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A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

Emmy-nominated producer. She is the Inprint Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Fellow in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program, where she is pursuing her MFA. Her poetry has appeared in Mom ...

DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...

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Three months into his second presidential term, Donald Trump appears well off pace to hit his promised record numbers of deportations. As much of the country focuses on Trump’s international ...

Catherine Lu is a poet, arts writer, and Emmy-nominated producer. She is the Inprint Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Fellow in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program, where she is ...

Top state officials have already made promises that, under Trump, money can be shifted to education. But that didn’t happen last time.

Opponents call it a dangerous vigilante move that will get innocent people killed.