A Lesson on Religious Violence from South Asia
Photo: persecutionbd This past week, a proponent of religious and ethnic tolerance came to...
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Category: Civil Rights
45 Arrests and Counting: a John Lewis Documentary at the 20th Barbara Jordan National Forum
Photo: Get In The Way Movie “Tell the story. Tell it over and over again.” So exhorts...
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Congressional Redistricting in Iowa: Choosing Meritocracy Over Independence and Bipartisanship
Photo: Elkanah Tisdale, 1812 in the Boston Gazette Not many would argue with the premise that our...
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The Surveilled
Photo From: Bahai.org Following the attacks in San Bernardino, Paris, and Brussels, many western...
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Senseless Atrocities and Overreactions: On the Backlash Following UT Austin Tragedy
Photo: Jana Birchum On April 12, 2016, the Texas Tribune published a piece about parental...
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Trump Presidency Would Exacerbate Muslim Oppression Worldwide
Photo: BBC Recently, Mr. Trump told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, “I think Islam hates us.” This...
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Black Lives Matter In Austin Too: Progressivism and its Shortcomings in the Texas Capital
On Monday, February 8, 2016, 17 year old David Joseph was shot and killed by a police officer in...
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Criminal Justice Reform Panel
On Monday, February 22, as part of the 2016 Barbara Jordan Forum, Citizens for Local and State...
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A Look at “The Guy with the Knife”: Is the Texas Criminal Justice System too Easily Manipulated?
Photo: Jon Buice behind prison glass The LBJ School of Public Affairs’ Center for Health and...
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Legislators Discuss Guns and Police Conduct at the Texas Tribune Festival
Photo Credit: The Texas Tribune The Texas Tribune Festival’s panel on “Justice and the...
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Julian Castro and the 50th Anniversary of HUD
On Wednesday September 9, Julian Castro — Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
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Don’t Blame the Black Lives Matter Movement for the Harris County Shooting
On August 28, Darren Goforth – a Texas Sheriff’s Deputy – was killed in an act...
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