The university is an equal opportunity institution that its own president says has “a responsibility to be at the forefront of change.” As much the school loves to remind people it is a minority and Hispanic serving institution, it fails to live up to the inclusivity it so proudly markets.
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On May 19, Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation banning abortions the moment a fetal heartbeat is detected which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Aptly dubbed the “heartbeat bill,” it effectively makes getting a legal abortion in Texas near impossible as many women are not even aware
The past few months have been a discriminatory, and possibly even traumatic, few months for transgender youth in Texas. Recently, State Rep. Steve Toth and State Sen. Bob Hall filed H.B. 2693 and S.B. 1311, “which would make it illegal for any physician in Texas to provide gender-affirming care to transgender people
On March 3, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order lifting the mask mandate in Texas that was issued on July 2, 2020. In addition to the lifting of the mask mandate, Abbott is also now allowing all businesses to operate at 100 percent capacity, in comparison to the
Overt, oftentimes intense, patriotism can come naturally to some and sometimes be a tad off-putting to others, even in the lesser sense of some individuals who are intense with their patriotism. Being patriotic and loving your country for your own personal reasons is acceptable if you wish to align yourself
On February 4 2021, The U.S. House voted to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments in a 230-199 vote, with 11 House Republicans siding with House Democrats in an unprecedented move. Greene has been under fire in recent months for her outrageous comments, bizarre support of conspiracy theories
In my first semester as a freshman back in fall 2018, I eagerly joined the North Texas Daily as a way to be involved and get valuable journalistic experience under my belt. Since then, I have served in many different roles here at the Daily, each of which I thoroughly
What a year 2020 has been. I am sure I can speak for everyone on the North Texas Daily editorial board in proclaiming that this semester is not exactly how we ever thought it would be. After the transition to all online operations in the middle of March of this year,
The North Texas Daily is no stranger to talking about media literacy and understanding the information you’re consuming on social media. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing debate about the legitimacy of the U.S. presidential election, now more than ever are we seeing the spread of two types of information:
Election Day may be less than two weeks away, but early voting has already started in Texas. With a raging pandemic, a U.S. Postal Service crisis and the possibility of foreign meddling, how can we make our vote count this election? Texas is one of 40 states plus the District
