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We are all facing unprecedented challenges under the looming threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even a trip to the grocery store has become challenging.…
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There’s a lot of talk about socialism these days. If you are like me, you are getting email after email warning about the dangers of socialism ideas and…
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For about 18 months, after the May 2008 four-alarm fire in the main building at Our Lady of the Lake University displaced my colleagues and me, my…
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On Wednesday NPR will broadcast the public impeachment hearings — so listeners won't be hearing the daily programs on Texas Public Radio. The question…
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On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Texans are voting on 10 proposed changes to the Texas Constitution. Although climate change doesn't appear to be anywhere on the…
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Texas Matters first hit the airwaves on Texas Public Radio on Sept. 1, 2000. And each week since Yvette Benavides (my creative partner and wife) and I…
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Texas has the highest uninsured rate for children in the nation. And for the second year in a row the rate got even worse. That’s according to data…
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Texas politics has never been very accommodating to third parties and their efforts to win votes. The Libertarian party has been perceived as siphoning…
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Last month, millions tuned in to watch the Democratic presidential debates in Miami. Three of the candidates broke into Spanish during the debates at…
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This week, we’ve continued to see the disturbing images coming from the detention centers on the southern border. The families keep making the journey…