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We Have an Issue

Politics as Performance, Political Activism as Performance Art In this week's issue: postmortem on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, a profile of drag powerhouse Brigitte Bandit, and finalists revealed in the Best of Austin: Restaurants Readers Poll (get voting, y'all!)

A Watched Pot The Austin Chronicle is turning 42, and we're launching a cannabis column to celebrate

It's the Back to School Issue Welcome to college, y'all. Here's what you need to know about drugs.

Never Boring In this week's issue, Lina Fisher examines the uncertain environmental impacts of Tesla and the Boring Co. on the Colorado River

We Have an Issue: You Have the Right ... (in Theory, at Least) In this week's cover story, Maggie Q. Thompson digs into Counsel at First Appearance – what it is, why we don't have it in Travis County, and whether that's violating our Constitutional rights

Opinion

Opinion: Minimum Lot Size Reform Is Gaining Traction in Texas Cities. That's a Good Thing. Austin should follow Houston's lead and embrace this solution to address our housing affordability problem

Opinion: The Outdoor Recreation Economy in Texas Depends on EPA Safeguards An Austin bike shop owner on why the climate crisis isn't just bad for the environment – it's bad for business, too

Now Is Not the Time to Loosen Child Labor Regulations – Especially in Dangerous Industries Child labor laws are trending in the wrong direction and we are putting children's health and development at risk. Now is the time to advocate for legislative changes at the state and national levels.

The Case Against Disposable Food Ware Austinites should be a part of the solution and eliminate plastic, single-use items from the waste stream

Austin's Nature Gap Access to nature isn't equitable, particularly for low-income and minority neighborhoods. We can do better for our kids.

The Verde Report

It’s Finally Time to Take #WolffOut Seriously

Winless streak hits new club milestone

Fri., Sept. 22, 2023

Austin FC Should Worry Less About What It Deserves

Time is running out to make the playoffs

Fri., Sept. 8, 2023

Austin FC in Danger of Stalling Out in Final Stretch of Season Head coach Josh Wolff: “We’ve lost momentum”

Season Reaches Pivotal Moment After Six-Goal Disaster Can Copa Tejas turn this thing around?

Rodolfo Borrell Delivers Sobering Assessment of Austin FC's Future Sporting director braces fans for a roster remodel

Austin FC Dumps Diego Fagundez in Stunning Trade Fan favorite traded to LA Galaxy for Memo Rodríguez, allocation money

Leagues Cup Loss Latest in Disturbing Trend for Austin FC Josh Wolff’s club just can’t seem to figure out how to juggle multiple competitions in the same season

The Austin Chronic

Which Is Better – Marijuana or Fentanyl?

According to the government, cannabis is scarier than the drug killing over 150 people a day

Fri., Sept. 15, 2023

Kevin Curtin Tries Out THCA Cannabis

Living legally in loophole land

Fri., Sept. 1, 2023

Day Trips

Buffalo Soldiers Memorial, San Angelo

Black enlisted soldiers get their own memorial this summer

Fri., Sept. 22, 2023

Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, Goliad

The little Loreto Chapel stands tall in history

Fri., Sept. 15, 2023

Patricia Huffman Smith NASA “Remembering Columbia” Museum, Hemphill East Texas museum remembers the space shuttle disaster that happened 20 years ago

Murphy’s Steakhouse, Winchester Step back in time at the former general store

El Camino Real Visitor Center, Goliad Cottage museum tells a different part of the history of Goliad

Conrad Hilton Center, Cisco Small museum near Abilene shows an international hotel chain’s humble beginnings

Santa Anna’s Leg, Illinois State Military Museum Mexican general’s prosthesis is a bit of Texas history in the North

Qmmunity

Making It Ourselves

Examples of queer creativity abound in Austin, Texas

Fri., Sept. 22, 2023

Carnival of Queers

A carnival of queer cavorting will delight your senses this weekend

Fri., Sept. 15, 2023

Pumpkin Spice Homoscopes The seasons are changing, so find a new queer event to enjoy!

The Gay Place Rides Again Original Chron legend Kate X Messer talks "Qmmunity"/"The Gay Place" origins

A Creative Storm Front Front Festival hits Austin with a storm of great creative showcases over Labor Day weekend

Serving Corporate Cxnt Thee Gay Agenda decides to girl boss, gaslight, but not gatekeep in their new show Gags to Riches

Transing Pride ATX Trans Pride puts the spotlight on the transgender community during Austin Pride

The Luv Doc

A Sick Person

One of our freedoms is the freedom to be obstinately modest

Fri., Sept. 22, 2023

His Allowance

Petulance is a choice, it’s not a natural state of being

Fri., Sept. 15, 2023

An Excellent Wingman An anachronistic ornithological metaphor about gender equality

Paris in the Fall We’re pretty much all getting tooled by some algorithm or another

A Five-Second Tree of Life Latte Not today, Jesus. Not today.

An Imbecilic Piece of Legislation The “good-Barney-Fife-with-a-gun” theory of school safety

Hard No It’s OK that you’re not into Barbies

The Common Law

New Texas laws passed in the 2023 legislative session New Texas laws passed in the 2023 legislative session

Kids working for parent’s business My favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant has the same young kid working there almost every time I go. My guess is that...

The flood of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions The flood of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions

TxDOT is expanding I-35 and taking my property TxDOT is expanding I-35 and taking my property

Can I get a speeding ticket is there’s no MPH sign? Can I get a speeding ticket is there’s no MPH sign?

Smarty Pants

September 22, 2023 The Hokey Pokey is called the Hokey Cokey in the UK, some parts of Australia, and the Caribbean. Similar...

September 15, 2023 Mary the Jewess was an alchemist who lived in ancient Alexandria around the first century. She is credited with...

September 8, 2023 When the zipper was first introduced for widespread use in the 1930s, it was limited to men's clothing as...

September 1, 2023 Franklin Roosevelt is the only U.S. president to have visited Fort Knox. Margery Kempe, who lived in the 14th...

August 25, 2023 Some historians say John Hanson was the first U.S. president. He was elected the first president of the Confederation...

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