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Justice Denied

"...coalition" very much included Hispanics and Blacks. In Austin, Texas, the liberal coalition is dead. Now, you have the..."

June 6, 1997 Column

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Run, Max, Run

"...Session" is the financing of public school facilities in Texas. This is one aspect of the school finance law..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Because if you do [subscribe], the question is entirely black..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

When Worlds Collude

Two forward-thinking arts festivals make the most of sharing the same weekend

"...past, that sort of head-to-head scheduling could have been cause for much grousing and ill will, if not a..."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: City Slights

In our civic dialogue, grace and respect have all but disappeared

"...or "moron," every "we're going to get you," "die because you have ideas different from mine," "mean old witch,"..."

July 20, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Roots of the Left

Sixties Austin took a deep whiff of revolution.

"...UT's Rebels With a Cause "My name was read into the Congressional Record as..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...start out praising Jeff Heckler, but then endorse Sonleitner because she "has a much broader understanding of how county..."

March 1, 2002 Column

Node Exit

What ails singers

"...maintaining a healthy voice: Besides being located in Central Texas, acknowledged allergy capital of the western hemisphere, clubs are..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Oh Susanna!

Drinks at Donn's Depot with Austin country music diva Susanna Van Tassel.

"...referencing Jean Harlow in Dinner at Eight. Whatever the cause, the effect is the same: Suddenly it feels like..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

GE Foods: Most Commonly Altered Crops

"...of toxins? Is the food free of proteins that cause allergies? Is the food basically like other foods? They..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Food Feature

The Growing Chorus

Sex, Drugs & Hepatitis C

"...this time, recreational drug use reached a summit of commonality in America, and musical movements from disco to AOR..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Christian Life

Billy Joe Shaver's Victory

"...inside he's a kind, honest, and generous person. A Texas native, born in Corsicana, he's been quietly living in..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...fit like 30 minutes at the 90210 Goodwill. 'Sacred Common Ground'..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Local Hangover Cures

Defeating the porcelain god and that pounding brain

"...are myths, and it helps to know what physically causes the pain...."

March 20, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...was assigned to the top of three bunks, but because of a shoulder injury was unable to climb up..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...Brewster McCracken for several years and I'm supporting him because he represents a rare combination in politics -- he's..."

June 6, 2003 Column

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...post some serious casualties -- besides good taste and common sense, that is -- and none of them more..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Shaky Railing

Three former Capital Metro board members and two former employees claim that the transportation agency attempted to put Longhorn Railway, its costly freight rail operator, out of business.

"...contends that the reason the company is failing is because of the transit agency's reluctance to spend money upgrading..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...Maybe it's because I was born here. Maybe it's because so much..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

Stephen Harrigan on A Friend of Mr. Lincoln

The Austin writer reveals the vision behind his portrait of the 16th president as a young man in his new novel

"...pause, but this is the man who took on Texas' most mythic and exhaustively anatomized story in his novel,..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'He's Forked Himself'

Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

"...Majority Leader DeLay, R-Sugar Land, who rose from South Texas oil fields to small pest-control businessman, to Texas state..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The 'Mold Queen' Fights Back

Melinda Ballard beat the insurance companies in court. Now she's carrying her fight to the politicians and the public.

"...Among the many high-profile combatants in the Texas homeowners-insurance wars, Melinda Ballard seems an unlikely consumer advocate...."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...and the residents must be prepared to manage the common areas and zoning and services relationships. Forging a strong..."

March 7, 2003 Column

The Can't-Miss Kid

The Man Behind the W.

"...chairman of the GOP was an oil man from Texas named George Herbert Walker Bush. A few years later,..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Steven Fromholz

"...several weeks. The others are classics to students of Texas songwriting, hungrily absorbed by a young Lovett, among others...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Sxsw

"...do? Read the Chronicle's "Picks & Sleepers," of course, because herein are clues to nearly 300 bands playing SXSW...."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

The Killing of Garrett Foster Shocks the City – and Galvanizes the Moment

Whether Foster raised his gun may never be known, but there can be little doubt about the driver's intentions

"...members driving a political opponent from their midst, a not-uncommon occurrence. In this case it was Eric Brown, co-president..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Latest on the Local Actions and Reactions to COVID-19

Health officials feel wary but ready

"...globally and nationally wrought by the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, local officials and healthcare providers are conveying a..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

This Is America: Part One

Zach's Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...For me, man, it was the Native American pieces. Cause I was familiar with a little bit of it,..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...years wondering what she could have done differently to cause me not to die that night." Do Right, Risk..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

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