Honoring the Activist Who Sparked the Integration of Barton Springs Pool

The city celebrated Joan Means Khabele life and legacy last Saturday

"...had it not been for Joan and her resolute actions and follow-through," she said. [inset-1-right]..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Annexation Relief Act

Council Aids Its Newest Citizens

"...1997 elections when the Green ticket swept the City Council races, or during the long trudge of annexation hearings..."

May 1, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

The Redeemers

Ellen Spiro on 'Troop 1500,' the story of Girl Scouts and the inmate mothers who love them

"...program that seeks to preserve the relationships between incarcerated mothers and their daughters. Troop 1500 looks at how this..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

"...March of this year that her request for a deferred-action extension on her deportation was rejected without explanation...."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Postmarks

The environment, the alleged marijuana, the traffic, Ventura's highway, and more.

"...Austin City Council Member Raul Alvarez's recent rezoning efforts on behalf of..."

June 8, 2001 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

PG&E's shell game, Bush Incorporated & Nestle's genetic engineering

"...environmental favors from the EPA. Also, to head the Council on Environmental Quality, George chose James Conaughton, a Washington..."

June 15, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Women and Children First

Immigration raids targeting families strike fear in Austin's Latino community

"...to deal with the recently arrived young children and mothers. We must ensure that they are informed of their..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Each year, thousands of men and women with same-sex attractions make the personal decision to leave homosexuality. However, some..."

April 18, 2003 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Today's City Council meeting is expected to be light; Mayor Will Wynn..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

For the Record

"...its core, has nothing whatsoever to do with affirmative action, which (when openly and justly applied) I wholeheartedly support,..."

May 15, 1998 Column

The Duality of Southwest Key

An East Austin nonprofit in the immigration debate

"...Austin LULAC Council President Mar­celo Tafoya serves as a member of East..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

First Night Schedule

"...Chandra Washington – Healing Caravan, City Council chambers, Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second. Spoken word..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Week "Congressmen only give their votes for the war; mothers give their sons and daughters." – Democratic Congressional District..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...transparency and accountability. In June 2018, the Austin City Council passed a resolution that, among other things, requires police..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Naked City

Following a vote by the conference of Catholic Bishops to include many reproductive services in its list of "intrinsically immoral" practices, Seton Health Care Services says it will have to re-negotiate its lease with the city for Brackenridge Hospital, which currently contracts out such services.

"...that Catholic health care providers cannot materially cooperate "in actions that are intrinsically immoral, such as abortion, euthanasia, assisted..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Equinomics

"...The "three legs of the three-legged stool of sustainability." Council has focused on equity as a priority for this..."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...tip of the iceberg. Women, according to the National Council for Behavioral Health, are twice as likely as men..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Page Two

The anti-safe-and-legal abortion movement is about control, not life

"...millions of Austin taxpayer dollars to kill children whose mothers are poor. It's cheaper to pay 'Repro' to kill..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...heard the word "boondoggle" in relation to a City Council deal, but that word is cropping up more and..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...this session will explore how a grassroots army of “mothers and others” transformed gun violence prevention from a third..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Damage Done by SB 4

Court records reveal impact of the "show me your papers" bill on immigrant lives

"...online community groups for the latest news. The intense distraction caused the 17-year-old Rundberg-area high school student's grades to..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Postmarks

Bunch Replies

"...(formerly S.O.S. Legal Defense Fund), which approves every legal action of the organization and establishes the general policy of..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Column

Public Notice: Imagine That

Land development code draft ready at last

"...groups – SOS Alliance, Sustain­able Food Center, Clean Water Action, PODER, Sierra Club, and GO!/¡VAMOS! Austin, among many others..."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...lists are all abuzz with the "scandal" that City Council candidate Margot Clarke will receive "city funds" to assist..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

"Alex Jones is to patriotism ... what hot dogs are to meat."

"...Ruth Epstein whose daughter served on the Austin City Council a while ago, btw...."

July 21, 2000 Column

A Month After Mike Ramos Died, Some Hesitant Steps Toward Accountability

Justice comes slowly

"...national unrest over Mr. Floyd's death and the local reaction to that wrapping in Mr. Ramos' death, I thought..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Election Notes

Emptying out the dregs from this election

"...eight-day-out report, filed Oct. 31, the Austin Forward political action committee supporting the bond had spent in excess of..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...by the way, that is working primarily with drug-addicted mothers, trying to keep their children with them instead of..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Ms. Veteran America's Mission to End Female Veteran Homelessness

Molly Potter raises awareness for mental health issues

"...in the morning," says Potter, who is District 4 Council Member Greg Casar's appointee on the city's Commission on..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...a time, while staff called them "bitches" and "bad mothers" as part of "confrontational therapy." (See "Rehabilitation or Torture?,"..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature

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