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The latest version of the government’s "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" came out in December 2020 amid a pandemic that has changed nearly every aspect of daily life — including how, when and what we eat — and exacerbated the health consequences of a poor diet.

Reporting from the San Antonio Express-News brought to light that for at least two years, developers have routinely been allowed to circumvent San Antonio's tree preservation ordinance. More than 200 exceptions were made between July 2018 and July 2019 alone. In response, the city’s Development Services Department has committed to track and share tree preservation variance requests and approvals, fines related to the ordinance that are assessed or waived, and any exception requests from elected officials.

The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting communities of color the hardest across Texas. The state office that could have played a pivotal role in identifying and reducing health disparities in minority communities was defunded in 2017. Now, many advocates and experts are calling on Texas lawmakers to reinstate and revive the office during the ongoing 2020 legislative session.

How did the four years of Donald Trump's leadership impact the United States? How will his administration be remembered and what's next for the former president, now that he's returned to civilian life?

Two wastewater fights have been ongoing in Comal County since 2019. The battle over Honey Creek, which began when a developer proposed a wastewater treatment plant attached to a massive residential subdivision, is an important case study for Hill Country development.

Blackness occupies a central place in mainstream American pop culture. The creation, distribution and consumption of Black culture is at never-before-seen levels in today's digital consumer economy.

Cancer is the leading cause of death among Latinos and this demographic also faces a greater risk for Alzheimer’s disease, but Latinos are largely underrepresented in clinical research trials. A program at UT Health San Antonio is working to close that gap.

During the COVID-related economic downturn, many families have had trouble making payments on the mortgage, auto loans, credit cards, student loans and other debt. How has debt collection been impacted by the pandemic? What consumer protections currently exist?

Following Texas' devastating winter freeze, a leaked call has revealed that one of the state's top energy regulators was more concerned with protecting the profits of out-of-state investors who benefitted from a spike in power prices during the storm than mitigating the financial impact on Texas utility companies and their customers.

In the year since COVID-19 emergence in the U.S., anti-Asian xenophobia and bigotry has grown exponentially. But this is not new — it's the culmination of more than a century of false stereotypes, racist tropes, targeted political rhetoric and even state-sanctioned discrimination against Asian people in the U.S. How can we break the cycle of hate?