Point Austin: Some Spare Change on Panhandling

Austin tries to balance street-level charity and public order

"...request for money is protected free speech – the ACLU's Debbie Russell has written to the supporting organizations appealing..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Will Border Crackdown Cause Ranger Drain?

Perry dispatches Texas Rangers to the border

"...work resulted in 1,517 felony arrests in 2008. The ACLU of Texas has already filed an open records request..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Council Kix Pix to Click!

Music, water, and fusion in the air

"...backup information. A less charitable review comes from the ACLU. A 2007 report says the info clearinghouses encourage diffusion..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

T. Don Under the Dome

State reps sponsor special screening of SXSW/Cine Las Americas doc The Least of These

"...the Texas Capitol Extension Auditorium (Room E1.004.) Clark Lyda, ACLU of Texas Policy Analyst Laura Martin, and Bob Libal..."

April 21, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Madness: Ill Will

DEA torpedoes effort to secure FDA-approved marijuana

"...Allen Hopper, the litigation director for the ACLU's Drug Law Reform Project, which is representing Craker, said..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Green Party Leader Holloway Dies

Local activists mourn the loss of one 'passionate and steadfast' friend

"...ACLU of Texas Central Texas (Austin) Chapter President Debbie Russell..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

APD Blood-Draw Plan Needles Opponents

APD moving full speed ahead on plan to draw blood from people suspected of driving while drunk

"...Russell, co-president of the Central Texas Chapter of the ACLU. And the results of the Halloween initiative have done..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Res Publica

Good events for good citizens, Oct. 23-30

"...MUSIC FOR DRUG POLICY REFORM ACLU hosts an evening of music and discussion, featuring Regina..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

What You Can Learn From Torture

Civil liberties lawyer tells UT about what the US can learn from torture in Guatemala (hint: it doesn't work.)

"...called a "Guatemalan death squad." But Harbury's and the ACLU's subsequent investigations found too many connections between the CIA..."

Feb. 20, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

The New APD Execs (or, Art and Debbie, Sitting in a Tree)

Art Acevdeo unveils his executive team; will the ACLU be on board?

"...Holt, Commander Al Eells, and Commander Patti Robinson. The ACLU's Cen-Tex chapter is attempting to procure the officers' use-of-force..."

Aug. 2, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Just Because You're Paranoid …

Curious placement of the city's new red light cameras, no?

"...doesn't mean they're not out to get you. Austin ACLU leader Debbie Russell shares this bon mot regarding Austin's..."

July 25, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Acevedo Chosen as New Police Chief: Let the sun shine in

City Manager picks Art Acevedo, a California Highway Patrol division chief, to be Austin's next top cop

"...to dazzle them all. Debbie Russell, with the Austin ACLU, was impressed by Acevedo's straightforward style and his promise..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Detention Center Lawsuits Begin

ACLU files 10 lawsuits on behalf of immigrant children who were detained at the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center in Taylor

"...decade. Representing the plaintiffs are the national and state ACLU, the UT School of Law Immigration Clinic, and the..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Immigrant Detention Blues

Unknown number of immigrants languish in private detention center in Taylor; a small but growing group is working to make their situation public knowledge

"...to heed their demands. Twenty-five people, including Van Praag, ACLU members, and neighbors who live directly across the railroad..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

Naked City

"...In a 44-page report entitled No Real Threat, the ACLU has documented the Department of Defense's monitoring of at..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature

Glow for Molly

A remembrance of Molly Ivins will be held tonight at City Hall.

"...of us instead of gifts, please give to the ACLU or the Texas Observer/Texas Democracy Foundation in her name...."

Feb. 1, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Austin Round Up

"...for the next legislative session. Take that, Jennifer Kim! ACLU Students Rights Forum The stalwart freedom defenders host attorney..."

Nov. 15, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

'I always feel like ... somebody's waaatching me'

"...Not so, says the ACLU's Debbie Russell. Aside from their uncertain constitutionality, due to..."

July 28, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Unreasonable Discourse

When it's 'good vs. evil,' political discourse is impossible

"...address certain obsessions of the local chapter of the ACLU, which helped draft the legislation. They are designed to..."

May 12, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Immigration Storm Reaches Hurricane Strength

10,000 protesters crowd Austin's streets in support of immigrant rights

"...past few weeks," said Will Harrell, executive director of ACLU of Texas. "While those 500,000 people were walking the..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

What's at Stake at City Hall?

City elections bring debate over people, priorities, and propositions

"...the form of a ballot language lawsuit (parties including ACLU firebrand Ann del Llano and former state Rep. Glen..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

How to Read a Charter Amendment

Ballot language too confusing? Let us translate!

"...via petitions by the Save Our Springs Alliance, the ACLU, and a coalition of other local environmental and public..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Bible Monument Case Thumps Its Way Through Courts

Constitutionality of Harris County display heard in Austin court

"...the Star of Hope, and was regularly vandalized, says ACLU attorney Randall Kallinen, who is representing Houston real estate..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Minutemen continue to discredit themselves with unsubstantiated claims of ACLU (aka "communist") ambushes and other paranoid delusions of persecution..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...where Ms. Lawless claims that Ray Ybarra of the ACLU Legal Observer Project "played the race card," though I..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

Point Austin: Halloween Masks

Everyone had a role to play, and some performed better than others

"...a peculiarly juvenile sort, reaching its nadir with the ACLU's Ann del Llano angrily denouncing the Austin Police Association's..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Action for Immigrants

"...ACLU Legal Observing:..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature

The Hightower Report

New Georgia driver license law keeps poor folks down; and family-owned businesses put people ahead of profits

"...come to your state. To fight it, call the ACLU: 888/567-ACLU.STEAK HOUSE ETHICS If you want to see the..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Terry Keel is qualified to comment on the death penalty, and you're not

"...several committee witnesses – namely, Andrea Marsh of the ACLU, John Niland of the Texas Defender Service, and Bill..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Racial Profiling Data Illuminating, yet Inconclusive

The nation's most comprehensive study to date shows a pattern suggesting profiling, but reporting methods need more uniformity

"...of the TCJC and the state chapters of the ACLU, NAACP, and LULAC, is the second annual report on..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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