News

As the Trump administration is set to cross the 100-day mark, here's a look at how we came to judge new presidents.
During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed ...
The Civilian Conservation Corps was part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Enrollees became known as the "tree army" because of how many they planted, over 2 billion. Today's state and national parks ...
A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.
Opinion
Op-Ed: Time to restore federalism
The struggle to maintain the Constitution of the United States is an unending one. The battle is always on, although the fact be little appreciated,” wrote James M. Beck. Beck ...
How Democrats found their way out of the political wilderness once before, and how they could do it again now.
Grandin makes a compelling case for the intricate connections tying the United States to its southern neighbors.
Early voting is underway and the May 3 Election Day is just around the corner. Here's what's on the May 2025 ballot in Lubbock County.
Not since Franklin Roosevelt has a new president driven so many shifts, so fast. Here's 100 things that have already changed ...
No one lays claim to texts, sent in the name of little-known political committee, that alerted residents to a proposal to ...
Is Trump Helping Putin Defeat Ukraine? ‘Lil Marco Rubio announced yesterday that the Trump administration is on the verge of ...
Zohran Mamdani’s unexpectedly popular campaign is raising the question of what a socialist might accomplish as mayor of NYC.