Reporting Texas
News and features from UT-Austin's School of Journalism
byDestiny Lewis
At 4 years old, Abby Moore picked up a baseball bat for the first time in her Arlington, Texas, neighborhood. She was small, fearless and instantly hooked. As she grew, Moore never drifted away from the sport the way many girls her age did. While classmates moved to softball, she stayed on baseball rosters filled […]
byRachel N. Madison
or the past two months, the University of Texas’ newly formed Graduate Workers Union has been advocating for better treatment, pay and rights of graduate student employees. And now it is joining other student groups in opposing a deal with the Trump administration that would transform the university’s governance structure.
“A union is a commitment by workers at a workplace to stand together with each other to be treated the way they deserve to be treated in terms of compensation and working conditions,” said Sociology Ph.D. student and union member Noah DiAntonio.
byErika González
At 4 a.m., Yeni Renderos’ alarm went off, just like every other day. Half-asleep, she made coffee, woke her 16-year-old daughter and drove her to school before climbing into her truck, “Rosendo,” as she affectionately called it. For 10 years, that routine had defined her life in Houston, driving to construction sites, convinced her life was finally moving forward.
But that Monday was different. Renderos’ boss called to confirm what she feared most: “You can’t keep working, Yeni, she recalled him saying. “The rules for commercial licenses have changed.”
byA.J. Muonagolu
The New York Times, Time Magazine and the American Animal Hospital Association have recently linked anti-vaccine worries that grew during the COVID pandemic to vaccination concerns among pet owners. However, Elizabeth Ferrer, marketing and communications manager for the Austin Animal Center, said the main reason pets aren’t vaccinated is lack of access to treatment, mostly driven by vet costs.
