The Texas Conference for Women Turns 20 With Expanded Programming

Megan Rapinoe, Tracee Ellis Ross to keynote nonprofit, nonpartisan networking event

"...Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Texas Conference for Women returns to the Austin Convention Center..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Then There's This: The Awesome Power of Women

Political group aims to increase voter turnout and so much more

"...Davis campaign and you're likely to see the names of men – usually seasoned political veterans – positing their..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Fate of Women's Health Care in Court's – and Perry's – Hands

State hangs fire on Women's Health Program, awaits court decision

"...Two facts about Texas' Women's Health Program have remained constant. First, abortion care..."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Class of 1985

The 69th Legislature, 1985, marked a turning point in the future of Texas politics

"...If you want to know who runs the state of Texas you can consult the constitution, enroll in a..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Texas Awaits Supreme Court HB 2 Ruling

Attorneys voice confidence in SCOTUS striking abortion law

"...next few weeks the U.S. Supreme Court, in one of the most significant reproductive rights cases in more than..."

June 7, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

How Women Are Changing the World of Wine by Reclaiming the Vine

Wonder Women of Wine advocates for gender equality and diversity in the wine industry

"...and culture, and wine is such a big part of that ... and she was right!"..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

COP25: Women as Agents of Change in the Climate Crisis

VIDEO: Increasing the role of women in climate change mitigation

"...turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy/Texas Impact is..."

Dec. 9, 2019 News Post

theSkimm Founders Explain Why They're Betting on Millennial Women

Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg want you to "live smarter"

"...theSkimm in 2012 with a mission to help millennial women, via their daily digest of news stories, to live..."

Oct. 28, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...grown accustomed to the parking cones, forklifts, and sounds of rapid construction. But in Feb­ru­ary, that clatter should end,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Built by Women, for Women

Women's community center provides resources, meeting space

"...marginalized. Surprisingly, Austin was missing a one-stop-shop center for women to organize, host informational events, and receive resource support,..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Jessi Cape

Millions for Propaganda ... Nothing for Women's Health

Texas heavily underwrites anti-abortion centers, while slashing reproductive care

"...To your right, a basket full of free pocket-size Bibles and Christ-centered booklets; to your left,..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

New HB 2 Suit Challenges Regulations That Could Shutter All But Six Texas Clinics

Suit seeks to block enforcement of two provisions

"...a week after an appeals court upheld two provisions of the controversial House Bill 2, abortion providers on Wednesday..."

April 3, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Making Women Suffer

The self-appointed defenders of life and family values are neither

"...Opponents of Planned Parenthood insist that giving the organization federal dollars..."

April 22, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Women Fight for Abortion Access at Texas Supreme Court

What exactly does “life-threatening” mean?

"...A group of women whose lives were endangered by Texas’ ban on..."

Nov. 29, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Women's Jail Vote Postponed Amid Community Pushback

Justice advocates, formerly incarcerated women outraged by proposed expansion

"...its vote on a $4.3 million design contract, part of the $79 million estimated cost of a controversial new..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

GOP Targets Women's Health, LGBTQ Community in First Day of Lege Filing

Texas Dems vow to keep up the fight for LGBTQ residents, women

"...Wasting no time, Texas legislators filed three abortion-restrictive bills and the first anti-LGBTQ..."

Nov. 14, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

State Offers No Evidence of Health Benefit During Fetal Burial Rule Hearing

Austin abortion provider calls rule “cruel” to patients

"...a proposed state health department rule that would force women to bury or cremate their fetal and embryonic remains..."

Jan. 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Salt of the Earth

Local activists remember Cesar Chavez on the seventh anniversary of his death.

"...did. Chavez's influence on Austin is remarkable, considering that Texas is a right-to-work state with no allegiance to other..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Paul Ciavarri

Movies or Medicaid: A False Choice at the Texas Legislature

Another tug o’ war over funding for Texas’ film, TV, and gaming industry rebate program

"...from Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Dallas, as funding for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program took its traditional biennial..."

April 12, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Judge Sparks Critical of State's Defense of Fetal Burial Rule

Anti-choice rule will not go into effect until Jan. 27

"...During the second day of hearings to challenge a state health department rule that..."

Jan. 5, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

The 2016-17 Austin Music Awards’ Texan Tower of Song

Thirty-five years of AMAs? More like 181 years of Texas on one stage, on one night!

"...Stones pledge since 6 thanks to the overlapped harmonies of "Honky Tonk Women" during a kiddie drive time TV..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Advocates Sue Texas Over Prisoners Being “Cooked To Death”

Filmmaker Rick Linklater joins the call for action

"...Spring is almost over. Soon, tens of thousands of Texas inmates in prisons without air conditioning..."

April 23, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles

Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic

"...While the Austin Film Festival's full slate of films and panels doesn't drop until mid-September, today they..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Remembrance of Texas Past

The Year in Texas Lit

"...We remember the Alamo. Agnostics in the Church of the Alamo had reason to be a little mystified..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Women's Legislative Days

"Where are all the young people?"

"...At last week's Women's Legislative Days conference, about 300 women – many older,..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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

COP28: Climate Migration Is Coming. Is Texas Prepared?

Extreme heat, weather, drought will cause displacement

"...turn to Dubai for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light is..."

Dec. 12, 2023 News Post

Something Short of Miraculous

Months in the making, the city's plan to maintain reproductive services at Brack still raises questions.

"...afternoon rush-hour march from Brackenridge Hospital to the headquarters of the Diocese of Austin, carrying signs that expressed "keep..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Health Advocates Deliver Thousands of Comments to Oppose Texas' Pre-Abortion Booklet Revisions

Austin Rep. Donna Howard calls state-sponsored booklet "propaganda"

"...While Kryston Skinner dreamed of starting a family one day, she knew it was..."

July 27, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

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