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Opinion: If good men like Joe Maguire can't speak the truth, we should be deeply afraid

Feb. 21, 2020
Adm. William McRaven writes a powerful op-ed in the Washington Post defending Joe Maguire, the former acting director of national intelligence, who was fired by President Trump for giving classified testimony to House lawmakers that Russia wants to see Trump's reelection.

As the Texas prison population shrinks, the state is closing two more lockups

Feb. 20, 2020
LBJ Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch talks with the Texas Tribune about the state's decision to close two more prisons.

Dems go on attack at fiery Nevada debate

Feb. 20, 2020
Was the clear winner at the Feb. 19 Democratic debate President Trump? LBJ's Victoria DeFrancesco Soto joined a panel on MSNBC to react to the candidates' performances.

In Democrats' low-information judicial primaries, gender and ballot names may drive voters' decisions

Feb. 20, 2020
"When voters don't know much about who they're choosing among — as is typically the case in judicial races — 'what you do is grasp at whatever information shortcuts you can get,' said Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, who studies identity and politics at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs. 'Demographic cues that come through in our names are important.'"

In Democrats' low-information judicial primaries, gender and ballot names may drive voters' decisions

Feb. 20, 2020
"When voters don’t know much about who they’re choosing among — as is typically the case in judicial races — 'what you do is grasp at whatever information shortcuts you can get,' said

As the Texas prison population shrinks, the state is closing two more lockups

Feb. 20, 2020
LBJ Senior Lecturer Michele Deitch talks with the Texas Tribune about the state's decision to close two more prisons.

Dems go on attack at fiery Nevada debate

Feb. 20, 2020
Was the clear winner at the Feb. 19 Democratic debate President Trump?

China and the coronavirus: Getting it right or very wrong?

Feb. 19, 2020
In Part 4 of his series on the coronavirus, LBJ Professor Joshua Busby looks at China's domestic response to the outbreak:

China and the coronavirus: Getting it right or very wrong?

Feb. 19, 2020
In Part 4 of his series on the coronavirus, LBJ Professor Joshua Busby looks at China's domestic response to the outbreak.

How deepfakes will make us question everything in 2020

Feb. 18, 2020
LBJ and Texas Law Professor Robert Chesney talks with Security Intelligence about deepfakes and their enterprise security implications. “'To the extent education efforts succeed in persuading the...