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Opinion

My University Just Taught Extremists How to Eliminate Academic Programs They Don’t Like

Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.

by Alexandra Edwards

Keep Reading

SNAP Shutdown Will Leave Texas Students like Me Hungry

by Miranda Williamson

What a North Texas Pride Fest Taught Me About Today’s ‘Rainbow Panic’

by Scott Walters

Austin’s Children Deserve More than a Test Score

by María Del Carmen Unda and Raul Longoria

State Board of Education Continues Debate of Social Studies Standards, Day 3

Live Blog of the Texas State Board of Education

by Steven Schafersman

State Board of Education Continues Attack on Social Studies Standards, Day 2

Live Blog of the Texas State Board of Education

by Steven Schafersman

Social Studies Standards Under Attack by State Board of Education Members

Live Blog of the Texas State Board of Education

by Steven Schafersman

Free Us from the Free Market

by Texas Observer Staff

The Race for the Legislature

What Happens Here Can Change the State

by Hudson Lockett

Voting is Underway!

How Big Will Be the Blowouts?

by Chris Tomlinson

Perry’s Corporate Welfare Shenanigans

by Jim Hightower

A Matter of Principle: Why Conservatives Should Oppose the Death Penalty

From The Observer's Token Conservative

by Jon Roberts

Tax Wall Street Bonuses

by Jim Hightower

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