Casey Suchan Follows The Animal People

Documentary shows how anti-terror laws targeted animal rights groups

"...somebody get indicted for doing these things that are free speech? If they were just talking, how can there..."

Oct. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Separating Fact From Fiction Regarding Austin's Homelessness Strategy

"...precedent throughout the country that such ordinances are unconstitutional. Free speech protections have been cited to defend a person's..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lege Lines: Empower Sues Representative Over House Press Creds

Charlie Geren claims group is a political action committee, not a news organization

"...in Austin federal court, accuses Geren of infringing on free speech and freedom of the press...."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Danielle White’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...battle rap to explore hot-button issues like racism and free speech. 10) Cold War..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Danielle White

Headlines

"...lies about the school massacre. Jones is countersuing, claiming "free speech" under the Texas Citizens Participation Act...."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature

Felony Charges Dropped in "Facebook Threat" Case

Justin Carter pleas out to class A misdemeanor

"...playing games and speaking on the murky boundaries of free speech, something he learned a great deal about over..."

April 6, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

Headlines

"...by a federal judge when it was challenged on free speech grounds. Texas is home to more than 24..."

March 23, 2018 News Feature

ICE Attacks!

Immigration took a beating this year from both the federal and state government

"...of City Council, and Hernandez, essentially for exercising their free speech by publicly opposing the law. A federal judge..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin to Fed Judge: Dismiss State’s SB 4 Suit

City attorneys question the timing of the state's pre-emptive strike

"...condemned the future law, all within the bounds of free speech. "Texas' suit seeks to fabricate a case or..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Challenge to SB 4

Opponents to "sanctuary cities" bill ready for court battles

"...continue the fight in court." Bono cites limits on free speech, due process, and vagueness among the constitutional issues...."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome

Rounding up the news left on the chamber floors

"...King said his bills weren't meant to dilute press freedom, but rather to regulate those who "buy themselves an..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Macon Blair Wins Sundance 2017

Grand Jury prize-winner tops the list of locals done good – and bad – at Park City

"...Supreme Court hearing on grounds that his right to free speech has been infringed...."

Feb. 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Lege Lines: State Level Bullying Reaches New Plateau

Local reps’ mission this session? Keep the state GOP away from Austin.

"...to call an election, then they had all the free speech they wanted, and then people voted?" wondered Watson...."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Election Notes

District 6, mobility fits, and complaints of campaign thrift

"...so-called 'Fair' Campaign Chapter." Zimmerman justified his decision on free speech grounds; city ordinances take a backseat to the..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Wrath of Don

Zimmerman's constituents accuse him of online, in-person abuse

"...(of my own will) risk my life for the freedoms outlined in the US Constitution and its Bill(s) of..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Charters, Turkish Coup?

Crackdown on Gülen movement comes to Texas

"...wrote the book on Gülen – 2011’s Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey. At the..."

July 20, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Plain Speaking About Complex Things

Robert Jensen on his book Plain Radical and the friendship that inspired it

"...range from fairly scholarly approaches to political questions – free speech, pornography and inequality, racism and white privilege, the..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Getting to Know Robert Morrow

Newly elected GOP county chair causing a Republican revolt

"...the “Hillary Clinton crime family.”) His political priorities include free speech, low taxes, and lax gun laws: “I think..."

March 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Sixth Street Showdown

Downtown is growing, and with that growth come rising tensions between police, partiers, and activists

"...also argues that Glen's arrest violates her right to free speech – questioning why King was being arrested...."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

APD: The Facebook Friend You Didn't Know You Had

"...keywords that could be considered more problematic from a free speech perspective. Besides listing "Black Lives Matter" as a..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by John Anderson

Point Austin: The New Inquisition

The assault on Planned Parenthood is an assault on health care

"...to be defended as a necessary evil, like irresponsible free speech – but both necessary health care and a..."

Oct. 2, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Austin's Public-Access Glory Days

When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV

"..."YouTube is the greatest thing to happen to free speech in my generation," says Moore, "and the accessibility..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Perry and Paxton Fight the Law

Perry indictment down to one count; grand jury convenes in Paxton case

"...was unenforceable as an unconstitutionally overbroad restriction on the free speech of public officials...."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Republicans, Defiant as Always

Why the GOP isn't listening to you: They don't have to

"...equates Independence Day with a meat hangover, consider instead freedoms, like the First Amendment: a right to free speech,..."

July 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Jade Helm and Tinfoil Hats

Abbott, Cruz, Jade Helm, and the death of the sane GOP

"...when you see a government that is attacking our free speech rights, or Second Amendment rights, or religious liberty..."

May 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Frame by Frame

Powerful doc about the vitalness of photojournalists

"...Awakening from years of the Taliban’s oppressive crackdown on free speech (1996-2001), Afghanistan has spent roughly the last decade..."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

Working in Stereo

Sean Ripple on "Tom Sachs: Boombox Retrospective" and the rising role of the artist-curator

"...with that as being important to a society of free speech – there's a contradictory, noisy, and disruptive body..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Austin French Nationals Take a Stand

As protests continue, local French community gathers in solidarity

"...to discuss strategies for future support of secularism and freedom. “People should be able to print whatever they want,..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Post by Blake McCoy

Keeping It Weird: Bills on the Fringe

Early bills show reliable signs of Texas Weird

"...we applaud Guillen's effort to defend one aspect of free speech for small children, we have to ask, what..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Top 10 Women's Health Stories

A dark year for reproductive rights

"...be honest about their limited health services. After a "free-speech" suit, this year the ordinance was deemed "unconstitutionally vague."..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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