Austin At Large: The Dog That Caught the Cop Car

De-policing becomes partisanized, but who is really putting themselves at risk?

"...My two favorite topics of late – mindless cop worship and brainless Republican rule..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Grassroots Bakers Effect Change, One Cupcake at a Time

From suffrage to City Council races, flour power abounds

"...Lilia Marshall contemplates the coffee menu at a local coffeeshop, debating quietly with her..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...funding in his fiscal year 2022 budget, but most of that growth is not "real"; it comes from returning..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Community, Policing

City, police union, activists arrive at compromise with new four-year contract

"...After more than a year of negotiations, the city and the Austin Police Association are..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...On the April morning of the funeral for slain Austin Police Department Officer Jaime..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Las Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, returns..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...and a white button-down shirt before a crowd outside of City Hall. "I understand that you're angry and scared,..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths

All crises are not created equal

"...in 1997, a mother, her teenage daughter, and two of the daughter's friends did what many people do when..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...The Venn diagram sweet spot of people who are going to fangirl over voting rights..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas ACLU Files Suit Over Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4

New Texas law usurps federal immigration authority, suit claims

"...Texas Republicans have willfully ignored the existence of the United States Constitution in several of the laws..."

Dec. 20, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Naked City

The local UW and BSA affiliates part ways over the scouts' anti-gay rules.

"...This morning (Thursday), the United Way Capital Area and the Capitol Area Council of..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Faster Than Sound: Fat Tony Tales

Houston rapper plays sole release show in Austin

"...In fact, for its sole release show, the native of Houston's Third Ward travels to Austin to stage it..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

During Austin Visit, A.G. Jeff Sessions Rehashes Immigration Myths

Activists protest Sessions and the DOJ's "racist" agenda

"...Before a packed room at the U.S. Attorney’s Office downtown, Sessions pumped up the Trump administration’s plans for..."

Oct. 23, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

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

About AIDS: November 29

World AIDS Day is a call to action

"...no longer a threat. After more than a decade of horror, the images associated with the disease gradually shifted...."

Nov. 29, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

So You Want to Redistrict Austin?

The process – and what’s at stake – with redrawing our City Council districts

"...Maria Solis didn't want to be a member of the commission that drew Austin's first single-­member Council districts...."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Lilli Hime

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...median-age Austinite is 33.7 years old. That means half of the people in town now were not yet born..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fighting to Stay

As Austin's housing market booms, its poorest residents fight to exist

"...metropolitan area. Many have been displaced in the wake of urban expansion, some leaving their homes with a fortune,..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

HIV/AIDS: Pushing Past the Plateau

Local agency fights stigma with new PSA campaign

"...Facebook posts and six-second Vine videos, the persistent threat of HIV/AIDS barely registers. Even in LGBT media, the disease..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

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

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...Shattered and violated, her future plans quickly fell out of focus...."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Res Publica

Go, go, good citizen, go: Oct. 30-Nov. 6

"...WORKSHOP ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MonkeyWrench Books and UT's Office of Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement present this discussion..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...for $80 million in corporate welfare under the guise of Smart Growth. Jackie didn't listen to her friend, whistleblower..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Don't Worry, We Got This

"...personal. We Texans are already living with the aftershocks of some of the most regressive reproductive health policies in..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Postmarks

Remembering Ana Sisnett

Austin loses a beloved activist, artist, technomama, and true friend

"...comes at a moment in history when the anticipation of new beginnings sparkles in the air. And yet, this..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Res Publica

Post-election funk? There's still plenty for good citizens to do this week: Nov. 6-13.

"...ALTERNATIVE AUSTIN ENERGY Austin will be deriving 30% of its energy from renewable resources by 2020 – but..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature

AFS Announces 2020 Short Film Grant Recipients

Projects from Austin, Dallas, El Paso get support

"...between two teenagers. These topics and more are part of the stories told in the 11 short films announced..."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

APD Starts Shrinking

Council set to make cuts now, plan for more to come

"...to $129 million in potential reductions over the course of fiscal year 2021. That's about 35% less than the..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

NAACP Issues “Clarion Call” to City Government

Linder challenges city to “quit talking” about equity and “send money”

"...for not providing resources to carry out longtime quality of life initiatives to benefit minority residents. “We’ve had plenty..."

Aug. 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Naked City

Ashton Cumberbatch takes the hot seat at a low point in police-community relations

"...Nov. 3, City Manager Toby Futrell announced the hiring of local attorney Ashton Cumberbatch as the city's new, second-ever..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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