The Real Lesson Behind Texas' New Bible Curriculum Requirements

Students will learn that life circumstances are beyond their power to change. They will learn that their place in the economy and larger society should not be questioned.

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Trash Collectors

During the late 1970s, I got my start driving cab for Beck Taxi in Toronto. Their business at the time was disproportionately located in the east end, above and below the Danforth. We got calls from t...

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A Bombshell Lawsuit Points to an ‘Extraordinary System of Censorship’ at Texas Tech

An 84-page complaint offers a glimpse into how the system’s curricular-review process has operated behind closed doors.

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AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT file lawsuit against Texas Tech System

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Colleges Have Paid Nearly $3 Million to Employees Fired for Comments About Charlie Kirk

The highest payout came this week, when a fired University of Tennessee anthropology professor agreed to a $1.9-million settlement.

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Eleven Films I use in my Criminology and Criminal Justice Classes

Although textbooks, journal articles, and lectures are important, movies are one of the most effective teaching tools available to criminology and criminal justice instructors. They can communicate id...

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Philly Cops Admit That They’re Tracking “First Amendment Activity” Critical of AI

A law enforcement document obtained by The Intercept shows police scan social media looking for posts opposing AI data centers.

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What Your Graduate Advisor Never Told You About the Criminology Job Market

Unlike some other social sciences, criminology and criminal justice consistently produce job openings. But not all positions are created equal, and where you land can affect your career and your menta...

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Help Wanted: New Spirit of Leadership to Rescue Academic Freedom in Texas

TXST-AAUP Calls for New Spirit of Leadership (San Marcos, TX – May 8, 2026) During a three-day celebration from May 14-16, 2026, Texas State University will hold eight commencement ceremonies to ho…

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How to Think Like a Criminologist

There’s a big gap between what the general public thinks criminologists do and what we actually do. Most people assume we work in forensics, consult on detective cases, or spend our days profiling ser...

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Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest

The armed and masked off-duty Phoenix, Arizona, cop said he wanted to get kids at a high school ICE protest arrested.

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A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.

An ICE summons to get the user’s identity failed. Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent.

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Texas State hires students to watch over 900 campus cameras

The Texas State University Police Department initiated a campus program, hiring students to monitor around 900 cameras on the San Marcos and Round Rock campuses. “Project Overwatch” will hire students to the UPD dispatch center to observe cameras for the full duration of their shift. Student workers will be on the lookout for incidents so...

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(PDF) Do the Conditions inside the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons Facilities Violate the Nelson Mandela Rules on detention?

PDF | This article examines how the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) violates specific provisions of the United Nations Standard Minimum... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Phone at the Airport

If you’re traveling through an airport, follow these digital security practices to keep CBP or ICE from getting into your phone.

theintercept.com

Senegal’s theater of morality

As debt mounts and police violence on campuses goes unanswered, Senegal’s government is targeting its queer citizens.

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Police Reform: An Obituary

The fight against police brutality and impunity is a global struggle. This book argues that police reform efforts around the world should be extirpated and replaced with locally developed and led non-...

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Why I Keep a Shopping Bag I Rescued from the Trash in Berlin

This past week, I rescued my favorite reusable shopping bag from our own trash bin. My wife had thrown it away. This wasn’t because it was splitting at the seams; I only noticed that after I rescued i...

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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court

String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

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Demystifying Visiting Scholar Positions

Periodically, academics seek and are given the title of visiting scholar. The designation sounds formal and flattering, and for many people it carries a great deal of symbolic weight. But there is con...

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