Missive to the Ending Year

Letters at 3AM

"...we keep from you -- something we try to protect from you. In fact, for many, our whole lives..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Spanked All Over

Top Ten Environmental Stories of 1995

"...3. Texas Natural Heritage Program scuttled. While Texas Parks and Wildlife..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Death Row Inmate Preaches to Prisoners Daily. Now the State Plans to Kill Him.

Saving body and soul

"...yard of the Allan B. Polunsky prison, home to Texas' death row. Speer had just completed six months of..."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants

$110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

"...are proud to amplify the stories of so many Texas filmmakers, opening doors for them throughout the national and..."

Sept. 12, 2023 Screens Post by Mae Lackey

Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?

D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops

"...charged with ensuring that our justice system functions to protect the rights of all involved, and that the community..."

Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...preserve the Eastside's many murals as CEO of Arte Texas, and mounted protests for Mike Ramos, Javier Ambler, and..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...speaker Olivia Wilde's first feature as a director, Booksmart; Texas Film Hall of Fame 2019 inductee John Lee Hancock's..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...is the story of how all of it came together...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...Austin would join forces with other U.S. cities to protect its vulnerable residents, immigrants among them. "There is great..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

Chronicle Endorsements

"...back to getting arrested as part of Cesar Chavez's Texas Farm Workers Union campaign in the Seven­ties, speaks to..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature

Reconnect Austin: Part Two

It's a beautiful vision, but could it work?

"...A bit of backstory: The Texas Department of Transportation is planning to expand I-35, with..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Lege Lines

The Michael Morton Act, airport screening, business tax cuts, and more

"...It was a week of long-overdue achievements by the Texas Senate. On April 11, the chamber unanimously passed Senate..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Refighting the Last Wars

Prop. 1, Prop. 2, Saving Barton Springs ... and Everything Else

"...near the direct recharge zone to Barton Springs. "Growing Together: How AMD Is Renewing Its Commitment to Austin" was..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...for music goers or change our motto to "Austin, Texas, the live, unplugged, nonsmoking, not over a certain decibel,..."

May 16, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...As Texas counsel for the Newspaper Guild I can help you..."

May 2, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...point of view. My husband, Richard Queen, and I together taught a total of 22 years at St. Michael's..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column

Naked City

Spicewood residents are protesting plans by Rainbow Materials to build a concrete batch plant in their small, semirural community.

"...rainwater collection system unusable except for plants. With the Texas Legislature currently considering SB 546, which would streamline the..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

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Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...21] was a good update on renewable energy in Texas and the potential that particularly wind energy holds. In..."

April 28, 2000 Column

The Profit Motive

Activists oppose World Trade Organization

"...mean democratically won environmental laws, public safety regulations, consumer protections, wage laws such as the minimum wage, and restrictions..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Feature by Cheryl Bishop

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The Real Obscenity

"...Who Runs Texas?..."

April 30, 1999 Column

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Speaking With Authority

"...Blakeslee's reference to the TTA as "the newly formed Texas Turnpike Authority."..."

May 29, 1998 Column

Framing the Border

Photography of the Region Between Mexico and the U.S.

"...of a moment in the cultural life of Central Texas. On a sunny Thursday morning in a gallery in..."

May 1, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...and Max Nofziger. Now they're putting their consultant heads together in hopes of making Kirk Watson their seventh councilmember..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...existing single-family neighborhoods – often with a vow to protect those neighborhoods even as nearby areas were transformed according..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?

Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left

"...all. Garza has looked somewhat beyond Moore and Central Texas and, echoing a national activist reform movement, charged that..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: "We the People"

The meaning of the anniversaries of the Civil Rights Struggle

"...Obama was referring to laws, like those in Texas, that have undermined both the rights and (through gerrymandering)..."

March 13, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Sym the Prole

A radical takes on the practical in the fight against HIV stigma

"...AIDS/HIV panic is alive and well, even in Austin, Texas. "I had to say it [declare HIV-poz status] again..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by David Estlund

'The Fight for the Future ... Is Just Beginning'

After weeks of drama, sweeping abortion restrictions pass the Lege

"...As expected, the Texas Senate Friday voted 19-11 in favor of passing House..."

July 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Celebrate This City

Dave Sullivan provides new direction for First Night Austin

"...First Night – its potential for bringing a city together in a single communal celebration as well as the..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Our readers talk back.

"...guess the Chronicle and Antone's pretty much grew up together. We all have been in love with music and..."

June 9, 2006 Column

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