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It was 103 years ago that women were granted the right to vote in the United States. The passage of the 19th Amendment was a revolutionary change to the U.S. Constitution. Today women remain underrepresented in elected leadership. Women make up 47 percent of the workforce, but women make up 29 percent of the seats in Congress. How has the 19th Amendment changed America?

If you knew that something was going to destroy the planet and you could do something about it, would you do it? “Just Stop Oil” is doing that. The environmental activist group is using civil resistance, direct action, vandalism, and blocking traffic to try to spur some meaningful immediate action to address climate change. Its methods are controversial – but are they helping or hurting the cause?

It's estimated that half a million people live in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. These communities lack basic needs for the residents, including running water, storm drainage and sewage. What are the challenges of living in a colonia? Who is responsible for improving the substandard conditions?

Is Texas an ultraviolent state? Why are certain types of violence more common in Texas than in other parts of the industrialized world?

Elizabeth Crook's latest novel, The Madstone, is a thrilling story set in Texas in the late 1860s. Protagonist Benjamin Shreve sets out on a long journey to help a pregnant mother and her little son evade a murderous gang.

Nosotrxs Por El Valle, a group of historians and activists from the Rio Grande Valley, have launched a traveling exhibit to share the community's history with residents. Co-founder Juan Carmona and three of the group's members discuss the experience.

President Joe Biden and Governor Greg Abbott are both building border walls in South Texas. Why are these two political opposites finding themselves on the same side of the wall debate? How is this impacting the community and the environment of the border?

In this time of increasing political and social division – when it’s seems there’s little to no common ground on the issues – there is a need for intellectual humility -- This is the acceptance that one's beliefs and opinions could be wrong and open good faith dialog could help us heal. Are you ready for intellectual humility?

Today on Texas Matters: In a major reversal – the border wall is back – now under President Biden. How Texas school children see the banning of books and how an album changed Texas music 50 years ago.

If more people knew more ways to cook vegetables, do you think they would be more likely to eat healthier? Studies show that people who were more knowledgeable about cooking vegetables were more likely to report eating them regularly. Hetty Lui McKinnon is an award-winning Australian Chinese cookbook author. She is known for her vibrant and flavorful vegetarian recipes that are inspired by her Chinese heritage and global travels.