Week in Headlines

Media
Journalism Groups Protest Texas A&M’s Open-Records Proposal

Texas A&M News
Texas A&M Revisits Open-Records Ruling After Outcry

Texas News
Federal Audit Slams Spending for Hurricane Ike Cleanup

Texas Politics
New Congress May Affect Federal Funds for Texas

National News
Regulation and Disclosure of Fracking at the Center of Gas Drilling Debate

National Politics
New House Members Wake Up to Redistricting

Foreign Policy
Security in Afghanistan Worsens

War & Peace
US Drone Attack Kills Eight in Pakistan

Domestic Policy
Government Pay Freeze Expands to More Civil Servants

Economics
Corporations Using Cash Supplies to Fuel Mergers Not Job Growth

Poverty
Plight of the High School Homeless

Education
State Schools Rethink Fees

Health Care
Unemployment May Lead to Less Healthy Diets

Environment
Court Rules Against Texas on Greenhouse Gases

Climate Change
Is the End in Sight for The World’s Coral Reefs?

Science & Technology
US Science Funding Faces Uncertain Future

Immigration
More States Seeking to Follow Arizona's Push for Tougher Immigration Rules

Civil Rights
Individuals May Be Placed on No-Fly Database After Tip From One Source

Human Rights
Reports of Human Rights Abuses and Detentions in Pakistan

Reproductive Rights
Challenges of Roe More Frequent Since Late-Term Abortion Ban Upheld

Women’s & Gender Issues
Smoking Tied to Miscarriage Risk

GLBT Issues
Bigger Test Ahead After Don't Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal

Race & Racism
Texas Textbook Standards Challenged by NAACP and LULAC

From the Blogs
Life on the Brazos:
Chutzpah

Texas Liberal:
Let’s End The Year By Asking Oursleves The Big Questions

Conscience of a Liberal:
Unemployment Claims and Employment Growth