This September will mark 38 years since music legends Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp organized the first-ever Farm Aid concert to raise money to keep family farms in business. Nearly four decades later, Farm Aid has raised over $70 million for the cause. But Nelson, who turned 90 years old this year, wants […]
Beto O’Rourke, the former El Paso City Council member, U.S. congressman, and Senate and presidential candidate, is about to earn another title: professor.
O’Rourke will teach a seminar about the struggle for voting rights in Texas at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas starting in January, O’Rourke and school officials told the American-Statesman.
The class, titled Texas Democracy and the Fight for Representation, will examine democracy in action, Texas legislative policy and executive power, and the history of voter rights and voter participation in the state while also unpacking the running of a political campaign in Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas — Beto O’Rourke, the former El Paso City Council member, U.S. congressman and Senate and presidential candidate, is about to earn another title: Professor.