The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...Ken Paxton, Rufo rose to prominence by innovating the campaign against critical race theory, a formerly obscure academic theory..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

As Austin’s Democratic Congressmen Return to Washington, They’re Ringing Alarm Bells

Doggett describes “first step forward in the march to fascism”

"...would give Trump the power to designate nonprofits as terrorist organizations, stripping them of their 501(c)(3) status...."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

The Verde Report: Austin FC Finally Looks Like a Complete Team ... Only Seven Months Late

Too little, too late? Or right on time?

"...2024 season strong, after an encouraging 2-0 away win against Nashville SC to start the late-season push toward a..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Slamdance Interview: A Ballot Box Revolution in Petro

U.S. filmmakers hit the campaign trail with the Colombian president

"...short film about him, he was beginning an election campaign that would lead him to the country’s presidency...."

Jan. 22, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright’s newest novel isn’t just Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

"...deceased state representative. Despite having never voted and running against a far more qualified candidate, he ultimately squeaks out..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Qmmunity: Prep for Pride

Everyone loves a girlie with a plan, so make one for Austin Pride with these suggestions

"...the Mueller Halcyon where, after a game of Cards Against Humanity and a few licks of Lick Ice Creams,..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Column by James Scott

Sundance 2023 Review: Iron Butterflies

Experimental doc unfurls Russian lies about the downing of Flight MH17

"...interpretative dance that probes the underlying themes - complicity, terror, loss. It is wordless exposition, simple and powerful, constructed..."

Jan. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Amarillo city council after his Harmony Korine inspired spoof campaign video went viral. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...the Red River Cultural District, the image urged voting against Proposition B in the Nov. 5 election. The ensuing..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...County Sheriff Sally Hernandez, who in office fulfilled her campaign pledge to limit the county's cooperation with ICE detainers..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Page Three: Trump and the Co-opting of “Alt”

If "alt-left" means "anti-Nazi," count us in

"...response in the immediate aftermath of the Charlottesville domestic terror attack, when he failed to call out white supremacy..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Column by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: This Too Shall Pass, Or … Ain’t Got Time for That Now

Along came Trump

"...despair overrides any belief, as I host a real terror about Trump's presidency. Calmer voices chide us for such..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Soccer Watch

"...games were canceled in Europe this weekend, following Friday's terror attacks in Paris (which included a failed bombing attempt..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Bruce Sterling on Social Media Jihads

How good are terrorists' Twitter game?

"...Things, do you foresee even more opportunities for radical terrorist groups to wreak havoc on the West?..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Your Shortcut to FXX’s ‘The Simpsons’ Marathon

Who has time for 552 episodes? Here’s 11 to watch.

"...a peak of horror comedy. The three mini-tales of terror were clearly fantasies within the series proper, but they..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene, Franny and James..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFS Doc Nights: 'How to Survive a Plague'

When desperate times called for desperate measures

"...Oscar-nominated How to Survive a Plague (2012) reprises the terror and panic-filled decade of 1987 to 1996, a time..."

May 10, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...day on the News desk. This was Austin in campaign season, not Chicago during Prohibition...."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: A Pattern of Subversion

President Obama regularly oversteps his bounds of office

"...seemed to adopt Mr. Bush's position that the 'battlefield' against terrorism is the planet. ... [T]he Justice Department ......"

April 6, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

The Crucible

St. Ed's stages a chilling version of Arthur Miller's indictment of McCarthyism

"...moved by the "fact that a political, objective, knowledgeable campaign from the far Right was capable of creating not..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Microcinema Mania

Bimonthly series Cinema41 highlights the underseen and underrated

"...so bright that even shades seemed a doubtful buttress against total annihilation. And the fact that Miracle Mile works..."

July 22, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: About 18 a Day

About 18 U.S. veterans commit suicide on an average day

"...This is called a "war on terror"? It is a war that terrorizes our veterans at..."

July 1, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

"...Since their 2008 debut, pitting Jesse Elliott's lyrical contortions against the band's eclectic arrangements, These United States have solidified..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Point Austin: Taking Fire

Did you happen to vote for dictatorial rule?

"...at the LBJ Auditorium at 6pm on The Second Terror Presidency. Friday and Saturday panels will feature various political..."

April 9, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Welcome to 2009

From foreign wars to local follies, the world still turns

"...what it would kill. If we are to condemn "terrorism" – the use of indiscriminate violence for political ends..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Politics Gift Guide

News staff suggestions for the wonks and smartasses on your list

"..."The War on Terror Made Everyone Safer"..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

Team Torture Named

Senate armed services committee pulls no punches over torture policy allegations

"...somehow torture and prisoner abuses in the War of Terror were just, y'know, something that happened...."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Apocalypse February!

When digital TV arrives next year, you may not notice

"...on, despite months of intensive advertising and public awareness campaigns. A recent study by the Consumers Union, the nonprofit..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Temples and Playgrounds

Previewing the 2007 Texas Book Festival, Nov. 3-4

"...of a report on the Guatemalan government and military's terror campaign against its own people, the casualness of the..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Books Feature by Spencer Parsons

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...the 1988 original was their first cinematic encounter with terrorism on our turf; it's a long way from Alan..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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