Jennifer Stayton

Anecdotally, we hear that people are crankier and more anxious during this summer’s extreme heat. But what’s really going on? KUT talks with a licensed professional counselor from Integral Care about how the heat can affect our mental as well as physical health and what we can do about it.

Hay’s latest work Horse, the solos will have its United States premiere Saturday at the McCullough Theatre.

Some of Texas’ abortion laws right now are criminal. Some are civil. Some are recently passed laws. Some have been on the books for decades. One thing is clear: Abortion is banned with limited exceptions.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is an extremely difficult topic to discuss, but not talking about it doesn't help, says neuropsychotherapist Bella Rockman.

Austin poet Terry Dawson has responded to the climate change crisis with a poetry collection urging people to take stock of the situation.

Historian, author and professor Peniel Joseph says the United States is living through the third Reconstruction period in its history. He says each of those periods is characterized by racial progress followed by white backlash.

Showing prejudice, stereotyping, stigmatizing or discriminating on the grounds of a person's age. That's ageism. And it can actually impact people of any age, not just the elderly.

Austin Public Health officials are reminding Central Texans that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over. Here are five important things they want people to know right now.

Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas found out they were free — 2 1/2 after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The federal Juneteenth holiday will be recognized on Monday.

Red flags are those warning signals that the person you’re with might not be a good match. But what if we focused instead on “green flags,” the promising signs that a relationship is going well?