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The Promise of Spring

"...Although Dewey Winburne -- one of the founders of the SXSW Interactive Conference -- was..."

April 2, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Opinion: Texas Republicans Want to Jail People in Poverty Indefinitely and Call It “Reform”

Almost 75% of people sitting in Texas jails have not been convicted of any crime; they simply can't afford to go home

"...co-opted the term "bail reform" to sell an expansion of the cash bail system and keep people without money..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Kenna Titus

CEO Chuck Smith Leaves Equality Texas

Samantha Smoot tapped for interim executive director position

"...Equality Texas, a statewide political advocacy organization for LGBTQ rights, announced earlier today that CEO Chuck Smith is leaving..."

Dec. 17, 2018 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Rob Reiner Goes All the Way With LBJ

Tackling the contradictions of the unexpected presidency

"...It's a piece of political lore that Lyndon Baines Johnson would hold court..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin to Fed Judge: Dismiss State’s SB 4 Suit

City attorneys question the timing of the state's pre-emptive strike

"...Austin officials are asking a federal judge to toss out Texas'..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Derailing Bipartisan Progress?

Political pandering in the face of actual action

"...have been a calm and focused discussion – devoid of the usual partisan spectacle – to help vulnerable children..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Hightower Report: The New Founder

Why is Greg Abbott messing with our Constitution?

"...When you think of America's great constitutional originators, names like Jefferson, Wash­ington, and..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Standing Witness

On living through the history of AIDS, and seeing a rising rate of infection

"...the coasts. It was 1983 when the first case of HIV was diagnosed in Austin – two years after..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

New Model for a Funny Business

Bill Burr and Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy lets the folks making jokes own more than the laughs

"...comedians were these competitive independent contractors, lone wolves sort of in it for themselves," says comedian and actor Al..."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

HB 2 Impact Felt One Year Later

On press call, reproductive rights leaders recap HB 2's effect

"...a 50% reduction in abortion clinics and forced thousands of women to travel farther for care, reproductive rights leaders..."

July 18, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Who Says You're Drunk?

Bars and bartenders may help you tie one on – but they're also expected to cut you off just this side of 'intoxication'

"...At 4am on the morning of Sept. 22, 2011, 23-year-old Erica Lynn Nash-Wood took a..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Making History, Part Two

Director Bill Rauch on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...When Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch began a new program in which contemporary playwrights..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hughes Drinks the Conservative Kool-Aid

Speaker hopeful threatens lege process in far right pandering

"...House speaker. Now as he suggests dismantling core parts of the legislative process, people are asking: Has he lost..."

June 6, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Sparks Strikes Again in Abortion Case

Fending off another attempt to intervene

"...his first opinion related to the state's new ultrasound-before-abortion bill, he's had to stop and take time out, once..."

Aug. 23, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Big Brother Sets Eyes on Immigrants

Footage from last week's capitol demo against new detention center

"...A crowd of Texas immigrant and civil rights organizations rallied together on..."

June 27, 2011 News Post by Katie Tomasino

Early Voting Under Way

Time to cast ballots around the state

"...registered to vote, you may begin casting ballots on offices ranging from governor down to county offices, as well..."

Oct. 18, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Talking Travis: Valinda Bolton

District 47 rep fights the tax war for fire fighters

"...takes a brave politician to tackle taxes or property rights in Texas: Being on the County Affairs and Land..."

May 14, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Ellis legislation stems from cases of Mexican nationals held on Texas' death row

"...Justice Committee passed SB 603, Houston Democrat Rodney Ellis' bill requiring law enforcement authorities to provide detained foreign nationals..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Smoot Steps Down

Texas Freedom Network director moves on after six years of leadership

"...Austinites who haven't heard of Samantha Smoot have probably heard of the group she..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Do Texas M.D.s now have to report pregnant drug users?

"...the time, the Legislature's redefinition last spring, in Senate Bill 319, of "individual" in the Texas Penal Code to..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Women Dig In

The contractors' boycott against Planned Parenthood won a battle, but it's a long war.

"...mood is anything but cheerless at Planned Parenthood's central offices, just west of Downtown. "There's been such an outpouring..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

"...In October 1991, the Chronicle featured a mask of "The Developer of the Black Lagoon" for our Halloween..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Teen Files “Rogue Prosecutor” Lawsuit Against Hays Co. Prosecutor

It’s likely the first suit of its kind in Texas

"...County teen seeking to remove prosecutor Kelly Higgins from office filed a notice Thursday that he is dropping the..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Understanding Prop A & B and the Policing Paradigm Shift on the Ballot

May vote could revolutionize civilian oversight

"...6 election, they will decide how the next phase of civilian oversight of the Austin Police Department should be..."

April 20, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Rep. John Bucy III, HD 136

“Any progress to get back to where we treat all humans as equal ... I’ll of course support”

"...In the summer of 2021, immediately as Gov. Greg Abbott called the first..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Trans Youth & Allies Rally Against State “Abuse” Guidelines

About 350 gathered at the Texas Capitol to defend the human rights of trans kids and their families

"...and allies are banding ­together to defend their human rights...."

March 11, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

The Work Matters

A look back at some of our most impactful reporting

"...elections, etc.), even as we never really let go of our leftist leanings. For most of these decades we've..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Report: Austin Leads State in Reproductive Freedom

But best-in-Texas ranking highlights what still needs to be done

"...A recently released national ranking that places Austin ahead of any other Texas city for its commitment to reproductive..."

Nov. 4, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Cable Access Hero “DaveTV” Exits ATX

Prewitt brought the club to your couch for three decades

"...There’s an acropolis of cardboard boxes piled up in the living room of..."

Aug. 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Comic Makes Case for Austin City Council Candidate Danielle Skidmore

Nib writer on cis allies versus lived experience

"...and non-binary representation in our government would protect our rights and provide better accuracy of our interests." So opens..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

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