Want to Strike? Ask a Sex Worker for Advice.

Artist and activist Lena Chen explains how the sex workers' rights movement is lifting up all workers

"...workers are skilled in developing social bonds, creating engaging activism, and pointing out the ways in which the state..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature by James Scott

Happenings

"...ST. ANDREW'S ACTIVISM & SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE features Phyllis Bennis' speech, The New..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

Crisis at the Rape Crisis Center

Has Idealism Become the Victim of Financial Reality?

"...a board seat represented a philosophical shift against community activism.photograph by Laura Skelding On the morning of May 3..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Grassroots Bakers Effect Change, One Cupcake at a Time

From suffrage to City Council races, flour power abounds

"...good opportunity to get into some sort of political activism," says Lilia. "And I don't have much time, like..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

It's Only Life After All

Moving doc about the folk musical duo Indigo Girls

"...music that they’ve changed lives. Environmental and social justice activism is front and center for the duo, and the..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Kat McNevins

SXSW Online: Recommended Programming

Must-catch panels, films, music showcases, and more at this year's all-virtual Fest

"...12:30pm:  Impacts of Activism — Featured Session Featuring Jemele Hill, Don Lemon, and..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature

Truth to Power

System of a Down documentary looks beyond the band

"...a few – as well as his emerging political activism. Tankian’s Armenian identity is core to his ethos as..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Latinx LGBTQ activists – tired of mainstream, nonintersectional gay activism and turned off by mainstream Latinx activism that ignored..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Get Off Your Ass and Change the World

Nobel Prize winner Jody Williams speaks tomorrow at BookPeople

"...professor at the University of Houston, Williams continues her activism and serves as chair and co-founder of Nobel Women's..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Naked City

The Republican response to U.S. Supreme Court judicial activism

"...U.S. Supreme Court, in an bold act of judicial activism, handed the presidency to Gov. Bush. Justice Ruth Bader..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Image of a First Lady

Based on her physical appearance alone, Jean Stapleton is a natural to portray Eleanor. But it turns out that the accomplished actress' resemblance to the first lady doesn't end there. It extends to her idealism, her feminism, and even her awakening to activism.

"...realizing equity for women, and even her awakening to activism. Of course, matters of personal philosophy and individual history..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...Change has been Butts' life goal. Spirited into activism by the societal upheaval of the Sixties, Butts grew..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

South by Southwest Announces Black Keys Keynote and More Featured Speakers

Jane Fonda, Dwyane Wade, Elijah Wood top latest announcement

"...legend Jane Fonda, who leads a session on Hollywood activism; retired NBA star Dwyane Wade, who will discuss his..."

Jan. 16, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Local Activists Call Out Police and Find Themselves Flagged as Threats

Doesn't take much to get on the watchlist

"...Mon­civias as having "an extensive history of ideologically inspired activism that includes engaging in unlawful and disruptive tactics to..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

50 Years Black & Queer at UT's Black Studies Biennial Conference

Historical analysis of the Caribbean’s queer, black activism

"...– offering a historical analysis of queer and black activism in the Caribbean – especially caught Qmmunity’s eye...."

March 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alex Puente

Workers of the World, United in Time

UT Lecturer Anne Lewis on her new doc, A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)

"...home since the Nineties) and films about trade union activism. She concedes that it's a little bit strange that..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements

Recommendations for the county, state, and country

"...Joi Chevalier We appreciate Tim Mahoney's longtime local Democratic activism, but small-business owner Joi Chevalier is better qualified to..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Reproductive Rights Advocates Prepare for the Fight

Groups, lawmakers relaunch "Trust. Respect. Access." campaign

"...to the high levels of renewed civic engagement and activism since the election of President Donald Trump. An estimated..."

Feb. 9, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Plain Speaking About Complex Things

Robert Jensen on his book Plain Radical and the friendship that inspired it

"...pornography and inequality, racism and white privilege, the religious activism of a nonbeliever – but all, as he says,..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX

LGBTQIA SXSW and why queering SXSW is a big f-ing deal

"...Dolce Vita considers her site’s panel, Queer Style: Visual Activism & Fashion’s Frontier, to be quite political. “Queer style..."

March 9, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

OUTside In

After a tumultuous year in LGBTQ, it's time for an emotional check-in

"...Twitter and Tumblr are a vital part of her activism...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Oligarchy Is the Problem

"...the rest of us. And herein lies hope. An activism based on a vision of current trends resulting not..."

July 12, 2014 Postmarks

Point Austin: Stayed on Freedom

Considering the LBJ legacy

"...laws are American landmarks of 100 years of social activism and social change. A Complicated History..."

April 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

AFS Doc Nights: 'How to Survive a Plague'

When desperate times called for desperate measures

"...people undertook then, and of their victories. Without AIDS activism, without groups like ACT UP and Treatment Action Group,..."

May 10, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

High School Stakes

Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district

"...talk among the campaign pros. District 2: Experience and ActivismSam Guzmán vs. Father Jayme Mathias Elementaries: Allan, Allison, Brooke,..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

The right's most troubling victory may be its brilliant subversion of the language of political debate

"..."Judicial activism" has come to mean nothing more than judges reaching..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Ballad of Joe Hill

Get up, stand up – stand up for your rights

"...A year later, the Boss takes up the activism stick once again. Along with Springsteen, the recently completed..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Comedy Is Not the Enemy of Seriousness

Author-activist Robert Newman at the Drafthouse

"...The intersection of stand-up comedy and social activism is hardly what you'd call crowded, and in the..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Greening It Up

The Texas Green Party holds its convention in San Marcos.

"...delegates from various counties, who delivered reports on local activism. Most of the smaller and western county chapters are..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

About AIDS

The United Nations puts AIDS in the crosshairs.

"...it was like the (not-so-good) old days when AIDS activism moved virtual mountains. Profiteering drug companies were the primary..."

July 13, 2001 Column by Sandy Bartlett

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