Recently, the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to change the names of several AISD schools such as Reagan Early College High School (now Northeast Early College High School),...

After more than a year of deliberation and debate, the much anticipated and highly contested name change of two AISD high schools with Confederate namesakes has finally occurred. On Feb. 26, 2019, the...

The AISD Board of Trustees voted on Dec. 17 to rename the Fulmore Middle School campus due to the Confederate ties of its namesake. The district has been going through the process of renaming several campuses...

Every day was basically the same, but I didn’t mind—I liked predictability. My alarm would wake me up, I would eat Special K with fresh-cut strawberries and sugar sprinkled on top, I would go to school,...

Five schools in the Austin Independent School District are facing the repercussions of the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that cost a life on Aug. 12. Shock waves were sent throughout...

After the renaming of Robert E. Lee Elementary school to Russell Lee Elementary, AISD is taking action to change the names of other schools named after Confederate figures. There are five schools in...

On the front lawn of the Texas Capitol, on the base of a statue erected in 1903, there is a plaque that reads “Died for State Rights guaranteed under the Constitution.” This statue, built to honor...

It shouldn't take a mass killing to reject the rebel flag and the racism it represents. My mom is a 5-foot-2 130-pound white woman, and my dad is a 6-foot, 210-pound black man. That leaves my brother,...