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June 24, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court…
June 19, 2013
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - A Tyler snake expert pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to smuggling seven Peruvian snakes into…
June 5, 2013
OPINION - We might first remember that affirmative action has never been very popular – mostly because it is profoundly…
May 29, 2013
OPINION - Despite the progress America has made in diversifying its workforce and its management ranks, the country is backsliding...
January 7, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Bev Kearney resigned Saturday and acknowledged in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman that she had…
December 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A professor at the University of Texas has sparked controversy following remarks that black students are failing…
October 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned the University of Texas' use of race in college admissions Wednesday…
October 10, 2012
OPINION - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in a case that challenges the legal…
October 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Dozens of University of Texas at Austin students, alumni and faculty gathered around a campus statue of…
August 17, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The National Association of Basketball Coaches has told the U.S. Supreme Court it believes university…
August 14, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration on Monday threw its support behind the University of Texas' use of race as…
July 16, 2012
NBC Dallas - Marquise Goodwin represents the United States in the long jump, and is running an NCAA-compliant fundraiser in…
June 6, 2012
DALLAS - William "Bill" Blair, a former Negro League baseball pitcher, has donated newspapers, photographs and other personal memorabilia to…
March 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A speech blurb spoken by the woman says, 'And then, the big bad white man killed the…
February 24, 2012
OPINION - The fact that most African-Americans have not benefited from affirmative action programs in university admissions and does not…
February 21, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case…
July 15, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - University of Texas regents have stripped the name of a former law school professor and early…
July 14, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Simkins Hall was the first air-conditioned dormitory at the University of Texas. These days, it has…
March 4, 2010
VIDEO - A college atheist group is offering students pornography in exchange for Bibles...