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Jan. 13, 2017 News Column by Michael King
Jackie
A portrait of the First Lady in the aftermath of JFK's assassination
"...Kennedy’s horrifying ordeal following the assassination of her husband, president John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Jackie has a nightmare vibe to..."
Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
TV in Trumpland
Quality struggles to take one step forward while culture takes 10 steps back
"...the elections of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and current president Barack Obama, we've been smacked into new orders. This..."
Dec. 23, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman
Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived
The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism
"...2016. The night before, Donald Trump had been elected president, seemingly bringing with him the end of many progressive..."
Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King
Austin Opera Takes Aim at the Election With Its Adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate
Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell shoot to thrill in their opera based on Richard Condon's Cold War classic
"...city seven weeks before U.S. citizens choose their next president, courtesy of Austin Opera...."
Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Morrow vs. Trump vs. the GOP
Travis County GOP rudderless, broke after ousting chair
"...Princeton jacket, was now-former TCRP county chair turned write-in presidential candidate Robert Morrow. Upstairs, the new county hierarchy had..."
Aug. 26, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The Hightower Report: Look Who the Donald Is Bringing in From the Cold
Would Trump surrender our people's democratic sovereignty to Putin?
"...he has taken the measure of the dictatorial Russian president from his corporate perch atop Trump Tower, concluding admiringly..."
Aug. 26, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower
For Whom the Bells Toll
Lege enacts campus carry on the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting
"...acknowledge the shooting, survivors say. During Monday's ceremony, UT-Austin President Gregory Fenves admitted that the commemoration was "long, long..."
Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia
Standing Witness
On living through the history of AIDS, and seeing a rising rate of infection
"...toll, politicians and public figures in the Eighties, including President Reagan, ignored the health crisis, and even treated AIDS..."
July 22, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Point Austin: Hearts of Stone
There is little reason to expect the latest shootings will bring an end to gun violence
"...hands on a computer, or even a book. – President Barack Obama, speaking at the memorial for five murdered..."
July 15, 2016 News Column by Michael King
APA Chief Punches Horse-Molester
Union head unlikely to face consequences
"...Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday drew heat from the nightly news last..."
July 1, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Page Two: The Fix
Thuggery and fanaticism on the campaign trail
"...If elected President of the United States, what kind of legislation do..."
June 10, 2016 Column by Louis Black
2016 Texas Film Awards
"...Honoree Michael Barker, co-president and cofounder of Sony Pictures Classics, handpicked his friend..."
March 11, 2016 Photo Gallery
Chronicle Endorsements
"...President/Vice President: Bernie Sanders The Chronicle is feelin' the Bern...."
Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature
Meet the Candidate: Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa stands as the most high-profile establishment candidate among the HD 49 contenders
"...voted by her fellow trustees to become board vice president, then president in 2015. Then last December she announced..."
Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Roe's End?
After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court
"...meet the demand for women," says Sarah Wheat, vice president of community affairs for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas...."
Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Top 10 Quotes of the Week
"...offensive and categorically untrue."– Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards, testifying before the U.S. House Oversight Committee..."
Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature
'Tis the Filing Season
Progressives can breathe a sigh of relief – Sen. Bernie Sanders officially filed
"...attorney James Nortey, city administrator Jeff Travillion, and nonprofit president Richard Franklin III – a late addition is political..."
Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
News Roundup: Climate, Cuts, and Cuckoos
Austin attends the Paris climate conference
"...Adler and Pool issued a joint statement that thanked President Barack Obama and other world leaders for their work,..."
Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by the News Staff
News Roundup: Refugees, Republicans, & Rhetoric
Refugee politics take center stage
"...does not specifically cite Gov. Greg Abbott's letter to President Barack Obama opposing any resettlement of Syrian refugees. Abbott..."
Nov. 22, 2015 News Post by the News Staff
Headlines
"...Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr was elected president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs this week,..."
June 26, 2015 News Feature
Freetown
The director of The Saratov Approach is back with another true Mormon epic
"...they’re caught between armed rebels backed by future Liberian president and current crimes-against-humanity convict Charles Taylor and then-President Samuel..."
April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
UT's Student Government Winners Mix Substance With Satire
UT elects satirical candidates for student government
"...President Xavier Rotnofsky and Vice President Rohit Mandalapu, editors of..."
March 27, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann
Point Austin: "We the People"
The meaning of the anniversaries of the Civil Rights Struggle
"...– President Barack Obama at Selma, Ala., March 7, 2015..."
March 13, 2015 News Column by Michael King
The Hero Returns
Vince Young carves out a second career at UT-Austin
"...iPad to snap a picture. Gregory Vincent, the vice president for the DDCE, says that when Young gets in..."
Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Jessica Luther
The Newest in Trustees
AISD swearing-in suggests both comity and dissension
"...Northwest, District 4 incumbent, two-term veteran, and outgoing board president Vince Torres handed over his seat to Julie Cowan...."
Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
The End of S-Comm?
Will Obama's executive action end ICE holds?
"...Local immigrant advocates applauded last week's executive order by President Barack Obama shielding millions from immediate deportation – particularly..."
Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú
Dear White People
This idea-packed comedy pokes holes in the notion of a post-racial America.
"...at the all-black campus house Armstrong/Parker, she runs for president of the hall against the incumbent president Troy Fairbanks..."
Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Doubling Down
In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big
"...command of Senate rules, and his newfound authority as President to secure the votes for the act's passage. For..."
Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Rainbows Over City Hall
"...& Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Here, PFLAG-Austin president Ricky Waite watches as Libby Sykora – for whom..."
