Voices
Thanksgiving and Hozhoji
It’s impossible to predict, but with any luck, November will be bookended by a presidential election and the coming together of families and friends at that uniquely American holiday, Thanksgiving.
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In a COVID Christmas Season, Small Businesses Need Support
It’s been a rough year for small businesses, and it isn’t over yet.
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What Was Our Best Work of 2020?
As the year (and what a year it has been) winds to a close, our last People’s Choice for 2020 will be all about us.
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Talking Health Care For Texas’ Sake
For years, Texans have known through difficult personal experience that health care in Texas has challenges. Over the last six months, those issues have hit home for millions more.
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A Boy’s Take on Masks: Be Nice
I am a fourth grader, but even fourth graders have opinions about things.
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Thoughts From a First-Time Voter
Let’s be honest- 2020 has proved itself to be a very unconventional year. The unprecedented effects of COVID-19 have resulted in unideal lifestyle changes for many Americans, and to many citizens, this year’s voting situation seems unideal as well.
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We Should Mentor Younger Students
I have completed around 2,000 days of in-person classroom learning and 71 days of COVID-19-induced virtual learning. It’s clear that my virtual learning experience is far from over.
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A Look Back …
It’s been a year, almost, since that night that changed a lot. And with everything that came after the tornado that struck North Dallas last year, it’s almost hard to believe that it has been a year.
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Flores: Bond Stance ‘Not An Endorsement I Came to Lightly’
As children return to school in the midst of the ongoing public health crisis caused by Covid-19, the safety of
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Teen Author Shows Learning Differences Aren’t Disabilities
I don’t remember how old I was when I was first told about my learning difference, but I think there’s a reason for that. The reason is this: When I found out, nothing changed.
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Stakeholders Disagree About Best Way Forward for Snider Plaza
Print and online news coverage of infrastructure replacement plans and a city of University Park proposal for creating a public improvement district (PID) to address maintenance, future needs, and amenities for Snider Plaza have drawn comments from merchants.
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