Category: Op-ed
The Democratic Party is Not Working for Democrats
by Christina Puentes | Nov 25, 2020 | National, Op-ed, Politics and Governance | 0 |
Election Night was a “dumpster fire” for Democrats: the nail-biting presidential race when it...
Read MoreProp A Is Long Overdue
by Ardian Shaholli | Nov 2, 2020 | Misc, Op-ed, Texas | 0 |
Proposition A is Austin’s latest and most ambitious attempt at developing a robust mass...
Read MoreDemocracy Vouchers Empower Voters, Lessen Big Donor Influence
by Ardian Shaholli | Sep 16, 2020 | Op-ed, Politics and Governance | 0 |
Out of the 535 members of Congress, only 11 receive a majority of their campaign funds from small...
Read MoreWhy APD Should Embrace City Council’s Resolution to Prevent Cannabis Testing and Prosecution
by Ana Perez | Feb 18, 2020 | Civil Rights, Op-ed, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 |
Texas opened the door to a host of problems around prosecuting possession of marijuana after legislation passed in the summer of 2019. Austin has its own response to how it think police should handle possession going forward, but not everyone agrees with the City Council’s progressive stance.
Read MoreLearning from History: The Case for Unification of the Democratic Party in the Nomination Race
by Claire Burrus | Sep 22, 2019 | National, Op-ed, Politics and Governance | 0 |
On September 12, 2019, qualifying Democratic presidential candidates hit the stage in Houston,...
Read MoreThe Gas Pump is No Place for a Child to Play: The case for replacing 12th grade with universal Pre-K
by Salimah Jasani | Apr 28, 2019 | Education Policy, Op-ed, Op-Ed Contest | 0 |
This piece is the first prize winner of the 2019 Baines Report Op-Ed Contest. _ It’s the autumn of...
Read MoreThe silent victims of “zero tolerance” immigration policies
by Lynn Murphy | Apr 26, 2019 | Immigration Policy, Op-ed, Op-Ed Contest | 0 |
This piece won second place in the 2019 Baines Report Op-Ed Contest. _ Immigrant children with...
Read MoreHouse Bill 10 Reports on Mental Health Parity
by Kevin Caudill | Apr 17, 2019 | Op-ed, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 |
“Now that a precedent has been given national media attention, Texans have greater incentive to be more vigilant when it comes to their rights as patients.”
Read MoreReducing Difficult-to-Eliminate Emissions Is No Easy Task
by Brittany Speetles | Mar 1, 2019 | Energy & Environmental Policy, National, Op-ed | 0 |
As of 2018, over one hundred municipalities in the United States have committed to using 100%...
Read MoreOne year after the Parkland, FL school shooting, reforms are still unfinished.
by Timothy Michalak | Feb 14, 2019 | Education Policy, Misc, National, Op-ed | 0 |
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in which...
Read MoreChanging a system of segregation requires more than single-member districts
by Timothy Michalak | Feb 8, 2019 | Education Policy, National, Op-ed, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 |
Minority underrepresentation on Texas school boards is failing thousands of school children each...
Read MoreShe may be radical, but AOC has not gone far enough on taxes
by Patricia Hart | Feb 4, 2019 | National, Op-ed | 0 |
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a lightning rod for news coverage. She was recently...
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