Between the Lines
Paris Cantu, Staff Writer
February 18, 2020
Toni Morrison began writing her debut novel, “The Bluest Eye,” 50 years ago, following her own advice: “If you find a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” She does this with her latest work of nonfiction, as with every book she published, writing...
‘If we get knocked down, we get back up’: Wendy Davis on being a progressive woman in Texas Politics
Rudy Sanchez, Editor-in-Chief
February 18, 2020
When Wendy Davis finally left the senate floor after trying to block a restrictive anti-abortion bill inside the Texas legislature in 2013, a concerned colleague handed the former state senator her first meal since her thirteen-hour-long filibuster began. UTSA students laughed when Davis recalled her...
What impeachment could mean for Democrats, and America
Alex Hanks, Co Opinion Editor
January 21, 2020
The disunity in the U.S.’s political arena is increasing — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has officially sent the articles of impeachment to the Senate, and the Senate has sworn an oath to be fair jurors. This administration has been nothing short of mobbish. Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giulani, and oth...
Choosing the ‘lesser evil’ is voting for a lesser democracy
Alex Birnel
March 29, 2016
The partisan politics of a presidential election year have many people in a state of unsurprising fervor and mania. Mainstream establishment candidates and populist insurgent candidates have emerged on both the right and left ends of the spectrum. But do the number of candidates and their...
