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Today marks an unfathomable loss: Dolly Parton has died. Brilliant artist, devoted philanthropist, remarkable human; to list her achievements here feels redundant, as the cult of Dolly has long since ...

Their names are gone from UT’s doors, but faculty and alumni say the academic communities they built will endure.

My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution.

KUT’s Debbie Hiott believes University of Texas officials terminated her because she publicly pushed back against administration claims that the station’s security plans for an inaugural festival were...

The story of the 60s Austin psychedelic club told by the founders and artists that made it happen.

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

The story of famed Austin artist Jim Franklin, credited with making Austin "weird."

A life in deep listening unfolds with a special birthday gift.

Academic repression is not just about free speech, it’s an attack on the entire Left, the working class, and the oppressed.

Idris Robinson, a tenure-track assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University, is suing several university officials for violating his constitutional rights after they told him he would h...

This is the latest move by the state to have more control over what is taught at public universities.

Texas officials apparently think Texas students are stupid snowflakes who must be protected from hearing controversial ideas.

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Imagine if we could go two weeks in this newsletter without having to reckon with some country/politics foolishness. Imagine if people like Jelly Roll and Kid Rock would just shut up and sing!! I jest...

Nelson's Austin homecoming and label change opened up new avenues for creative autonomy.

Texas A&M is ordering a philosophy professor to remove readings by Plato from his syllabus, per new rules requiring ideological review and approval of course content. This is not academic oversigh...