Occupational licensing hinders individuals attempting to work in their chosen field, often with little benefit to the public. Key points – Occupational licenses should only be required where there is a clear and convincing need to protect the health and safety of the public and the license is reasonably expected to achieve that protection. –...
So-called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs have become the official ideology at a number of American universities today, including in Texas. DEI, masking itself as minority recruitment tools for students and faculty, distorts the affirmative terms of diversity, equity, and inclusion into divisive and alienating policies that weaken the academic strength of our students...
In April 2002, Levi’s cut 3,300 jobs nationwide from its workforce, as it moved production overseas for cheaper foreign labor. Of those 3,300 jobs, 1,919 were in Texas, and one of those was my mom, who had worked at the Brownsville factory for years. Levi’s was trying to keep up with the oversaturated jeans market,...