Following allegations about a racial slur on land his family leased for hunting, Gov. Rick Perry’s critics are dissecting his history with race — from his early campaign ads to his defense of Confederate symbols.
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2011 Texas Tribune Festival Keynote: Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.
Full video of the keynote speech by U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., in the Race and Immigration track at the 2011 Texas Tribune Festival.
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Perry’s Suggestion of Military Action in Mexico Draws Varied Reaction
Gov. Rick Perry’s suggestion he might be in favor of sending the U.S. military into Mexico to quell cartel-related violence elicited a variety of reactions, from outright dismissal to praise that he had brought the issue to the forefront of the presidential campaign.
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Even Perry’s Critics Defend Him on Hunting Ranch Furor
Wallace Jefferson, the first black chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court and a descendant of slaves, calls the hunting ranch name controversy “much ado about nothing.” He says the implication that Rick Perry is insensitive to race is “false.”
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Video: The Perry Campaign’s Race Challenge
Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith weighs in on Gov. Rick Perry’s hunting ranch race debacle in the New York Times video segment “The Caucus.”
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A Texas Sensibility That Doesn’t Travel Well
Rick Perry’s in-state-tuition troubles have a lot to do with the difference between politics in Texas and politics everywhere else.
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In New Hampshire, Perry Pivots on Immigration Answer
Immigration looked likely to dominate Rick Perry’s visit to New Hampshire this weekend — and dominate it did. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on Perry’s attempt to reformulate his answer to a question that has dogged his campaign.
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Video: Perry Fields Questions at N.H. Town Hall
A little more than a week after his embarrassing debate performance, Rick Perry this weekend got back to doing what he does best — pressing the flesh with voters.
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TribLive: Sharp on In-State Tuition for Immigrants
At this morning’s TribLive conversation, Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp defended the state law allowing college-bound children of undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition.
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Video: An “Undocumented” Student Tells Her Story
Karla Reséndiz was able to attend UT-Austin because she paid in-state tuition rates — even though she is the child of illegal immigrants. Now, she and others like her are the focus of the latest political battle over immigration.