Opinion: We Must Not Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights

Parties should be competing to win more votes, not working to keep voting down

"...The country watched as Democratic Texas lawmakers walked out of a legislative session in protest..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Tom Lopach

Bills Grant Texas Doctors Legal Cover to Mislead Pregnant Women

Is the Lege giving doctors a license to lie?

"...ultrasound that their future daughter had a 5% chance of surviving. Wall describes the revelation as a devastating moment...."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

A League of Their Own

"...more like the rumble just before a volcanic eruption. Often, the town that Richard Linklater's Slacker helped put on..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Anti-Choice Bill SB 8

Health providers hope to strike down second-trimester abortion ban

"...Planned Parenthood, a duo of Austin attorneys, and the Center for Reproductive Rights –..."

July 20, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Top 10 Reproductive Rights Stories

"...After issuing a stopgap to the disastrous final provision of anti-abortion law House Bill 2 in late June, the..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: United Defense of the Fetus

Campaign to end abortion is a national crusade

"...Early in last Friday's Senate debate over the anti-abortion bill (HB 2), the bill's sponsor, Katy Republican Glenn Hegar..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Outlawing Death and Cockfighting, and Restoring Rights for Drug Offenders

Committees to hear raft of criminal justice bills today

"...Cockfighting, restoring public assistance for drug offenders, and all things death penalty. Those are among the..."

March 29, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Human Rights Are Indivisible

International Human Rights Day activities in Austin strung together workers' rights, social services, and Texas' awful death penalty.

"...Austin's celebration last week of International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, was small but..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Column by Michael King

The War on Women’s Rights Wages On

The Senate continues its attacks on abortion

"...The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs unanimously voted on Feb...."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Biden Joins Fight to Revive Voting Rights Act

Bill would require Texas to get federal clearance

"...Citing the memory and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Vice President Joe Biden has..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...with some issues in Austin suburbs and the formation of municipal utility districts in the area. If you aren’t..."

March 28, 2025 News Feature

Texas Lege Preview: Another Barrage on LGBTQIA+ Texans

“Cruelty tactics” begin again

"...Remember the bathroom bill from the 2017 legislative session? It’s back. If Republicans..."

Jan. 10, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Qmmunity: Advocacy Orgs’ Toolkit Informs Trans Students of Their Rights

Plus, don't miss queer crafting, But I'm a Cheerleader screening, and more events

"...As the third special session of the 87th Texas Legislature kicks off this week, LGBTQIA..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Know Your Rights! The City Can Help

Workshops aimed at housing, employment discrimination

"...reallocated millions from Austin's police budget last summer, one of the primary beneficiaries was its newly created Office of..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last three, or..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Abortion Rights Lawsuit Filed Against State of Texas

"...On Friday, Sept. 27, reproductive rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the state of..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Perry Flips on Private Property Rights

Guv vetoes bill offering protections from eminent domain

"...Among the 49 bills Gov. Rick Perry vetoed last Friday was an expansive..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...are different from those raised elsewhere, in all kinds of weird and wonderful ways. Stephanie Erlewine has four of..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...$1,500 was a lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...some peace and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his wife Staci bought..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Top 10 Reproductive Rights Stories

In 2016, the fight for reproductive rights went all the way to the Supreme Court

"...Victory The U.S. Supreme Court ruled two major parts of the state's 2013 House Bill 2 unconstitutional. The Chronicle..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Courage of Dawnna Dukes

State representative discredits claims that abortion leads to mental health problems

"...In a political context of increasing restrictions on reproductive health, women lawmakers have begun..."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

From Womb to Bill to Law to Court?

Perry signs ultrasound-before-abortion bill

"...a spectacle as backdrop for signing the new ultrasound-before-abortion bill – perhaps on a Sunday after church? – he..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...book, Environmental City: People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Austin. Below are excerpts from our conversation...."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Fruits of Their Labor

How labor-related bills have fared this session

"...It's no secret that, in Texas, "good for big business" often means "bad for workers."..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reproductive Rights Fight

South Dakota lawmakers set stage for most targeted attack on abortion rights since 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling; and Bush's proposed FY 2007 budget features cuts to women's and family planning programs

"...the stage for the most targeted attack on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 ruling in Roe..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Human Rights Complaint Filed Against State Senate

Three former Senate staffers have filed suit for discriminatory firing.

"...Services director Katherine Staat filed a complaint with the Texas Commission on Human Rights against the Texas State Senate,..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...announced Tuesday, March 1, a return to Stage 3 of the area's COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines, and suggested the area..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...addressing Austin's housing affordability and supply. For our recap of Council's Nov. 30 work session covering CMs' respective ideas,..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...1973 when a kid called Tom Huckabee first met Bill Paxton. They were both students at Richmond College in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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