Children were back on campus for just under two weeks when a student at Ryan High School in the Dallas suburb of Denton allegedly stabbed a classmate. It happened at 9:10 a.m. Friday, reported The Dallas Morning News. Both students were boys under the age of 17. The injured student suffered non-life-threatening wounds, while the […]
Author Archives: Angela Lim
Angela Lim is The Barbed Wire's trending news fellow. She is a senior majoring in journalism and Asian American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, set to graduate in May 2025. Most recently, she worked as an editorial intern at Texas Monthly, news intern at KUT, and freelance music writer at the Austin Chronicle. Angela is also an alumna of NPR’s Next Gen Radio fellowship and the Asian American Journalists Association’s VOICES program. She was born in Houston and lived in the Philippines for 16 years, but considers both home.
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A Murder-Suicide Pushed UT Students to Start a Mental Health Group for South Asian Americans. Now They’re Going National
This story includes mentions of suicide that may be triggering for some readers. Visit Mental Health First Aid for a list of resources and organizations. The national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline can be reached at 988 and is available 24/7. When the Mental Health Initiative for South Asians hosted its first workshop in 2023, over […]
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Is That… Common Ground? Texas House Voted to Lift a Ban on ‘Homosexual Conduct’
Sure, this legislative session has had its share of embarrassing, absurd, even confounding bills attacking everything from public education, to transgender Texans, to abortion rights, and even furries. But there are small victories to celebrate. The Texas House has approved a bill that would remove a ban on “homosexual conduct” from state statute. It’s the […]
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The Fires of Hell Aren’t as Hot as This Early Texas Heat Wave
UPDATE: The early heat wave broke daily records Wednesday — Austin hit 101 degrees, Houston hit 96 degrees, San Antonio may have been one of the hottest places on the planet. Closer to the boarder, Del Rio International Airport hit 106 degrees. A heat advisory remains in effect for parts of South Central Texas Thursday, […]
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Trump Cut Funding To Texas Arts Groups, Leaving Them in ‘Confusion and Chaos’
Texas arts organizations are reeling from the Trump administration’s latest federal budget cuts. This time, President Donald Trump targeted the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency that distributes funding for arts programs. Trump proposed eliminating the NEA in his 2026 budget released on Friday. In an email sent to grant recipients nationwide that […]
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ACL Fest Lineup Is Here: Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Doja Cat, More
The Austin City Limits Music Festival released its official lineup today, and headliners include Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Doja Cat, Luke Combs, The Strokes, John Summit, and Doechii. Three-day tickets go on sale today at 12 p.m. CT on the festival’s website. General admission prices for both weekends start at $360. Fans had a lot of […]
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Well, Elon Musk Got What He Wanted. Starbase Is Texas’ Newest City
Elon Musk set his sights on making Starbase a city for years. The tech billionaire made that a reality on Saturday. Residents of Starbase went to the polls to vote on a measure incorporating the area as an official city. More than two-thirds of eligible voters worked for SpaceX, Musk’s rocket-making company, or expressed their […]
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Paxton Joins RFK’s Anti-Fluoride Crusade, Targeting “Misleading, Deceptive, and Dangerous” Kids’ Toothpaste
Texas elected officials love to talk about their commitment to protecting children. For Attorney General Ken Paxton, it’s making sure kids don’t ingest too much fluoride from their favorite toothpastes decorated with Disney Princess and Bluey characters. Paxton announced an investigation into parent companies Colgate and Proctor & Gamble on Thursday, claiming that they market […]
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Sorry, South Texas. Maybe Lawmakers Do Want More SpaceX Rockets on Our Beaches
UPDATE: May 2, 2025 Maybe Elon Musk can’t be stopped after all. Late Wednesday night, the Texas House State Affairs Committee revived a Senate version of House Bill 4660, which gives SpaceX control of the South Texas Beach it’s currently set up on. PREVIOUS STORY: After months of lobbying from Rio Grande Valley environmental activists […]
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The Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Act Two Tour is Putting Texas Where it Belongs: Everywhere
Thanks to Beyoncé, now the rest of the world knows what it really means to be Texan and country. We know some outsiders looking into our state think that we’re all a bunch of racist, transphobic, ignorant people, but Beyoncé (intentionally or not) is using Cowboy Carter to show what most of us know to […]