Topic: University of Texas System

The Monitor's View Obama-Romney debate can't avoid 'nation-building'

Recent presidents campaigned against nation-building only to take it up as necessary for what defines America's ideals and strategic interests. Voters need to hear what Romney and Obama would do differently.

Drought: Farmers dig deeper, water tables drop, competition heats up

Chief Justice Roberts: A more nuanced view after healthcare ruling

Opinion Supreme Court: After health care ruling, court must rule against affirmative action

Repsol 'almost certain' to end offshore oil drilling in Cuba

What's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query

Oldest Mayan calendar found, and it goes way beyond Dec. 12, 2012 (+video)

Was it right for Elizabeth Warren to identify as a minority? Will voters care?

Groundhog Day in court? California ban on affirmative action is upheld. Again.

Opinion Facebook stalking in the name of affirmative action

Gun nation: Inside America's gun-carry culture

The dinosaur that dressed like Anna Wintour

Right-wing 'patriot' groups girding for actual class warfare, report says

National Enquirer ignites furor with Whitney Houston casket photo

How Supreme Court ruling on Texas could reduce affirmative action across US

Affirmative action in college admissions goes back before Supreme Court

'$16 house' scheme gets man kicked out of $340,000 home

Super Bowl ad makes New York Mayor Bloomberg gun control king

Why California's reeling economy still has a 'golden' lining

Do little words give big insights?

Frankenstein moon: Astronomers vindicate Mary Shelley's account

Texas's record as death penalty capital: a help for Rick Perry?

West Memphis Three: Internet campaign, Hollywood drove their release

Affordable colleges: a new tool for cost comparison

Worried about jobs, college women go 'geek'