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State Rep. Jeff Leach (’05) Talks Criminal Justice Reform At Texas Tribune Festival

Leach spoke on a panel Friday morning at Texas Tribune Festival titled “Criminal Justice and the 89th Legislature” with his colleague State Representative Joe Moody, a Democrat from Texas’ West-most district in El Paso. The pair discussed their efforts to initiate further criminal justice reform in the State of Texas. Though Leach and Moody caucus in opposite parties, Leach said, “In the Texas House, we don’t have to hate each other. . . . There are a lot of things we can work together on.”

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Baylor Was Found Liable In a Recent Title IX Case. Hear From the Reporter Who Covered It. – with Dan Solomon

Nine years ago, Dolores Lozano claims she was violently assaulted by a Baylor football player and her boyfriend at the time. In 2016 she filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming that – despite having gone to administrators and football program leaders – her alma mater had been negligent in its handling of her reports of domestic violence and, as a result, violated her rights under the Title IX federal civil rights law. On Tuesday, a Waco jury found Baylor liable.

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The Conflict in Israel and the State of Foreign Affairs – with Joanne Cummings

Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify Joanne Cummings is the director of Baylor’s Middle East Studies program and teaches in the BIC and Political Science department. She has also been instrumental in the development of an interfaith minor here at Baylor. A retired diplomat, her experience is wide-ranging. She was most recently the Foreign Policy

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