Texas lawmakers’ novel approach to skirting Roe v. Wade leaves abortion rights advocates without a legal playbook
Texas' new law prohibiting most abortions is unprecedented — and so is the legal standoff currently keeping the restrictions in...
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Parents sue California over public school curriculum that includes chants to Aztec gods
Three parents and the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, (CFER), a civil rights group, have sued the state of California...
Parents, teachers protest building conditions day before Philadelphia students return to school
On Monday, the day before roughly 125,000 students in Philadelphia are scheduled to return to school for the first time...
Medicaid Vaccination Rates Founder as States Struggle to Immunize Their Poorest Residents
Medicaid enrollees are getting vaccinated against covid-19 at far lower rates than the general population as states search for the...
UT-Austin working with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, conservative donors to create “limited government” think tank
Over the past eight months, leaders at the University of Texas at Austin have been working with private donors and...
Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan?
The speed and efficiency with which Taliban forces were able to complete the occupation of most of Afghanistan, as well as...
Mask mandate for public, indoor spaces returns; vaccination requirements expanded
In an effort to curb the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the governor announced a mask mandate for all public...
Afghans’ lives and livelihoods upended even more as US occupation ends
The United States invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 with the goal of destroying al-Qaida and its Taliban hosts and, supposedly, establishing a democratic...
New Texas law allowing people to carry handguns without permits stirs mix of fear, concern among law enforcement
A new state law will soon let most Texans carry handguns in public without going through training or having to...
The first migrants arrested in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown have served their time. Federal officials will decide what happens next.
Through a small Zoom square from inside a Texas prison, nine immigrants in orange jumpsuits appeared for the first court...
