Texas Standard For January 11, 2018
Deal or no deal? As a Friday deadline approaches over Iran and concerns about nuclear weapons, we’ll have a Texas researcher explain what’s at stake. And: Black girls attending Texas schools are nearly seven times as likely to get suspended from school than their white counterparts. One possible factor? What a Texas A&M researcher calls the “adultification” of black girls. We’ll hear what that means. Also: Texas-based AT&T says no way to Huawei, nixing a deal to sell phones by the Chinese company. Some smell politics at the other end of the line. Plus: Funny man Cheech Marin is serious about Chicano art. We’ll hear why he’s sharing his collection with the Lone Star State. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard: