as a progressive place. then there s the future of democracy itself today, with the republican party, in some places like arizona, deciding through its voters tonight whether the party s nominees for top jobs are backers of the big lie of baseless election fraud claims, of attacks on the way we do nonpartisan democracy in this country, with trump encoursed candidates currently viewed as front-runners, including a maga governor candidate who s pushing claims of fraud, kari lake. those who do stand up to trump, including three who threatened to voted to impeach president trump. there s more at stake than a typical primary night, and a lot more issues. as the political guru s de la soul put it, issues close like an elevator door but open once we get to the next floor. as the stakes is high, you know the stakes is high. fact check, true. the stakes is high. it is primary election day in missouri, and several high profile races could help bring voter out to the polls. histor
one of the revelations in this wide-ranging report on the uvalde massacre. it describes widespread failures, egregious poor decision-making that resulted in more than an hour of chaos in the, quote, lackadaisical approach by those sent to help. the report states law enforcement failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety and failed to adhere to active shooter training. the police chief failed to assume his responsibility of incident command, the report says. the report says the robb elementary school lockdown was likely delayed by poor wifi connectivity. and the school also had reoccurring problems with maintaining its doors and locks, those are just a few of the revelationes in this report. and uvalde s mayor is releasing dramatic new video showing the first moments that officers arrived on the scene there at the school. shots fired. get inside. go. go. go. the new body camera footage gives a close up view of the action, but mainly the inaction, as
Though the fashion in this photo will likely be the first thing you notice, the image of two bohemians tending to campus flora presages a significant conflict of Frank Erwin’s days as chairman of the UT System Board of Regents. During his tenure, Erwin oversaw construction projects that characterize the campus today, from Jester Center […]
Appreciation of film music has grown steadily over the last two decades to the point where even casual music fans are taking notice of the artists behind the score. Here we speak to composer Rob Simonsen, whose most recent work is on the sports film "The
A ticket to a Longhorn football game in 2023 could run you a cool $2,500 the highest resale price for the home game against Alabama last season. But in 1938, UT students only had to pay $10.50 to get access to a variety of cultural and athletic events, including home and away games. The “blanket tax,” […]