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Shelley Hiam
Volume 37, Number 12
ON THE COVER:
news
Obamacare Lives!
Navigating ACA open enrollment after the Trump-ocalypse
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Point Austin: What to Do About CodeNEXT
Opponents offering plenty of fear but precious few solutions
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Do You Feel a Draft?
CodeNEXT set for a long overdue reality check
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Sylvia Garcia
The state senator on allegations of sexual harassment at the Capitol
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Jane Doe v. the DOJ, Continued
Trump admin appeals ruling in undocumented minor’s abortion case
BY MARY TUMA
Election Time Again
State candidates for March 2018 primaries officially enter race
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Travis County Dem Chair Shuffle
Who wants to run the Democratic Party here in Austin?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Help JP Connolly
Medical bills mount for Austin Justice Coalition designer
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
CodeNEXTension
CodeNEXT timeline punted back three months
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Council: Adventures in Secrecy
What we don't know …
BY MICHAEL KING
Ken’s Crew: APA Re-Elects Casaday
Incumbent prez's next task: shepherding meet-and-confer agreement through City Council
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Drew Garcia Sues City, AFD Chief Kerr
Firefighter continues fight over barred acceptance into AFD
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
State Board of Education Votes Down Second Mexican-American Studies Textbook
Rejected Text, Pt. 2
BY MARY TUMA
Robert Van Boven Remains in Limbo
Judge declines restraining order against Texas Medical Board
BY MICHAEL KING
A Process for the Indigent
No more “locked up for being poor”?
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
More Trouble at T. Don Hutto
Detainee alleges sexual abuse by guard
BY MARY TUMA
AISD Targets Confederate Names
Superintendent Paul Cruz wants new names in place by March
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
food
Who Is Cast in the Story of Austin Food?
Eight underrepresented views from the local food scene
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
The Revolution Will Not Go Hungry
Sustain the people's resistance with home-cooked meals
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Food Events
music
Chulita Vinyl Club Holds the Line Against Cultural Appropriation
All-women, all vinyl, the DJ collective spins for empowerment and togetherness
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback: Revamping the Austin Music Poll
Here's how Playback's voting
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Sound on Sound Live Shots
screens
Martin McDonagh on Directing Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The film, starring Frances McDormand, could hardly be more timely or controversial
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A Game for Every Weirdo at Fantastic Arcade
Fest celebrates the outer reaches of video games
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
What’cha Watchin’?
Laughter is a restorative: Graphic Designer Zeke Barbaro on his favorite stupid shit to watch
Film Reviews
Angelica
Jena Malone stars in this Victorian potboiler
Justice League
Another ho-hum entry to the DC Extended Universe
Mustang Island
A deft millennial comedy of manners
My Friend Dahmer
A look at the adolescent life of the infamous serial killer
Novitiate
An original take on a crisis of faith
The Star
A retelling of the first Christmas through the eyes of talking animals
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Frances McDormand gives a searing performance as vengeance personified
Wonder
Treacly feel-good drama nevertheless has helpful life lessons
arts & culture
Comics Writer Donny Cates Casts Spells on Doctor Strange
Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme and big bad Thanos get a local scribe
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Arts Reviews
Mary Moody Northen Theatre's ANON(ymous)
At St. Edward's, this reworking of Homer's Odyssey gives names to the nameless in today's immigrant crisis
UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance’s The Crucible
The department manages to elicit tension from Arthur Miller’s familiar drama, but not without a few flaws
UT Dance Repertory Theatre’s Fall for Dance
Work after work in this program emphatically spoke to current events, to the here and now
columns
Gay Place
Celebrate the living while remembering those we've lost
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Ruth Paine House Museum, Irving
At first it might seem rather macabre to visit the house where the accused Lee Harvey Oswald spent his last night of freedom
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Stressing Out
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
