Texas Standard For March 28, 2018
A controversial change is already facing a legal challenge: how might Texas be affected by a new citizenship question in the next US Census? We’ll explore. And: Five months after a massacre in Sutherland Springs, church officials announce new plans to rebuild. We’ll hear the latest. Also: What if you could compare the earning potential of one college degree against another? Despite a federal ban on collecting such data, Texas’ flagship university is doing the numbers. We’ll explore the implications. Plus: It was James Dean’s final film, and a larger-than-life commentary on Texas as a microcosm of America. The editor of Kirkus Review calls a new book the definitive account of the movie ‘Giant’. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard:
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More from 03/28/2018
Adding A Citizenship Question To The Census Could Hurt Texas
Schlitterbahn Owners Face Second-Degree Murder Charges For Waterslide Death
Other Cities Are Tackling Maternal Deaths Among Black Women. Austin Can, Too.
Texas Leads The Way As The U.S. Moves Closer To Becoming The World’s Top Oil Producer
UT System Launches Groundbreaking Tool To Track Graduates’ Earning And Debt Data
News Roundup: Friends And Family Gather To Remember Austin Bombing Victim Draylen Mason
New Church Planned For Sutherland Springs
Two New Books Take Readers Back To 1950s Texas
Are Wealthy Districts’ Tax Dollars Actually Funding Public Education?
