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Great colleges and universities prepare students for the future by teaching them how to think — not what to think. That’s why public institutions must firmly uphold academic freedom and First Amendment rights.

Monica Roberts (1962-2020) is remembered as a griot, an auntie, a sister, an advocacy icon, and a beloved friend. It's important to remember the griot who ensured so many other people were remembered too.

The ACLU provides a range of tactics for communities to stop or limit the use of Flock’s ALPR mass surveillance technology

Texas is doubling down on immigration enforcement, aiming to transform state and local police into immigration agents while threatening neighbors who have families here, who have lived here for years, even those who have legal status.

The Supreme Court ruling held that President Donald Trump’s effort to get rid of birthright citizenship violated the constitution and federal law.

In February 2026, The University of North Texas abruptly censored an exhibition by artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez — a Neo-Indigenous and Dallas-raised Mexican American artist. Leaked transcripts later indicated that the university shut down Marka27’s exhibition due to “the political and public response [and] scrutiny across the spectrum” related to “anti-ICE messaging.”

When I received my letter of admission, I believed I was joining a university committed to free speech and student activism. But by the time I arrived on campus, higher education in Texas had become a political battleground.

Meet KB Brookins, one of our 2025–2026 artists-in-residence, whose work brings poetry, community storytelling, and visual art into conversations about pretrial detention and the harms of the cash bail system.

“We will not go back into the shadows. We will not disconnect. We will not be erased.”