What Price Freedom of Information?

Open government could come with a per-page surcharge.

"...need new tools to redress the hammering that the Freedom of Information Act could take this session. Today, while..."

May 7, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: Freedom of Your Information

If everyone cares about privacy, why do we give it away?

"...In the afterglow of the Edward Snowden talk at SXSW, the interactive world..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Sanctity of All Life?

Notes on David Joseph's death

"...“We do value the sanctity of all life here at the department. So yesterday’s events,..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Post by Kahron Spearman

The Making of a 'Big Shot'

Cheer Up Charlie's premieres Christeene's startling new video

"...began a program in the Seventies to record thousands of everyday conversations – ostensibly in an effort to understand..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Another Side of Travis Heights

In a South Austin apartment complex, residents organize for change

"...the Travis Heights neighborhood. The complex fits the stereotype of Section 8 subsidized housing, critics say – an unattractive,..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Standard of Care

Are pregnant inmates receiving adequate medical treatment?

"...In Texas, it can be hard to keep track of every assault on reproductive freedom. While the constitutionality of..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Truth in Journalism: The Making of The Post

Reporters and researchers on Spielberg's journalistic epic

"...a call from assistant foreign editor Gerald Gold. As of that week he was to report to the New..."

Jan. 15, 2018 Screens Post by Acacia Coronado

America: Freedom to Fascism

Although grounded in Libertarian theory, this documentary by producer-turned-director Aaron Russo presents provocative material about the perceived illegality of income taxes – and various freedom-restricting consequences of the new world order.

"...Aaron Russo. Filmmaker Aaron Russo and a swelling movement of angry Americans make the case in this documentary that..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Attack of the Cybermen

Activism empowered by the Internet

"...WikiLeaks. Anonymous. Occupy. Exactly when did real life slipstream over into some bizarre..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...Top Ten Multimedia Happenings of 1995 Dave Evans, Vice President of Digital Voodoo, Inc.,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

Bill of the Week: Just Say No

Bill would keep Planned Parenthood out of sex ed

"...this week's BOTW, which would require an additional layer of parental consent for public school student participation in sex..."

Feb. 17, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Sounds of Silence

"...so you may have thought, if you were one of the 700 or so people packed into Emo's on..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Think Locally, Act Regionally

Regional Government's All the Rage - Are We Ready?

"...travel writers, TV weathercasters, and the friends and relations of Lyndon Johnson. Nobody actually lived there. Instead, they lived..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Triumph of the Yellow Kid

Comics are art, Spiegelman notes in his panel-busting history lesson

"...From the beginning, comics knew the pain of the late Rodney Dangerfield: They didn't get no respect...."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Long Incubation of the Incubus

Playwright David Hancock and director Vicky Boone reveal how they developed the play The Incubus Archives over six years, through 11 sometimes radically different versions.

"...ain't Athena. It doesn't spring full-grown from the brow of its creator. Most often, the new drama getting its..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Building Bombs" and "Deadly Deception"

"...Directed by: Susan Robinson, Mark Mori and Debra Chasnoff. Hot on the heels of having won the well-deserved..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...Acres at UT, there's a building named after one of the worst environmental desperadoes of the modern era. His..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Shell Shock

Open carry supporter posts 911 caller's personal info

"...can't be much fun for open carry advocates. Instead of zany nouns, they just have one answer. Weekend plans..."

April 29, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Our Free TribFest Picks

Texas Tribune Festival introduces Open Congress

"...Texas Tribune Festival is back for its eighth year of star-studded panels, (discussions of) political intrigue, and enough book..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Events Post by Ray Emerson

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting members of her Rundberg corridor community in early February. Her mind..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

After Years Sheltered From ICE by Local Churches, Immigrants Get Reprieve

Trio of refugees granted stays of removal for the next year

"...and every siren heard outside was a potential trigger of "horror" for undocumented immigrants living in sanctuary at Austin's..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Being Bayard Rustin

Bennett Singer and Nancy Kates' Brother Outsider gets inside the life of a civil rights lion.

"...Over the course of a 75-year life that ended in 1987, Bayard Rustin..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Abbott Turns Open Records into Campaign Stunt

Meanwhile Davis savages Republican over "Baby STAAR" pre-K tests

"...you or have you ever been in the company of President Obama?" That's the gist of the latest oddball..."

April 14, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Ticker: May 14

All the news that's fit to blog

"...tries to get smart, Steve Stockman deals with the facts of life, and Willie Nelson helps some perfect strangers...."

May 14, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

APD Infiltrates Occupy: How Many Officers Does it Take to 'Protect' Free Speech?

Lawyer says up to six APD officers involved in watching OA

"...It was the arrest of six members of Occupy Austin during a Houston demonstration..."

Feb. 23, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The Secrets of Dripping Springs

"...the city inked with Cypress Realty. But the results of that opinion, rendered by Austin lawyer David Brooks, might..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

W.'s Paper Chase

Bush attempts to have his state papers declared federal property.

"...In January, while the eyes of the world were on recounts in Florida and the..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Common Law

Can I see my employment personnel file?

"...In Texas, a personnel file is considered the property of the employer, not the employee. As a general rule,..."

May 11, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...Unfortunately, we were never contacted by the Chronicle to comment for this article, so..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Oops!

"...13 ("Craddick's Computer Files Wiped Clean"), the Texas Public Information Act was incorrectly referred to as the Texas Freedom..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Column

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