Here Come the Judges -- Again: Round Two for Owen, Pickering

Texas progressives mobilize against federal judicial nominees Priscilla Owen and Charles Pickering

"...Sen. Trent Lott, forced out in December as majority leader after apparently expressing nostalgia for racial segregation. Even Lott..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...he'd ask why it's OK for Nancy Pelosi, the minority House Leader from San Francisco, to attend a private..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...on boards like Zachary Scott, the Austin YMCA, and Leadership Austin, and an ongoing commitment to underserved parts of..."

May 3, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...At last our nation has a leader who has vision, compassion, honor, determination, and will...."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

An Abstinence of Judgment

The Bush administration's new appointee to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV / AIDS is motivated more by ideology than science, critics warn.

"...abstinence"), AIDS activist Mary Fisher, and a Sikh community leader from Milwaukee; nine members are holdovers from the Clinton..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Gus Garcia on the qualities of the next mayor

"...that the Austin ISD student body is now 60% minority and weighted toward the bottom end of the income..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

A healthy death penalty, the Jenna and Barbara bust, and the Fannie Lou Hamer Project

"...the 19 federal prisoners awaiting execution are members of minority groups is no reason to suspect that federal death..."

June 15, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Sugar Land Congressman Tom DeLay takes on the Democrats' redistricting plan.

"...of them. The exterminator from Sugar Land, de facto leader of the House Republicans, brought his Democrats-Must-Die act to..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

Surveying the George W. Bush Legacy in Texas

"...passage -- there were immediate grumbles from the GOP leadership -- but it's worth remembering that the homestead exemption,..."

March 16, 2001 News Column by Michael King

The Flight of the Night Bird

Harry Akin opened for business on Christmas Eve, 1932, selling hamburgers for 15 cents apiece. Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals how Akin turned his hamburger stand into Austin's former restaurant empire.

"...for civil rights, Akin was highly respected by the minority communities in Austin...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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Politics & music & the politics of music.

"...owning "majority control" of Stratus but only a significant minority of stock. Second, having described city efforts to oppose..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Preview

"...Dems to make Mississippi Republican Trent Lott the Senate minority leader. That's because, should Al Gore win, Connecticut's Republican..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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The Chronicle endorsements (or lack thereof) under fire.

"...the teeth["Endorsements," April 21]? We have a solidly progressive leader who has accomplished some really important things: He has..."

May 5, 2000 Column

Count Me In

there's power in numbers with the census 2000 data.

"...helped by local "complete count committees," consisting of civic leaders or, in Austin's case, civic activists. (Travis County, and..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Viva Bilingual Ed

Texas Not Likely to Follow California's Lead

"...realization that the state will soon be a majority minority population. Several recent ballot initiatives have exploited that voter..."

June 12, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Page Two

"...instead of indicating the political clout of a militant minority, might instead argue that these active voters actually represent..."

May 15, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Dr. Allan J. Lichtman, cited as an expert in minority demography for recent news stories regarding the city's pending..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...disobedience event. The tax-funded school has trained Latin American leaders and soldiers now held responsible for various human rights..."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Feature

McLeese's Pieces

Statesman Columnist Vents Spleen on Greens

"...not the council; it will also be those same minority activists who can and probably will protect their neighborhoods..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

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MUD Myths

"...showed that it has the strength to be a leader in prudent regional planning. It's not as fun to..."

April 18, 1997 Column

False Accusations

"...the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a non-white minority of Asian origin -- not "Eastern European," although our..."

March 21, 1997 Column

Off the Desk:

"...smorgasbord of support from the likes of business, environmental, minority and gay communities, and neighborhood representatives. Heck, even some..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...as heroes among independent films set in economically oppressed, minority communities: Surrounded by crime, apathy, and a kind of..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Record Reviews

"...easily dismissable at first, later listens indicate that attention-grabbing leader Mike Patton rarely seems as creatively alone as he..."

April 28, 1995 Music Review

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