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An American Civil Liberties Union of Texas attorney and a UT-Austin professor discussed how free speech has been protected and challenged in campus protests, and what we should all learn from the last few weeks.

Simmons talked with The Texas Tribune about “Up Home: One Girl’s Journey,” which depicts an era long gone but whose legacies of inequality still persist.

During a Texas Tribune event marking one year since the shooting at Robb Elementary School, parents, mental health experts and faith leaders talked about how the path to recovery isn’t the same for everybody.

In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of a right to a lawyer applies to criminal defendants. Together with the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, The Texas Tribune hosted a series of conversations Friday on public defense in Texas.

Pooja has worked at Chalkbeat, CNN and NPR. Based in Lufkin, she will report from a vast and diverse region that borders on three states.

Joining us from The Des Moines Register, Nic will oversee reporters based in Lubbock, Lufkin and elsewhere. They’ll cover the impact of state policies across Texas’ diverse communities.

Coronavirus is in Texas, and The Texas Tribune is here to help — providing trusted information and helpful context about these rapidly changing events.

Manny García, a veteran reporter and editor, is the first of 11 hires for our ambitious joint project with ProPublica.

We're thrilled to welcome some new faces to our newsroom — and to announce big new roles for two editors already on our team.

The best of our best content from March 23 to 27, 2015.

The environment track at the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival featured panel discussions on water planning, protecting the Texas Coast, the state of Texas agriculture and Texas vs. the EPA. Listen to audio of each session.

The open government track at the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival featured panel discussions on what legislators should disclose, open records, state budget transparency and “dark money” vs. donor privacy.

Listen to audio from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival’s health care track, which included sessions on mental health, the Affordable Care Act, medical education and the women’s health debate.

We’re liveblogging the sessions from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival’s Higher Education track. The sessions include panels on progress on the “Closing the Gaps” plan, the completion crisis, the state of community colleges and the affordability of higher education.

We’re liveblogging the sessions from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival’s Energy track. The sessions include panels on the state’s power grid, the potential impact of energy reform in Mexico on Texas, the debate over hydraulic fracturing and a deeper look at the state’s drilling boom.

Playing off the title of Wendy Davis’ new memoir, Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday released a Web ad titled “Forgetting to be Ethical.” The 30-second ad features news headlines related to questions about Davis’ legal work.

The best of our best content from May 5-9, 2014.

The best of our best content from March 17-21, 2014.

We have liveblogged each of the sessions from The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival’s Immigration track. The sessions included panels on immigration reform, Latinos and the Republican Party, securing the border, and the Voting Rights Act.

We have liveblogged each of the sessions in The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival’s Higher Education track. Sessions included panel discussions on the future of higher education in the state, what’s happening at non-flagship universities, governance and the role of regents, and the fight over paying stude…