In 2014, UT professor (and Alcalde Texas 10 awardee) Eric Tang found that Austin is the only fast-growing U.S. city with a shrinking African-American population....
In his class on the history of the Black Power movement, Leonard Moore ditches political correctness in favor of open, honest, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations...
Mental illness has a dark history in the United States—one too often clouded by stigma and ignorance. Now a UT researcher is uncovering the records of tens of...
As Abigail Fisher’s lawsuit against The University of Texas nears its sixth year, the nation is still deeply divided on the use of race in admissions. Here’s...
In yesterday’s long-awaited Fisher v. The University of Texas ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court neither banned nor affirmed the use of race in university admissions....
Need some inspiration to keep that New Year’s resolution to exercise? Look no further than marathon maniac Larry Macon.
Macon, JD ’70, broke the Guinness...
This column first appeared in the Texas Tribune.
The issue presented by Fisher v. University of Texas is whether a state university should give preference to some...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 wasn’t the first great stride for equality in America. In 1947, despite unanimous votes from fifteen Major League Baseball team owners...
Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high school are unemployed, incarcerated, or dead.
That sobering statistic (from a 2010 College...
