Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...an oil and gas consultant who supports the Texas secession movement...."

Feb. 9, 2024 News Feature

Point Austin: A Great Time to Be a Republican

Bryan Slaton, Ken Paxton … and the rest of them

"...minors attending drag shows; and a referendum promoting state secession, aka “TEXIT.”..."

June 30, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...OMG GOP: Some highlights of the new Republican Party..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature

A Race to the Right in Austin's Affluent Suburbs

There's red in there them hills

"...R-Fredericksburg, best known for introducing language to allow/enable/encourage Texas' secession from the union. While Biedermann opted to leave the..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Soccer Watch

"...theme right up through Barcelona's role in the Catalunyan secession movement, and Shakhtar Donetsk's isolation during Russia's annexation of..."

March 26, 2021 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Seeing the Future of Politics in SXSW Documentary Boys State

Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine look at the state of boys

"...national headlines, coming as it did on the bizarre secession debate that had roiled real-world Texas politics earlier in..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Raising Buchanan

Bodysnatching comedy find humor in our shortcomings

"...Buchanan: A leader so inept in his handling of Secession that even revisionist pretend Confederates don't claim him as..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Williamson County Residents Organize to Remove Confederate Monument

Meanwhile the Texas Legislature tries to block monument removals

"...white supremacist sentiments about the “Lost Cause” of Southern secession, an inscription reads: "No braver patriots ever fought, no..."

May 7, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Racist Confederate Plaque Needs a Forever Home

State Preservation Board mulls over what to do with defrocked "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque

"...its underlying cause to sustain slavery." (The state's 1861 secession declaration states otherwise.)..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: Eric Johnson Prevails Over Racist Confederate Plaque

No more Confederate nonsense, Empower Texans gets a pass, and the first-ever LGBTQ Caucus

"...was its underlying cause to sustain slavery." (Texas' own secession declaration of 1861 mentions slavery 21 times.) The effort..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

History Lesson

"...Menchaca fought to maintain slavery. Menchaca opposed slavery, opposed secession, and never took the oath to support the Confederacy..."

Oct. 23, 2018 Postmarks

Adler Not Waving the Rebel Flag

Mayor will not march in Vet parade with Confederate banners

"...United States Military Veterans. Symbols of racism, Civil War secession, and white supremacy should not be forgotten or erased,..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Soccer Watch

"...Meanwhile in Catalonia: Voters went for secession from Spain by 90% in a disputed referendum Sunday;..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

The Hightower Report

Trump vs. the wisdom of Robert E. Lee

"...granite that publicly celebrate America's shameful period of slavery, secession, and white supremacy...."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: What History Teaches

Charlottesville resistance an inspiration here and everywhere

"...Lee. A glance at the 1861 Texas Declaration of Secession (like those of the other treasonous states), adamantly condemning..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Bill of the Week: The War on the War of Northern Aggression

Mutual respect for those who fought for the North and South shall rise again

"...many Texans, such as Gov. Sam Hous­ton, who opposed secession. Most relevant today, the name suggests that the state's..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Local Highlights at Trib Fest

Mayor Steve Adler, Lance Armstrong among those representing Austin

"...1:45pm: Texas vs. the Feds Expect the dreaded s-word (secession) to come up when the Travis County House delegation's..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature

Soccer Watch

"...of the week comes from Catalonia, where a Monday secession vote in the regional parliament appears to have set..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Confederate Statue Report Released

UT task force recommends taking action

"...fellow Texans to cooperate with the federal government, renounce secession, and allow freed slaves to vote.”..."

Aug. 10, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Texas Republicans, Defiant as Always

Why the GOP isn't listening to you: They don't have to

"...in Alabama to Rick Perry and his talk of secession in the 2010 primary. It's a battle Abbott understands..."

July 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Marriage American Catholic Style

American Catholic church celebrates marriage equality

"...the church," says Mathias. The church traces its apostolic secession to the late 1800s over the issue of Papal..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...on his namesake fountain honors the South's fight for secession: "To the men and women of the Confederacy, who..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

The South Will Be Celebrated Again!

Historical revisionists urge Lege to protect the Confederacy

"...the Union army, the 15 counties that voted against Secession, and the 140,000 slaves kept in Texas chains by..."

April 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

Refusing Medicaid, tax cuts abound, marijuana bill, and more

"...to accept Medicaid expansion to the Lone Star State's secession from Mexico. On March 2, in a press conference..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

From Holyrood to South Austin

St. Ed's film students chronicle the Scottish independence vote

"...divide in the electorate, with the heaviest support for secession in the Northerly cities of Dundee and Aberdeen. But..."

Sept. 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letter from Edinburgh

Secession, Scottish style - Texas, it ain't

"...share a few common themes with those of Texan secession – such as the importance of oil revenues and..."

Sept. 17, 2014 News Post by Akwugo Emejulu

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...Civil War. Sebron was a delegate to the Texas Secession Convention, which decided the state of Texas should secede..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Statewide Candidate Filings Trickle In

A slight attendance dip and only a couple of traffic hiccups in event's second year

"...Kilgore (real name, and also his sole policy – secession from the U.S.), and Tea Party favorite and sometime..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Ticker: September 12

All the news that's fit to blog

"...• According to The Daily Beast, the hottest trend..."

Sept. 12, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Smitherman: It's Always The Quiet Ones

AG candidate flies to the far religious right

"...attorney general, he has suddenly morphed into an anti-sex, pro-secession radical. Who'da thunk?..."

Sept. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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