Death Race

All the busted heads and blasted gaskets can't turn this makeover of a cult classic into anything but a real drag.

"...nitrous-oxide-fueled hell rides. Carradine, as fans of the original Death Race 2000 (produced by Roger Corman and directed by..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...Another year, another Death Race movie with Roger Corman's name attached. Don't worry,..."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Race 2000

"...plans afoot - with different talent - to make Death Race 3000). This is director Paul Bartel and writer..."

Oct. 14, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death Watch: Cruel & Unusual Confinement

Convicted hit man faces third date with death

"...Rolando Ruiz has spent the last 22 years on death row. After two stays of execution, he is once..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

I Tried Death Wish Coffee and Lived

Dangerous levels of caffeine and self-confidence ensued

"...Death Wish Coffee is as dark as the night is..."

June 8, 2018 Food Post by Dan Gentile

Death Watch: Shuffling the Deck

Death row inmates see new execution dates

"...motion with a Dallas Assistant D.A. to push Edwards' death date back to January, to allow counsel a better..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Point Austin: Death in Custody

Sandra Bland was guilty of driving while black

"...The grim paradox of the most notorious recent death in custody of a young African-American (we need to..."

July 31, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Death Watch: U.S. Supreme Court Steps In

Highest court to consider two Texas death penalty cases

"...Monday that it will take up two pivotal Texas death penalty cases when it resumes session in the fall...."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Harris County Death Penalty: Race matters

New study shows race a factor in capital sentences

"...follows capital murder cases in Texas has observed that race plays a role in who gets the death penalty..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Death Watch: Racial Bias Infected Sentencing Hearing

Saga to secure new hearing for Duane Buck continues

"...That's the message of a statement of support for death row inmate Buck released Wednesday and signed by 102..."

March 21, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: CCA Dismisses Buck Appeal

Ignores question of racial bias in defendant's trial

"...defense-hired psychologist, Walter Quijano, testified that several factors, including race, help to predict future dangerousness – along with whether..."

Nov. 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...Less than 24 hours after his death, Johle heard a disturbing rumor that, in the weeks..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Joycean Riff of Race

Juneteenth

"...novel, the Moby Dick of the 20th century. It traces the life of a young black boy growing up..."

June 18, 1999 Books Feature by Mark Busby

Supreme Court Ponders Banks' Death Row Case

The U.S. Supreme Court grants a last-minute stay to Delma Banks, Jr.

"...inmate executed in Texas since the resumption of the death penalty in 1976. It was Banks' 15th execution date..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Judge Edith Jones on Race, Crime, and God's Vengeance

Civil rights group files complaint against 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge

"...blacks and Hispanics are more violent, and that a death sentence provides a public service by allowing an inmate..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Last Minute Reprieve Sought for Condemned Woman

UPDATE: Judge postpones execution until April

"...become the 493rd inmate executed since reinstatement of the death penalty, the first woman executed since 2005, and the..."

Jan. 29, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...allowing the voters to gather and evaluate a sizable brace of their current or potential representatives. Not every invited..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...the campaigns of the two leading progressives in the race – state Rep. Celia Israel and former mayor and..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

D.A. Race: Final Verdict Pending

"...The race for Travis Co. district attorney will go into overtime,..."

March 7, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...Rather than her various races, voters may remember Strayhorn for less flattering reasons –..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Death Penalty: Older but Not Wiser

New report looks back at 35 years of the death penalty

"...Thirty-five years after the death penalty was reinstated by the nation's highest court, it..."

July 1, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Death Row Reviewed

"...Texas Death Row: Executions in the Modern Eraby the editors of..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Clay Smith

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca was on fire. Death squads, the pistoleros of a despised governor, rolled through..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths

All crises are not created equal

"...Traffic deaths in the United States have declined since the mid-1990s,..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...have yet to announce supporters, and they open the race as underdogs. But should one of them pull off..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

A Race To Stop the 'Race to the Bottom'

Austin does its hand at restoring sanity

"..."Our political discourse in this country has become a race to the bottom," he said, "and too often the..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Race for the Third

Kuhn and Goodwin face off for high-profile appeals court

"...are two things about the 3rd Court of Appeals race on which the candidates for the open Place 4..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cause of Brees' Death Still Unknown

Former Austin Bar Association president and mother of pro quarterback Drew Brees dies in Colorado

"...– election night 2006, after she had lost her race for a seat on the Texas Court of Appeals...."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

Supremes to Examine Death Row Appeals

Supreme Court agrees to hear three Texas death row appeals during its new term

"...U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear three Texas death row appeals during its new term, which begins this..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Creativity in the Face of Death: The Contemporary Resonance of Terezín'

UT symposium honors and ponders art created in the Nazi concentration camp

"...the people around you – loved ones, neighbors, your race – are being ruthlessly, systematically exterminated? What flame of..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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