In 2018, The Roundup staff visited Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Our article is reprinted below. The newspaper extends our condolences to the Johnson family.
The first nurse elected to Congress. The first woman in Texas to lead a major house committee. The first African American woman elected to public office from Dallas. She breaks barriers, she sets precedents, she is...
Ted Cruz: Your Senator, A Murderer!?
It’s an early morning, snow blanketing the ground outside of the Calgary hospital. A seemingly innocent child is brought into this world, but could this child be the infamous murderer who terrorized Northern California in the late 60s and early 70s? Let’s decide.
The Facts
Ted Cruz, born Rafael Edward Cruz, is an American-Canadian politician representing...
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Health Care and the Job of the State
Wage Gap or Information Gap?
"When one knew that any document was due for destruction, or even when one saw a scrap of waste paper lying about, it was an automatic...
Should and can the government provide healthcare for all of its citizens?
That is the question that has been at the center of the healthcare debate since it began. The modern GOP says that the less federal government interference in healthcare the better, the greater access consumers have to a wide market the better the coverage overall will be and...
The 2018 midterms appear to be one of the most hotly contested in modern American history. With controversial (to say the least) President Trump firmly in the reigns of the Republican Party, the Democratic base appears poised to strike a major blow against him. Trump has alienated much of his own party, causing vaunted figures such as  Jeff Flake,...
After the 2021 Winter Storm Uri, Texas suffered damage worth $10 billion and 246 fatalities, due to water issues and electrical grid failures. After this catastrophe, 70% of Texans believe that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) was responsible for electrical failures. However, 49% of Texans believe that Governor Greg Abbott was responsible for this crisis. As a...
On August 11, 2017, a group of white supremacists and neo-Nazi terrorists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia to (supposedly) protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. These protests ended with multiple injuries and the death of one counter-protestor. This violence has reignited the debate over what place (if any) these monuments have in today’s society. I believe...
Recently, the American Health Care Act (TrumpCare) passed through the House of Representatives. In short, the bill will de-fund Planned Parenthood, remove the individual mandate, give states the choice of charging more for those with preexisting conditions, give states the ability to opt out of ObamaCare’s ban on lifetime limits, and caps out-of-pocket costs.
The bill, however, trims around the...
