Ashleigh Bugg
KTEM Interviews Jose Manuel Santoyo, Immigration Activist
Outside of the office-holding political engine, many young activists are adding their voices to the immigration debate. Called “dreamers” after the DREAM Act, many of these young adults and students have lived in the United States since they were in elementary school but are still waiting to be granted legal status.
Republicans and Democrats Look to Immigration Reform
With over 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S, immigration reform is among the most pressing political issues today. Democrats and Republicans are looking toward a more comprehensive overhaul of the current immigration system, but progress is slow as bipartisan support meets partisan antagonism.
U.S. Honors Holocaust Remembrance Week
Every year the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum honors victims and survivors of WWII. This year’s theme: Confronting the Holocaust: American Responses is an examination of the reaction of the United States to the mass extermination of an estimated 11 million people and a consideration of the responsibility of ending genocide today.
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Why Terrorists are Afraid of Girls with Books
Terrorists staged a mass abduction in the African country of Nigeria two weeks ago. Were they targeting rival politicians or military members? Did they capture powerful men and women with machine guns and divergent convictions?
No. They abducted 234 young girls from school.
$60,000 in Grants Awarded to Local Schools
(KTEM) Schools in Belton, Waco and four other area districts will receive almost $60,000 in grants from the Education Service Center for Region 12. The state of Texas is divided in 20 regions for education each with its own Education Service Center...
75th Anniversary of Easter Pageant
(KTEM) The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor celebrated the 75th anniversary of Easter Pageant this Wednesday. The event draws crowds from around Central Texas averaging around 5,000 spectators every year. With more than 240 university students and 110 children from around Belton participating in this year's production, it was the largest pageant in UMHB history...
Four Presidents Visit Austin for Civil Rights Summit
President Obama and three former presidents: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush attended a summit in Austin celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Lyndon B. Johnson's Civil Rights Act.
"What President Johnson understood is that equality required more than the absence of oppression...
Remembering Rwanda
KTEM-- Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, an ethnic cleansing that left nearly one million dead in 100 days.
In 1994, under pressure from local officials and the Hutu government, members of the Hutu majority took up arms against their neighbors, the Tutsi minority.
Fort Hood and the Stigma with PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can occur after extreme emotional trauma involving threat of harm or death.
With the recent shootings at Fort Hood, PTSD is coming to the forefront of public awareness as people wonder what is being done to prevent further tragedy.
Temple Volunteers Make 24,000 Meals in 3 Hours
With the help of local volunteers, Kids Against Hunger packaged 24,624 meals for school children in Haiti last Saturday.
Volunteers put on hairnets and aprons and got to work packing meals of rice, soy, a dehydrated blend of six vegetables and a mineral powder that provides 21 essential vitamins and nutrients...