Student Protest

"Crystal City 1969" is about small-town Texas teenagers who were discouraged from attending college or even speaking Spanish. So they walked out of their high school — and into history.

Students of color at Texas Wesleyan University are taking action, including one on a hunger strike, to spotlight what they describe as “a hostile student experience” created by bias and prejudice on campus.

The omicron variant has resulted in record-high COVID-19 cases in Texas schools. Despite student and staff absences, one Round Rock student said schools are remaining open for in-person learning “while everything around us is falling down.”

Fifty years ago, a group of students at Texas State University took a stand against the war in Vietnam. The students, nicknamed the San Marcos 10, faced...