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California prisons cancel visits, citing coronavirus. Conjugal stays to continue

March 11, 2020
California's prison system is going to stop allowing the public to visit inmates as it tries to prevent the new coronavirus from infecting prisoners, guards and staff at its nearly 40 institutions.

Opinion: How coronavirus could cost Trump his base — or turn him into a Republican champion for Democrats' programs

March 10, 2020
Watch how owners of small businesses react and whether anxiety over coronavirus stokes support for a stronger safety net, writes Donald F.

Opinion: The centuries-old debate behind the fight over sanctuary cities

March 10, 2020
"When a court ruled in late February that the Trump administration can deny grant money to localities that refuse to go along with its immigration policies, the president and his allies s

Opinion: The centuries-old debate behind the fight over sanctuary cities

March 10, 2020
"When a court ruled in late February that the Trump administration can deny grant money to localities that refuse to go along with its immigration policies, the president and his allies seemed to...

Opinion: How coronavirus could cost Trump his base — or turn him into a Republican champion for Democrats' programs

March 10, 2020
Watch how owners of small businesses react and whether anxiety over coronavirus stokes support for a stronger safety net, writes Donald F. Kettl .

Voter suppression continues 55 years after 'Bloody Sunday'

March 7, 2020
Fifty-five years ago today, hundreds of civil rights marchers were attacked by state troopers in Selma, Alabama. The violent assault came to be known as "Bloody Sunday," and set in motion the passage...

Voter suppression continues 55 years after 'Bloody Sunday'

March 7, 2020
Fifty-five years ago today, hundreds of civil rights marchers were attacked by state troopers in Selma, Alabama.

California jails, prisons on alert for coronavirus. Fear it will 'spread like wildfire'

March 6, 2020
Hundreds of people confined to a single space every day. People — many with existing health problems — come and go, bringing untold illness and viruses inside.

LBJ Forum 'Genius for Good' postponed until September 2020

March 6, 2020
LBJ 50th Anniversary: Genius for Good
 

 

The LBJ School of Public Affairs is postponing one of its LBJ 50th Anniversary Forums, Genius for Good, previously scheduled for March 11, until mid-September 2020.

Glass ceiling remains intact as Elizabeth Warren bows out of presidential race

March 6, 2020
Elizabeth Warren's departure from the 2020 race closes the door on the possibility of a woman becoming president in 2020.