UTD has been unfairly applying its policies around student expression to shut down critical viewpoints for a long time, but we cannot risk accepting that as a new normal
A recent opinion piece published in The Mercury continues a conversation between our two publications that we initiated in our November 2025 editorial, “Meet the
We could tell you that the death of The Mercury was a slow and bitter march, where Student Affairs administrators crossed one line and then
It’s been one year since The Retrograde was born after UTD administration’s crackdown against former student newspaper The Mercury. Instead of buckling to the university’s
A year ago, the staff of former student newspaper The Mercury were fired en masse for daring to stand up for journalism and free speech
Last week, The Retrograde and three other student organizations from UTD and UT Austin sued the UT System to stop enforcement of the Campus Protection
The job of a university president, especially for a public university accountable to the Texas state legislature, is not one we envy. You are expected
On April 9, UTD told The Retrograde and the Dallas Morning News that 19 students had their immigration status terminated. These 19 students would join
On March 10, Student Affairs administration began rolling out its plan to hire new students to fill leadership roles at The Mercury. We, the management
On Nov. 12, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the Student Press Law Center sent UTD a letter criticizing the university’s firing of
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