Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...by a broad coalition of education groups, including teachers' unions Texas AFT and the Texas State Teachers Association, Texas..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sparks Fly at First ACC Trustee Forum

Unexpected chill at the first ACC endorsement meetings

"...boring Austin Community College elections. On Sept. 1, employee union ACC AFT met with all 12 candidates running for..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Desegregation of Austin's Movie Theatres

A history of the stand-in movement

"...years ago last week, while a few dozen UT students gathered at the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Jordan Buckley

Re-Forming AI$D

What's behind the national involvment in local school board races?

"...Ken Zarifis, president of Education Austin, the school employees' union, there's a big catch. "It's all the same vague..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dear White People

This idea-packed comedy pokes holes in the notion of a post-racial America.

"...Ostensibly, the film follows four black college students who are trying to hone their identities while students..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pete Seeger 1919-2014

Did the folk overseer ever play Austin?

"...that Seeger played another Austin show in 1961: a Student Peace Union rally at the Wesley Foundation on 22nd..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Film History, With a Fresher Date Than Usual

Austin Cinematheque opens season with Uncle Boonmee

"...the University of Texas at Austin campus. Surprisingly, this student collective is one of few groups dedicated these days..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets

Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story

"...the Capitol, it's also socially diverse, with 26% of students classified as economically disadvantaged. The school had also achieved..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our recommendations for the May 8 elections

"...seat on the board. Cowan has raised three AISD students and has devoted many years of dedicated volunteerism to..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Hospitality workers' union Unite Here is demanding the firm that runs most..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature

ACC Board Elections: Meet the Candidates

The candidates on taxing districts, remedial boot camps, and student culture

"...don't want to do is just increase fees for students or raise taxes too high, which I think will..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Exploitation's Glass Ceiling

Feminist filmmaker Stephanie Rothman on her short but brilliant run making B-movies

"...Her solo films – It's a Bikini World, The Student Nurses, The Velvet Vampire, Group Marriage, Terminal Island, and..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Powers on the Spot

Footage from the UT budget town hall [video]

"...of Austinites still don't know that they're going. Texas Union Executive Andy Smith, who was the point man on..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...toxic chemical leak from a pesticide factory owned by Union Carbide – now a subsidiary of Dow Chem­ic­al –..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• The Bus Riders Union of Austin, formed last year to advocate for mass-transit..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

AISD's Fingerprints

Teachers speak out against having to get fingerprinted

"...though she wouldn't name the teacher. Bruce Ban­ner, a union representative for Education Austin, said the union will stand..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Naked City

"...up to his elbows in the filth of the student-loan industry – is taking time out of his busy..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

Endorsements

"...little say), and Colin Kalmbacher is an ideologically naive student newcomer who knows almost nothing about Austin city government...."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements

"...little say), and Colin Kalmbacher is an ideologically naive student newcomer who knows almost nothing about Austin city government...."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Center, accused of abusing at least one of her students. Parents of one student allege Lowry pushed their 2-year-old..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of any kind. His upbringing being: an A/B honor student, a Sunday school student, a hard worker and responsible..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column

Everything Old Is New Again

A Texan's in the White House, we're in a quagmire war – and 'The Rag' returns to Austin

"...on that early fall evening. Now the 25-year-old graduate student hesitated at the top of the narrow staircase, peering..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...contract – the first to be crafted under the union's new collective bargaining rights, approved by voters in May..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...size, tenor, and fund-raising varied dramatically. At UT law student Rick Cofer's French Place party, for example, the enthusiasm-raising..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Two Schools of Thought

The upcoming ACC and AISD elections share a ballot but address different challenges

"...credit hour – a move actually endorsed by the student government. The financial boosts allow the college to begin..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

TCB

The Cactus Cafe turns 25

"...Tucked away in a corner of the Texas Union on the western edge of the UT campus, the..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond

"...speak at 7pm Wednesday, Nov. 5, in UT's Texas Union Ballroom (24th & Guadalupe). Admission is free, but requires..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Grin Without a Cat: Part 2

"...revisted the film after the fall of the Soviet Union and added material. Now, a two-part version has beenn..."

Oct. 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Winter Heat Wave at ACC

The heat is on Austin Community College President Richard Fonté.

"...plenty of heat to go around that night, as students, faculty, and staff stood up to criticize Fonté and..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Cathy Vaughan

Compassionate Profiling

The Austin Police Department is helping John Ashcroft's dragnet; critics say they may be violating state and city law in doing so.

"...Daily Texan and Tuesday's Statesman featured interviews with UT student Mohamed Adlouni, who said he had been questioned by..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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