MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers

Make education public again

"...– who some on the left have dubbed “the MAGA moms” – are also leading a scorched-earth campaign against..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Prefiling for the Next Lege: The Good, Bad, and MAGA

It's just a bill …

"...probably be nerdy and in the Senate will be MAGAtastic. Last session, Winter Storm Uri, which shut the Lege..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

UPDATED: AISD Reassigns Principal After "MAGA" Controversy

Andrews Elementary principal Gabriela Soto said the school's new PTA looks forward to "making Andrews Great Again!"

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

MAGA vs. GND

March 31, 2019 Postmarks

Fighting Stress Through Fighting Sports

A Krav Maga devotee on the curative power of punching a bag

"...I began my education with the self-defense system Krav Maga felt both arbitrary and written in the stars. I..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Resident Evil: Retribution

In the fifth installment of this horror franchise, Milla Jovovich again stars as the saga's heroine Alice, who fights the Umbrella Corporation and the undead.

"...evil and the dead like some sort of Krav Maga ballerina of bloodshed. Cinematographer Glen MacPherson (Rambo) shoots the..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Holiday Season, Give Political Gifts That Resist

Anti-MAGA merch, feminist nudie mags, Chron swag, and more

"...F'in Point: It's about time someone put out some anti-MAGA merch that doesn't beat around the bush. Whether trying..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Stop, Thief!

Austin Among 10 worst cities for bike thefts

"...has really gotten out of hand," says Sgt. Donna Maga, the UT police officer in charge of investigating bike..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Austin at Large: From Cloud Coup-Coup Land

Was this the worst that could happen? That (still) depends on what we do next.

"...past me on I-35 at their normal speeds, the MAGA mob at the Texas Capitol a few blocks from..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Fumbling, Bumbling Letdown of the 87th Legislature

Sine dead

"...of sobriety, of wanting to move on from the MAGA chaos; our cover alluded to a Capitol, and a..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: To Shame the Strong

Let the congregation sing: “For God’s sake, give more power to the people”

"...of the noise and then the bloodshed of the MAGA insurrection served abstract principle; it was all about him...."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: “It’s Time to Get <blank> Done”

As we dive deep into 2021, let’s complete that sentence with real talk, not “stuff”

"...than just gestured at and talked about, by the MAGA-fied red team has been subtraction, turning the clock back,..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

The conservative justice finally apologizes for it all. Nah, just kidding.

"...is the sort of film made for block-bookings of MAGA church youth groups – Thomas’ wife Ginni floats in..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Democracy by Other Means

Contemplating our resistance as Ken Paxton wears out everybody’s welcome

"...Caucus splintered its vote, letting Paxton's core constituency of MAGA Christofascists (which he shares with fellow crusaders Dan Patrick..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Forget the Alamo

It’s strike three for Texas in the white-power rebellion game. Time to call folks out.

"...In Austin, some of MAGA's biggest Texas stars posed for the cameras at the..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...rottweiler. – Derek Udensi Walter Tragert: "The Wreck of the MAGA Armada"..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin at Large: Counting Heads, Drawing Lines

Next year, when (if?) the current crises recede, we may be surprised at what we find

"...the government. That alienation is at peak levels in MAGA time, when cruelty against those outside the dominant culture..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Self-Defense in the Trump Era

Targeted groups take safety into their own hands

"...private lessons and group seminars in basic self-defense, Krav Maga, and fitness. Regular group classes are no longer available...."

Jan. 7, 2017 Sports Post by Tucker Whatley

The Vouchers Battle Is Decided, But What About the Future of Texas Politics?

How it happened

"...the amendment as the brainchild of a group of “MAGA moms” – grassroots Republicans who he did not typically..."

April 25, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Why Austin’s Progressive Rep. Greg Casar Is Visiting Republican Districts

Casar, an odd choice to reach moderates, talks strategy

"...$1 trillion cut to Medicaid. So I think the MAGA wing of the party is doing crazy dangerous stuff..."

April 25, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Point Austin: Death March of the Barbarians

The emperor has no clothes, no wisdom, and no moral center

"...upward. He was chosen by Trump for his craven MAGA loyalty, his retrograde opinions about the military, and his..."

Feb. 3, 2025 News Post by Michael King

Shefali Luthra on Texas’ Role in the Undue Burden Unleashed by Abortion Restrictions

Texas Book Festival author to discuss the loss of reproductive rights in Sunday panel

"...Journalist Isaac Arnsdorf investigates the grassroots activists driving the MAGA movement, while Paola Ramos examines the shift of Latino..."

Nov. 15, 2024 News Feature by Carys Anderson

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...our democracy is or isn’t, The New York Times Magazine took a close look at the “game theory” presented..."

Nov. 1, 2024 News Feature

Humane

When the government asks citizens to self-euthanize, a bourgeois family weighs what to do

"...report on pollution), there’s a whiff of Ike Barinholtz’s MAGA-mocking Thanksgiving satire The Oath to this chamber piece. However,..."

April 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Origin

Ava DuVernay's plainly spoken look at the underpinnings of bigotry

"...water, as when Nick Offerman wanders in as a MAGA-hatted plumber named Dave. A final scene that literalizes the..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: Grabbers

Men are not at all civil

"...lives in Austin. We don't have a lot of MAGA types inside the loop, although to be fair, I..."

April 14, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Your Best Midterm Bets in the Dobbs Era

Vote hard, with a vengeance

"...chance but we don't know who's running yet, and MAGAs have gotten really organized to go after Central Texas..."

July 1, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: A Tale of Two Gregs

While Abbott loses his marbles, Casar and other urban progressives band together

"...own party, some because they're addled morons poisoned by MAGA and QAnon, others because they believe in limited government..."

June 4, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Blue Blood, From a Turnip

In voting-averse Texas, how can the “election integrity” juice be worth the squeeze?

"...wherever, and find outrage over looming right-wing perfidy and MAGA foolery across this great land, and say to oneself,..."

March 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

As Abbott Blows Off COVID, Austin Just Wants to Stay Alive

The unmasking commences and the governor goes after his own constituents yet again

"...flouting local COVID-19 orders last spring made her a MAGA heroine and a surprisingly viable candidate for the Texas..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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