Letters at 3am

If one is to vote for McCain-Palin, what, precisely, would one be voting for?

"...favors a proposed referendum in Arizona that would ban affirmative action, reversing a position he took a decade ago"..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Into the Vault

Breaking into Breakaway Records

"...for the price but this really amounts to an affirmative action pick to shore up the gaping rock 'n'..."

June 3, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Sad About Clinton's Fate

"...great deal of credit for breaking the glass ceiling. Affirmative action includes women! Conversely, why did so many female..."

May 14, 2008 Postmarks

Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye

Northwest Austin suburb chal­lenges the Voting Rights Act

"...he insists on calling a "color-blind America," arguing that affirmative-action measures are no longer necessary because virulent and systematic..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naishtat Files Medi-Pot Bill

Naishtat to Lege: Protect Pot Patients

"...Naishtat today filed HB 1534, which would create an affirmative defense to prosecution for pot possession by bona fide..."

Feb. 15, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Denying Reality With Psychotic Whorish Lies

"...the liberal bias of the media "nonexistent," refers to anti-affirmative action as racist, and dismisses the scourge of illegal..."

Jan. 2, 2007 Postmarks

Page Two: Here and There

The 'Chronicle' offers its Web forums and reaches out for a community conversation

"...doing exactly what they hate about the logic behind affirmative action...."

July 28, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...status quo, which explains why they're overwhelmingly Republican. The anti-affirmative action crowd has benefited in every way conceivable from..."

June 23, 2006 Column

Partisan Spending

"...status quo, which explains why they’re overwhelmingly Republican. The anti-affirmative action crowd has benefited in every way conceivable from..."

June 21, 2006 Postmarks

Backlash Will Hurt You More Than Me

"...more than freedom, and start demanding special privileges through affirmative action and other welfare, they stoke resentment by the..."

Nov. 14, 2005 Postmarks

The Tip-Off

Where is Malcolm Gladwell's mind? What about now?

"...accused looks like. I'm now militantly in favor of affirmative action. Blink has just made me realize that there..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

I Support Nader

"...left and moved the U.S. backward on abortion rights, affirmative action, poor people's rights, immigrant rights, and GLBT rights...."

Oct. 8, 2004 Postmarks

One Vote for the Libertarian Parody

"...serious?! No money for planes, trains, automobiles, and schools, affirmative action's like slavery, Lincoln's evil, 9/11's our fault, Roosevelt's..."

June 14, 2004 Postmarks

Libs Tap Badnarik for Prez

Austinite will carry third-party flag into November battle

"...corporate subsidies of any kind to all forms of affirmative action. He has denounced the war in Iraq as..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Endorsements

Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries

"...distinction is his unblinking (and fence-post uncomprehending) opposition to affirmative action, is not only an embarrassment to the court..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature

Endorsements

Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries

"...distinction is his unblinking (and fence-post uncomprehending) opposition to affirmative action, is not only an embarrassment to the court..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature

Page Two

The anti-safe-and-legal abortion movement is about control, not life

"...child labor, exploited labor, racial and religious discrimination, unspoken affirmative action for the dominant classes, limited opportunity, rampant institutionalized..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Dream vs. the Nightmare

The MLK Day march becomes a referendum on Tom DeLay and Ronnie Earle

"...decision and this time was celebrating the return of affirmative action to the admissions progress in the wake of..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Under fire from minorities, the school drops its "legacy" admissions program

"...referring to the 1996 federal court decision that ended affirmative action in Texas universities, "the educational establishment said its..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two

Meditations on memory, politics, and sexuality, brought on by the Beach Boys.

"...later, they discovered their inner sexual equality, much like anti-affirmative-action racists come to embrace civil rights: "Hell, these women..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

"A different brand of law enforcement" doesn't have to be a bad thing.

"...not preclude but may require treating different communities differently. Affirmative action, if you will -- or at least an..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Briefs argue the usual subjects in preparation for next month's trial

"...The lawsuit combines the several actions filed in various federal courts. The plaintiffs, representing the..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

New recruit Wesley Clark entertains the Democratic troops in Austin

"...said that after considering his views on issues -- pro-affirmative action, pro-choice, pro-education, pro-health care, pro-environment, pro-jobs -- he..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...Unlike that on affirmative action, the news from the Supreme Court wasn't so..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature

Howard Dean Riles 'Em Up

"..."the mainstream." "Bush uses the term 'quotas' to describe affirmative action at the University of Michigan," he said. "The..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two

Songs of democracy in distress

"...there is truth and lies; and there are right actions and wrong actions. They know the difference. This is..."

April 25, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...admitted to Yale thanks to that other method of affirmative action, the admission of multigeneration legacies. His Harvard education..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Naked City

Happenings

"...(African-Americans for Radical Organizing) will host a forum on affirmative action, including the Bush administration's position on the University..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Craddick's Record on Race

"...Craddick has opposed affirmative action in state contracting, voted repeatedly against the hate..."

Jan. 3, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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"...I trust that you will take this demand for retraction and apology with the sense of seriousness that I..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

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