Louisiana. “For me, farming is everything. It’s my life. It was never a job.” Provost spoke to a packed room on Feb. 19 with his...