Accountable Now Launches a National Effort to Track Uses of Force

Currently in beta mode, the website tracks data from police departments across the country

News, Feb. 25, 2021

COVID-19 Finally Arrives at Travis County Jail

Outbreak is "small," but inmates and advocates are angry

News, Feb. 11, 2021

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

News, Feb. 4, 2021

Death Watch: Challenges, Disabilities Not Enough (So Far) To Avert Execution

Busby set to die Feb. 10 for 2004 murder in Fort Worth

News, Feb. 2, 2021

Rosa Jimenez Is Free: "Exciting, Overwhelming, and I Feel So Blessed"

New DA Garza commits to "aggressively pursue innocence"

News, Jan. 28, 2021

After Years of Legal Limbo, Rosa Jimenez To Be Freed

Release another step closer to exoneration in controversial case

News, Jan. 26, 2021

Travis County D.A. Updates Public on Many Probes Into Police Conduct

Garza releases first of promised bimonthly reports

News, Jan. 21, 2021

COVID-19 Turns the Texas Lege's Routines Upside Down

The challenge ahead – how to get back to the business of legislating without staging a superspreader event

News, Jan. 14, 2021

Death Watch: Despite SCOTUS Ruling, Inmate Again Faces Execution

Blaine Milam, who may be disabled, is set for death Jan. 21

News, Jan. 14, 2021

Brenda Ramos Sues City Over Son’s Killing

Lawsuit argues killing was “a direct result of the racism that has permeated policing in Austin”

News, Jan. 7, 2021

Death Watch: Quiet on Death Row

Pandemic halts the sputtering execution machine

News, Dec. 23, 2020

Transforming Tent Cities With Windows and Doors

The Other Ones Foundation hopes to install personalized shelters at the Esperanza Community

News, Dec. 3, 2020

Police Chief Brian Manley Fires APD Officer for Racist Texts

Offensive language, memes violated Austin Police policies

News, Nov. 25, 2020

County Drops Most Charges Against Protesters

104 of the 178 people arrested at the spring and summer protests will avoid court

News, Nov. 25, 2020

Hiram Garcia Livestreams a Summer of Black Lives Matter Protests

Features, Nov. 25, 2020

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

News, Nov. 19, 2020

COVID’s Toll on Texas Inmates Among the Worst in the Nation

LBJ School study details dismal infection, death rates

News, Nov. 17, 2020

APD Officers, Proud Boys, and Candidates Don’t Mix

WTF are they doing?

News, Nov. 12, 2020

ARIC Informants Have Watched Local Leftists for Years

Secret police intelligence “Antifa affinity groups”

News, Oct. 22, 2020

Local Lawyers and Activists Come to the Aid of Protesters

A look at life after the arrests

News, Oct. 8, 2020

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

News, Sept. 10, 2020

ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science

Police are learning lessons in fear

News, Aug. 27, 2020

A Show of Police Force After Foster’s Killer Is ID’d

Daniel Perry claims self-defense; 40 arrested in weekend clashes

News, Aug. 6, 2020

The Killing of Garrett Foster Shocks the City – and Galvanizes the Moment

Whether Foster raised his gun may never be known, but there can be little doubt about the driver's intentions

News, July 30, 2020

A Dangerous Man

At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.

News, June 25, 2020

No Virus, But Few Tests for County Inmates

As COVID-19 outbreaks behind bars happen across the country, closer scrutiny at Travis County jail protocols

News, May 28, 2020

Attorney General Still Refuses to Let Rosa Jimenez Go

Retrial in 1995 case on hold while Ken Paxton appeals

News, May 14, 2020

For Texas Prisoners, COVID-19 Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence

Criminal justice advocates warn of outbreaks behind bars

News, May 14, 2020

For Now, County Jail Succeeds in Keeping Out COVID-19

Law enforcement, advocates agree on need to reduce jail population

News, March 20, 2020

Social Justice Advocates Call for Big Moves to Ease the Blow of Coronavirus

The most at risk

News, March 19, 2020

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