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July 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King
Maps, Balls, and Testifying
The testimony gets mighty strange at the re-redistricting trial.
"...as deference to the potential demands of the Voting Rights Act -- and partly at the insistence of Rep...."
Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
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"...Johnson's first sure steps in that crisis to the civil rights legislation and other domestic policies that focused on..."
Oct. 5, 2001 Column
Endorsements
"...W. Bush's record on the environment, tort reform, abortion rights, children's health insurance, patients' rights, and consumer protections and..."
Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature
Endorsements
"...W. Bush's record on the environment, tort reform, abortion rights, children's health insurance, patients' rights, and consumer protections and..."
Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature
Art Fights the Power
The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya
"...and Martin Luther King are assassinated. There are violent civil rights clashes at the Watts festival in Los Angeles,..."
Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin
Gagging Graglia
Can We Talk?
"...executive director of the Texas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. "The purpose of a professor is to..."
Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi
The Race To Balance Out the Supremes
Dems, Libertarians vie to break GOP lock
"...of each of the candidates vying for Texas' highest civil bench. Place 3..."
Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith
D.A. José Garza Dismisses Charges Against 17 Officers Indicted for 2020 Protest Response
D.A., City ask feds to investigate Austin Police Department
"...related to certain shootings have already played out in civil courts. As a result, the City of Austin has..."
Dec. 4, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders
Chronicle Endorsements for the March Primary Election
Here are the local, state, and national Dems we picked to represent us
"...GOP colleagues daily while also leading toward better workers' rights and wages, and health care for all. TX-37: Lloyd..."
Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature
Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup
Celebrate Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, Valentine’s, and more in Texas
"...Black History Month. The journey of American Civil Rights has been long and arduous, and is one..."
Feb. 4, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Greg Casar and Eddie Rodriguez Fight for the Progressive Mantle in TX-35
The two candidates race to the left
"...the current version that Doggett represents, violates the Voting Rights Act...."
Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Two APD Officers Indicted for Murder in 2019 Shooting of Mauris DeSilva
Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response
"...DeSilva’s father Athige Denzil DeSilva has filed a civil lawsuit against the two officers and the city of..."
Aug. 27, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders
LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Mark A. Lawrence
The Library's current director takes a historian's view
"...important events of the times: the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, the War on Poverty,..."
Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Stacey Abrams Sounds the Alarm on the Census Crisis
Fair Fight founder wants to ensure everyone gets counted
"...to do its constitutionally mandated work. This week, prominent civil and voting rights leaders – including Stacey Abrams of..."
Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
APD’s Secret Informants Eyeing Neighbors for “Suspicious” Activity, Leaked Documents Reveal
APD intel center puts spies among us
"...not provide us with a breakdown of sworn and civilian TLOs...."
July 24, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson
Page Two: When “Patriotism” Means Petulance
So much for draining the swamp
"...protect the process. Loving voter suppression, they ignore the post-civil rights campaigns of violence and intimidation, poll taxes and..."
May 26, 2017 Column by Louis Black
Headlines
"...Civil Matters: District Attorney Margaret Moore announced plans for a..."
April 14, 2017 News Feature
Point Austin: It Ain’t Just About Trump
This week's marches begin a long and difficult resistance
"...Texas to Workers Defense Action Fund), in defense of civil rights, immigrants' rights, reproductive rights, the environment, jobs, and..."
Jan. 20, 2017 News Column by Michael King
Council Takes Action on Municipal Court Reform
City has 90 days to evaluate how it handles indigent defendants
"...advocates including the Texas Fair Defense Project, the American Civil Liberties Union, Texas Appleseed, the Equal Justice Center, and..."
Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Notes on Kamp: Reining in the Vote
Winning elections is so much easier when there are so few voters!
"...On Monday, the Texas Civil Rights Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of four..."
March 18, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp
Barbara's Fire
Attorney, teacher, and veteran fighter for freedom, Barbara Hines retires from a career mentoring students
"...got her start in the trenches of the abortion rights battles – at a time when the landmark Roe..."
Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú
The Hightower Report: North Carolina's Moral Freedom Summer
The Moral Monday Movement is on the move again!
"...model of workaday people coming together to reclaim their rights from far-right-wing politicians and plutocrats running amok. Led by..."
July 18, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower
Ex-APD Detective Indicted in Shooting
Kleinert released on personal bond
"...The incident prompted civil rights groups, including the Texas Civil Rights Project and..."
May 16, 2014 News Feature by Brandon Watson
Judge Edith Jones on Race, Crime, and God's Vengeance
Civil rights group files complaint against 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge
"...A complaint filed Tuesday by several civil rights groups, including one funded entirely by the government..."
June 7, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Grim History
Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery
"...privatized, for-profit system that replaced plantation slavery after the Civil War and survived into the 20th century. The book's..."
Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King
Keller Immune to Justice
'Killer' Keller off the hook for closing courthouse doors
"...which insulates her from being sued for violating the civil rights of an executed inmate. "Judicial immunity is immunity..."
Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith
On Second Thought
City will establish clear, nondiscriminatory, "objective" procedure for media credentials
"...perimeter will allow persons to exercise their free speech rights in safety," the settlement reads, "while allowing protestors, counter-protestors,..."
Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature by Michael King
APD Shooting: What went down
Officer shoots and kills 25-year-old after scuffle early Sunday in East Austin, Department of Justice to investigate APD's use-of-force tactics
"...just two days after city officials announced that the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice would..."
June 8, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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"...he helped block a vote to renew the Voting Rights Act last week. Texas Republicans objected to provisions requiring..."
