Week in Headlines

Texas A&M News
Texas A&M Professors Express Concerns About Reforms

Texas News
Report Finds No Evidence of “Market Manipulation” During Blackouts

Texas Politics
Texas House to Consider Redistricting Maps

National News
One Million Exhausted Jobless Benefits in Past Year

International News
Yemen’s Opposition Accepts Deal for Transfer of Power

Foreign Policy
Americans Disapprove of Obama’s Management of Afghan War

Domestic Policy
States Face $1.26 Trillion Retiree Benefits Shortfall

Economics
Economists Say Stimulus by Fed Is Disappointing

Poverty
Affordable Rental Housing Scarce in United States

Health Care
Insurers Clash With Health Providers as States Expand Medicaid Managed Care

Education
More College Graduates Delinquent on Repaying Student Loans

Environment
Half of All Americans Breathe Polluted Air

Climate Change
Climate Change Will Affect American West Water Supply

Religious Issues
Atheists Seek Chaplain Role in the Military

Civil Rights
Connecticut Likely to Abolish Capital Punishment

Labor Rights
Labor Board Tells Boeing New Factory Breaks Law

Immigrant Rights
Why Immigration Reform Is Going Nowhere

Reproductive Rights
Several States Take Up Fight Over Defunding Planned Parenthood

Women & Gender Issues
New Sexual Assault Policy on Campus Introduced in Senate

GLBT Issues
Texas Trying to Repeal Law Allowing Transgender People to Marry

Race & Racism
Study Finds Post-Crash Mortgages Scarce for Minorities

From the Blogs
Notes From a Texas Patriot:
The Price of Oligarchy

Texas Liberal:
Neither Party Telling The Truth On The Budget

Letters From Texas:
Waiting For Rain