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APR 26, 2024
What’s next for pro-Palestine campus protests in Texas?
An even larger antiwar protest at the University of Texas at Austin takes place Thursday, now the official response to protesters taking center stage. Is a major constitutional battle looming over UT’s response to Wednesday’s campus protests against th...
51 MIN
APR 25, 2024
What’s next after state troopers arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at UT-Austin
After protests over the Israel-Hamas war at Columbia, NYU and elsewhere, students at the University of Texas follow suit and were met by police in riot gear who arrested dozens. UT history and politics professor Jeremi Suri talks about what happened on...
49 MIN
APR 24, 2024
Xcel Energy target of multiple lawsuits after Smokehouse Creek Fire
A pilot program for guaranteed income in Harris County is put on hold by the Texas Supreme Court.Could residents of Corpus Christi become the first in the state to drink treated seawater from the tap? Some say a desalination plan’s needed to meet growi...
49 MIN
APR 23, 2024
Effort to preserve Indigenous cemetery in Presidio is finally complete
A court says the foster care system in Texas is failing many vulnerable children. Why that’s especially true for trans kids.A practically forgotten burial ground for Indigenous people in West Texas now has a proper memorial.
49 MIN
APR 22, 2024
The Future of Work in Texas – A Texas Standard special
Texas is changing, and so is the world. If we squint to try to look at the future job landscape, what do we see? There are more than 15 million working Texans right now, but while the state boasts steady growth and “record high levels” for jobs and the...
50 MIN
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