How the Filibuster Has Already Undermined Democracy

The recent attacks on reproductive rights reveal another reason to let the filibuster burn

"..."catch-22" – the illegitimate, naked power at the symbolic center of Joseph Heller's novel of that name, set during..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Michael King

Young Protesters Score Small Wins in Fight for Democracy

Hungry for the vote

"...restrict voter access to the polls, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University's School of..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Targeting the Fat Cats

On Your Ballot: ALLC's Campaign Reform

"...illustration by Doug Potter A metaphor commonly applied to..."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

A #MeToo Measure for Measure?

Austin Shakespeare gives a peek at a modern Measure Saturday

"...it's sharing it publicly on Saturday at the Ransom Center...."

Dec. 6, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"...decade was not white," says Michael Li of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, a Texas..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lawsuits Flying as Abbott Curbs Ballot Boxes

Limiting ballot delivery to one location per county is unconstitutional, suit argues

"...in state district court, was filed Monday by the Brennan Center for Justice on behalf of Common Cause Texas..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Panel Asks, Will Gerrymandering Get Worse Before It Gets Better?

Changing the districting narrative from computers to communities

"...Li, of the Brennan Center for Justice, and Michael McDonald of the University..."

March 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Were You at Pop Cats This Past Weekend?

Unless it’s only ever dogs for you, citizen, you should’ve been

"...past weekend’s Pop Cats exposition at the Palmer Events Center. Because, except that it (like most things) could’ve benefited..."

Aug. 27, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Voter ID: Battle Lost, War Goes On

Litigants respond to SCOTUS ruling, pledge continuing challenge

"...Pérez, deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center, said, “A court of law found that Texas’..."

Oct. 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Experts Weigh In on Voter ID

The House Elections Committee heard public testimony on the voter ID bill

"...our elections; liberals such as Justin Levitt of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

An All-Nighter at the Senate

Voter ID debate continues into the night

"...right now (10:51pm): a really good witness from the Brennan Center for Justice, which as I noted in an..."

March 10, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Shapleigh Rips Into GOP Witness

Former Justice Department lawyer participated in Texas re-redistricting

"...or convictions. Von Spakovsky admitted he doesn’t know. (The Brennan Center report mentioned in a previous post noted that..."

March 10, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Some Warm-Up Quotes on Voter ID

Brennan Center report highlights "voter fraud phantom"

"...To bone up on the issue, I read the Brennan Center for Justice's report "The Truth About Voter Fraud,"..."

March 10, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Voter ID Bill Redux

"...country like America? Witnesses from NYU School of Law's Brennan Center for Justice countered that perhaps Mexico isn't the..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

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March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Waiting for Godot

In its new staging of Samuel Beckett's signature play Waiting for Godot, the Gate Theatre Company of Dublin has succeeded in creating a definitive production of a major theatrical work.

"...Waiting for Godot. With it, the UT Performing Arts Center succeeded in hosting a definitive production of a major..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Review by Rob Curran

AFF: 'Modern Imbecile's Planet World'

Austin Film Festival 'Planet World' preview.

"...Director Doug Manley and Kevin Brennan cast themselves as two hapless television actors who believe..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Kitchen

1970s mob drama gets a #MeToo overhaul

"...husbands get taken down by the FBI midheist. Kathy Brennan (McCarthy) wants to turn her mothering instincts to the..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...journalism professor Robert Jensen at the 5604 Manor community center; on March 22, he delivered the Julius and Suzan..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall

So much creative energy flowing to quench your cultural thirst

"...you can shake a Big Book at. Note: The epicenter of this event is the Hideout, but it's also..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Events Post

Off the Record

Peeping inside a Broken Clock; Stag Records rolls out the red carpet; the Jazzus Lizard meet their maker, and more

"...beautiful and bizarre maladies of Waits and wife Kathleen Brennan's grave-diggers and showgirls through vaudevillian numbers and puppetry to..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Mule Conversations

"...Tom Waits, Paramount Theatre, SXSW 99 photograph by John..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Fall Film Previews

September

"...Simon Birch SIMON BIRCH..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Cast List:..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Good ol Girl D: Sarah Brennan Kolb Good ol Girl is a documentary western following..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...and production documents are stored at the Harry Ransom Center. So schedule a trip to the archives in June..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Young Composers Concert

A dozen budding Beethovens hear music they wrote performed by the Austin Symphony

"...pay the orchestra. And when Corroa met with Long Center interim Executive Director Paul Beutel about scheduling the event,..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Step Outside

California's Smoking Ban... Coming to a Club Near You?

"...illustration by Nathan Jensen New Year's Day. It's an..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...captured in new documentary Alone Together. However, in the centerpiece slot, the old guard will be thrilled at one..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...The Copper Gamins 6pm, Mexican American Cultural Center The pride of Mexico City, the Copper Gamins –..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

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