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University of Texas Faces New Outcry Over Old Song With Minstrel Roots Many students want “The Eyes of Texas” to go. Wealthy alumni insist it should stay. The dispute has become a flash point as universities struggle to deal with traditions spawned in earlier eras. Fans singing “The Eyes of Texas” at a University of Texas football game in Austin in November.Credit...Jay Janner/USA Today Sports, via Reuters May 7, 2021 SAN ANTONIO — For generations, the fight song at the University of Texas at Austin has been etched into the state’s very fabric. For students, the words “the eyes ...

EEOC chairwoman orders review of work climate in wake of USA TODAY probe. Employees are skeptical Nick Penzenstadler, Brett Murphy and Javonte Anderson, USA TODAY © Chanel White Patonia Rhule The head of a federal civil rights agency has ordered a review of its Dallas district office following a USA TODAY investigation revealing widespread complaints of internal discrimination. "I plan to ensure that we get to the bottom of any allegations of mistreatment," Charlotte Burrows, chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said in a statement. "And if th...

Activists rally for police, criminal justice reform at Texas Capitol Activists rally for police, criminal justice reform at Texas Capitol Several groups gathered at the front of the Capitol during the 87th Legislative session to make a statement. AUSTIN, Texas - People pushing for police reform and criminal justice reform rallied at the Capitol Sunday. "Acts of race-based hate and fear have no place here in Texas and not even here in the United States of America," said Dr. Candice Matthews, Texas Coalition of Black Democrats. Several groups gathered at the front of the Capitol during the 87th...

As Floyd Act stalls, Texas lawmakers see room for targeted police reforms FacebookTwitterEmail Texas Gov. Greg Abbott passes by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd June 8 at the Fountain of Praise church in Houston. Abbott vowed legislation “to make sure we never have anything like this ever occur in the state of Texas.”David J. Phillip, POOL / AP Shortly after George Floyd’s murder last year at the hands of Minneapolis police, Gov. Greg Abbott went to his funeral in Houston, vowing legislation “to make sure we never have anything like this ever occur in th...

‘Within our own walls.’ Employees at federal civil rights watchdog describe their own workplace discrimination, retaliation in Texas Brett Murphy, Javonte Anderson and Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY © ILLUSTRATION: COLIN SMITH, USA TODAY NETWORK, PHOTOS: MICHAEL MULVEY, SPECIAL TO USA TODAY ‘Fox in charge of the henhouse.’ Employees at federal civil rights watchdog describe workplace discrimination, retaliation in Texas. Devastated by the police killing of George Floyd last spring, Patonia Rhule wanted to start a dialogue at her job about systemic racism. It seemed a...