{"id":319092,"date":"2026-06-02T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/319092\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:11:09","slug":"texas-tribune-festival-speaker-announcement-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-pete-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/319092\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tribune Festival speaker announcement Marjorie Taylor Greene and Pete Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/ethics\/#ai-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI policy<\/a>, and give us <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/appFeleeKVUN0Iytx\/pagPG40gbkU0EfjIr\/form\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a rapidly shifting political landscape and a world increasingly in flux, there\u2019s no shortage of big issues for Texans to reckon with together when we gather at this year\u2019s Texas Tribune Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Among the influential voices joining our lineup in downtown Austin September 24-26 are Marjorie Taylor Greene, former U.S. Representative, R-Georgia; Pete Sessions, U.S. Representative, R-Waco; Annette Gordon-Reed, Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University; and Amy Webb, CEO of Future Today Strategy Group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously one of President Donald Trump\u2019s most ardent supporters, Greene resigned from Congress in late 2025 after a significant public break with the president. A 28-year congressional veteran, Sessions is a Republican insider bringing deep institutional knowledge to a rapidly moving Washington. As America marks its 250th anniversary, renowned historian Gordon-Reed explores the nation\u2019s founding contradiction with her new book, \u201cJefferson on Race: A Reader.\u201d And Webb, one of the nation\u2019s leading quantitative futurists, helps us understand the technological forces reshaping nearly every aspect of our lives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other newly announced speakers joining us in September include San Antonio mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, who leads one of the country\u2019s fastest-growing cities and is one of the most prominent leaders pushing back on federal immigration actions in Texas; Jennifer Cowley, president of the University of Texas at Arlington leading the institution at a time of incredible transformation for higher education; content creator and activist Carlos Eduardo Espina, who has built an audience of more than 20 million by telling migrant stories outside of traditional media; and NPR\u2019s critic-at-large Eric Deggans, who will help us consider how a fragmented media landscape is reshaping what it means to be a journalist today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each day brings more for Texans to wrestle with and talk about with one another, and TribFest will be here before you know it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trib.it\/tribfest26-site-t2-tickets-TA2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your tickets now <\/a>to join us in Austin this September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disclosure: University of Texas \u2013 Arlington has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune\u2019s journalism. Find a complete\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/support-us\/corporate-sponsors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">list of them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. 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