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A Look Ahead at Elections in Latin America

After watching the recent democratic turmoil in the United States with a mix of alarm and...

Texas could become the latest state to enact same day voter registration. A bill filed by state...

Up to 80 percent of an individual’s health is determined by social factors. Black and Latinx...

by Sarah Campbell | Feb 4, 2021 | Op-ed | 0 |

This summer the Austin City Council voted to implement police reforms and reduce the Austin Police...

by Taryn Woody | Dec 7, 2020 | Misc, Op-ed | 0 |

By James R. Mismash and Nicholas J. Romanow Skepticism toward the military is easy to find on...

Election Night was a “dumpster fire” for Democrats: the nail-biting presidential race when it...

by Nina Nomura | Nov 13, 2020 | Misc | 0 |

Hope is high, but so is anxiety. On Sep. 16, 2020, Yoshihide Suga succeeded Shinzo Abe and became...

by Drayton Cullen | Nov 3, 2020 | Misc | 0 |

It is no secret that the United States has one of the lowest voter turnout rates of the developed...

Proposition A is Austin’s latest and most ambitious attempt at developing a robust mass...

by Taryn Woody | Oct 22, 2020 | Misc | 0 |

The Baines Report’s student op-ed writing contest is open! All students at the University of Texas...

by Joseph Flores | Oct 21, 2020 | Misc | 0 |

On September 15, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the Latino Studies Department...

As 2020 marks the first election cycle in which Latinos are the largest minority electorate,...