Putting Student Safety First
An open letter to the chiefs of UTPD and APD regarding apparent racially motivated attacks near our campus. We are writing on behalf of several student-led organizations within the University of Texas...
View ArticleDr. Varoufakis on Birds of a Feather
It is clear that racism, sexism and classism are discriminatory practices that impose harm on specific groups of people. It is less clear how discriminatory mechanisms in society arise and how they...
View ArticleMarijuana Drug Scheduling: Something We Need to Ask Ourselves
A Partnership Piece from The Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University How many readers have consumed marijuana before? How many readers have been actively harmed by someone under the influence of...
View ArticleBlack history should be a year-round lesson: Reflections on Julian Bond’s LBJ...
Julian Bond. Photo: Courtesy Virginia Film Festival, 2012 Since 1996, the Barbara Jordan Forum has been a means of honoring its namesake, a celebrated Texas politician and a beloved former LBJ...
View ArticleLet’s celebrate Mother’s Day by addressing Texas’ maternal mortality crisis
Photo: Dave Herholz On Mother’s Day this year, my brother and I will likely celebrate the way we usually do. We will each buy our respective cards (or he’ll sign his name to the one I bought two weeks...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Barbara Jordan and the Promise of Civil Rights: Obtaining...
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. In that same year, Barbara Jordan lost her second election for the Texas House of Representatives. Two years later,...
View ArticleA Work Marked By Equality
A firm believer of the spirit of democracy found within the contours of the U.S. Constitution, Barbara Jordan aroused the conscience of a nation. The Lyndon B. Johnson School Professor of Ethics and...
View ArticleThe Stand for Women’s Health in Texas
The Feminist Policy Alliance and the Texas Observer invite you to a panel discussion on Sept. 4 on the battle over women’s health in Texas and how recently passed legislation is changing the health...
View ArticleReproductive Justice Must Include Intersex Justice
Local and national news outlets have covered endless stories on reproductive healthcare and policy in the past few months. For example, after Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn into the United States...
View ArticleFor Families or Politics? Drug Testing for Welfare Access
Social media has been buzzing with outrage over the past few weeks over a new bill introduced this year in the Alabama state legislature. Alabama HB 3, if passed into law, will require residents of the...
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