As a bilingual educator and UT alumni, I stand for higher education! “Let me be clear: our colleges and our universities are not political grounds. They are places of learning. Places of inquiry. Places where democracy is strengthened.” #AcademicFreedom

Today was a good day for the rule of law! The court upheld the separation of powers laid out in our constitution & sided with thousands of small businesses who had the rug pulled out from under them. The HUB program was created by the #txlege & cannot be undone by the

Truth about school vouchers!

The DOJ drafted an analysis on how the US could create a central bank digital currency—then withheld it from the public (and Congress). After 1000+ days, a FOIA request was denied. Cato’s Nick Anthony is suing to force transparency. Read more: cato.org/blog/why-im-su…

We’re counting down to General Sam Houston Day! We’re excited to welcome an amazing lineup of special guests, including our friends with the Cane Island Volunteers. Learn more about GSHD in our story link! shsu.edu/news/2026-news…

From "A Clockwork Orange" to "Sold," PEN America has compiled details on all the books banned in libraries from 2021 to 2025. Learn more about book bans by state, see the most banned titles, & learn about the bigger issues of book bans in their report: pen.org/report/the-nor…

Multiple indicators show a decline in the health of America’s democracy in 2025. pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

•The U.S. Senate may hold a floor vote TODAY which would overturn a 20-year moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness in northern Minnesota. The Boundary Waters

Taking acetaminophen, also known by the brand name Tylenol, during pregnancy had no effect on children developing autism, according to a study of over 1.5 million children in Denmark published this week. abcnews.link/W8uhOQ1

In New York Times Opinion Pope Leo XIV is “the Vicar of Christ, supreme pontiff of the universal church and, especially after this week, the world’s strongest moral voice against Mr. Trump’s war making,” Daniel Wakin writes. nyti.ms/4dQH2so

Donald Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo reveal his desire to bully the church into submission—but his tactics don’t make much sense against a power that has little need to curry favor, Elizabeth Bruenig argues. 📸: Tiziana Fabi / AFP / Getty

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Tradwives baking cookies; a rising mistrust in vaccines; the return of 19th-century-style great-power politics. Everywhere you look, history is running backwards, David Brooks argues. He examines what it may mean for the future: theatln.tc/i8iaE1VT

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

I stand with my brother in Christ, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, in his courageous call for a kingdom of peace. As I prepare to visit Rome later this month to meet and pray with Pope Leo, I am mindful of his call to keep our eyes open to the suffering of the world, and our gaze

Well-played, ZEIT and Ben Wiseman.

Norway is reversing its mistaken 2016 decision to give every student an iPad, which damaged education immediately. Many countries are going back to books and handwriting. I hope many American schools will go back to analog next September, and let's see if that works for us too:

From Chicago to Peru to the Vatican, the first North American pope has become a role model for the causes of peace and hope in the first year of his pontificate. Pope Leo XIV is one of the 2026 TIME100 — TIME's annual list of the world’s most influential people. #TIME100

The STAAR test is killing the joy of learning and killing our neighborhood schools.