The DPS Partnership Cost Taxpayers at Least $80,000

And targeted Black and brown Austinites disproportionately

"...white. Black Austinites accounted for 23% of arrests and Latinos 65%, even though they account for 9% and 33%..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...region. He said, “Usually here, when people think about Latinos they mostly think Mexicans, but at the same time..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Here's How Austin's Last-Minute City Budget Battles Played Out

How advocates' calls for action were and weren't answered

"...with 35% going to Black Austinites and 37% to Latinos. Nearly all of the funds were delivered to households..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Gabriela’s Group Expands Latin Business Empire With Mala Fama on Sixth Street

See inside the new three-story neon nightclub, formerly Buckshot

"...has proudly proclaimed herself at the service of fellow Latinos, catering to them with welcoming spaces across the city...."

Aug. 1, 2023 Music Post by Christina Garcia

State Police Partnering With APD Mostly Arresting People of Color

License, registration, and ZIP Code, please

"...population. Black Austinites accounted for 23% of arrests and Latinos 65%, even though they account for 9% and 33%..."

May 5, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...focuses on the unmistakable influence and contributions of U.S. Latinos...."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Pretty in Pink: A Gabriela Bucio Story

The millennial Midas brings reggaeton and Mexican regional to Sixth Street and beyond

"..."I'm the opposite of gentrification," she reflects, adding: "Latinos needed a place to see themselves celebrated. Other people..."

July 8, 2022 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

Crystal City 1969 Brings Mexican American History to Life

Celebrating 50 years of UT's CMAS with a live reading

"...los Muertos, it's kind of the ground zero for Latinos in Austin."..."

March 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Sage Dunlap

Opinion: We Have Faith. Now We Need Clean Air.

Addressing methane emissions through robust pollution standards is critical to our future

"...in African American children. And more than 1.81 million Latinos live within one half-mile of existing oil and gas..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Column by Bee Moorhead

Robert Rodriguez Strikes First-Look Deal With HBO Max

Plus a new life for El Rey on Roku

"...The Austin-based filmmaker behind the Machete and Spy Kids..."

Aug. 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: White Privilege in Austin’s Unhoused Community

Alberta Phillips, chair of the ECHO Board of Governors, explains the kind of racism that can lock Black people into a lifetime of living unsheltered

"...population. By contrast, non-Hispanic whites make up 33%; and Latinos, 25% of those experiencing homelessness. Asians, Native Americans, Pacific..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Alberta Phillips

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...Carrie Rodriguez 5 Latinos..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...Treviño, who weren't from the East­side, become the first Latinos to win elections in Central Texas. But over time,..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Hey, at Least Trump Lost!

The best news came last in the longest election ever

"...and big flags and pre-positioned sign-holders: "Women for Trump," "Latinos for Trump," and in a statement whose irony was..."

Nov. 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

allgo Celebrates Milestone 35th Anniversary

Honoring grassroots org's past, present, future serving QPOC

"...straight Latinx spaces. “The fact that there were LGBTQ Latinos that came together, that was a political act,” said..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

Opinion: Why Texas Is Ground Zero for Change

With untapped voting power of Latinos, Texas has enormous potential, but the Lone Star State must modernize to pave the way to a stronger, more inclusive America

"...As the fastest-growing population in the U.S., Latinos have raised an empowered collective of young, female political..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Column by Antonio Arellano

A Look at the City Council Races for Districts 2, 4, & 7

As Garza moves on, Pool and Casar seek to stay put

"...disparities," Fuentes told us, noting that in Travis County, Latinos continue to suffer disproportionately from COVID-19. "We have limited..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: R&B Innovator Nayome Gets Personal

Sade-loving local Naomi Sutton previews sophomore EP, Latin music enters Live Music Fund conversation, and more music news.

"...out Alex Vallejo, drummer of local rock group Vallejo. "Latinos have similar experiences to other music industry stakeholders from..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Following Protests, Expect a Jump in COVID-19 Cases

City releases new metric for judging stages of risk, and promises better outreach to communities of color

"...plans are not working, based upon the data that Latinos for weeks have been overrepresented in COVID cases, hospitalizations,..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Kimberley Jones and Beth Sullivan

This Is Who We Are #13: Pro Arts Collective's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...partly a cultural mosaic, in which the words of Latinos, Asians, Anglos, African-Americans, the privileged, the disenfranchised, the powerful,..."

June 1, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...COVID-19 Impact on Latinos: Austin Public Health released updated COVID-19 data showing Latinos..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature

Austin At Large: Chronicles of Deaths, Foretold

The coronavirus works for free and cares not about its approval rating

"...of those people are not white – right now, Latinos in Travis County appear to account for a profoundly..."

May 22, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

How Austin Musician Gina Chavez Became the Subject of the City's Latest Mural

The story of an L.A. muralist creating a 12-foot-tall portrait of a local musical star

"...successful L.A.-based artist wanted to create public art celebrating Latinos for communities "where we are underrepresented and underserved," he..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trump's Mass Deportation Threat: Austin Responds

Mayor Adler: "We will take steps to mobilize community partners and resources"

"...Trump's anti-immigrant policies "led to a record turnout of Latinos in the last [midterm] election," and she expects that..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Mayor, Jolt Leader Respond to Trump's Immigration Threats

As 2020 campaign begins, the president promises massive deportations

"...Trump’s anti-immigrant policies “led to a record turnout of Latinos in the last [mid-term] election,” and she expects that..."

June 19, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Livin’ la Queer Latinx Vida

The convention-busting writers' room of Starz' drama comes to ATX Television Festival

"...gentrified East L.A. – specifically "gentefication," when upwardly mobile Latinos return to their neighborhoods and transform them – as..."

June 7, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

A Singer Called Chunky, a Song Called Freedom

Doc on the musician/activist screens free at Cine Las Americas

"...people who are not even aware that Chicanos or Latinos were involved in the civil rights movement...."

May 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...suggests there were fewer crimes reported by or against Latinos in the community following SB 4. Specifically, the number..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Luv Doc: Critical, Urgent Texts

Confession: The Luv Doc hates texting

"...I have been dating a woman since June of..."

March 1, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Lege Lines: The Voters Speak, the Governor Listens

Abbott leaves the red-state red-meat back at the mansion

"...SoS partook in an organized illegal attempt to purge Latinos from voter rolls," said Austin Rep. Celia Israel, who..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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