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As we learn through the study of history, important issues are never stagnant, but ever-changing based on many catalysts of the day. Today, the perspective Americans have of the Middle East, the cultu ...

In December 2010, the Dream Act, which passed the House a few months earlier, failed in the U.S. Senate. Attempts to reintroduce the legislation emerged in 2013, but those too fell short.As national e ...

I broke my own rule this week and compared somebody to Hitler. It was only a little argumentum ad nazium. I suggested that Russian’s recent move to seize the largely Russian-speaking Crimean region of ...

Republican officeholders held their ground against conservative challengers in Texas primaries on Tuesday, while the gubernatorial candidates for the two major parties claimed their nominations and ad ...

According to a recent poll that was conducted by the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune, a notable 77 percent of the 1,200 participants that were surveyed support legalizing marijuana for medic ...

How do we know our students learn what we teach? Newly trained teachers are taught that lessons should be geared to use a diverse set of teaching methods to achieve successful student learning. Use of ...

Gay rights activists have to feel like they have tackled a giant after a major court ruling on Wednesday, February 26. San Antonio federal Judge Orlando Garcia ruled that the Texas ban on same-sex mar ...

Democratic congressman Pete Gallego is facing a potentially tough fight to maintain his House seat in Texas's infamously volatile 23rd Congressional District, where five different officials have been ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l79j_7gYKtkFour days ago, on February 10, 2014, Dallas sports anchor Dan Hansen -- who works for WFAA Channel 8 -- spoke out in defense of Michael Sam, who may become th ...

It seems that in every cycle there is debate about which states should hold the first presidential primary elections. Some state always seems to try to jump ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. Since 1972 ...