Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...In 2003, Maricela Martinez-Uresti was sentenced to 108 months in prison for transporting..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

The Human Right of Marriage

Austin couple at center of Texas marriage equality case

"...After more than 40 hours in labor, doctors told Cleopatra De Leon she would..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Los Zetas on the Backstretch

Drug cartel launders money with horse racing

"...According to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday, 15 members of the Los Zetas drug cartel..."

June 13, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Welcome to the Circus!

The redistricting fight and the grassroots politics of chaos

"...six months of trials, delays, allegations, and political infighting, the 2012 Texas redistricting process seems to have reached a..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...By midmorning on Aug. 30, 2007, Austin defense attorney Keith Hampton still had..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Netflix Coming to the Wii

Second rate-movies, streaming soon

"...I'm sure by now all you Wii owners have been pushed..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Two Years Gone – How Many Left to Save the Planet?

This Earth Day, urgent evidence of global warming should kick the Austin Climate Protection Plan into higher gear

"..."WHEREAS, global scientific consensus predicts as a consequence of global warming costly and..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Graveyard: Ungrateful Are We the Dead

Graveyard

"...Seldom have the opening notes of any rock album had the effect..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

What's the Max Bid on a Tank?

Feds find military surplus equipment being sold via ebay, Craigslist

"...Looking for some sensitive military equipment? Try Craigslist!..."

April 11, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Longhorns Opener Friday; International Results; WC Around the Corner

"...The UT Lady Longhorns open their season this Friday with..."

Aug. 29, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

A Battle on the Shuttle

For aggrieved UT drivers, the buck stops at Capital Metro

"...According to onetime UT Shuttle bus driver and former Amalgamated Transit Union Local..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tears of the Sun

"...Directed by: Antoine Fuqua. Starring: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Eamonn Walker,..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Climbing the Family Tree

Virginia Wood finds that with the help of U.S. census records, finding the roots of her family is possible.

"...When my sisters and I began investigating our family history, we could tell from birth and death..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Virginia B. Wood

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...Saturday evening, September 4, magician turned sitcom star (and former..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

The 'Shroom Boom

Fall Is the Time for Wild Fungus Fun

"...photograph by John Anderson Mushrooms are funny things. Filling your plate with fungus hardly..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

The Li'l Green Aggravation Society

Rock & Roll's Cain & Abel: The Kinks' Davies Brothers

"...Everything you've ever heard about the Kinks is true. Everything you've..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Opinion: The Right Wing Is Attacking Queer & Trans Americans to Distract From Their Bigger Agenda

Congressman Greg Casar on taking the fight for LGBTQIA+ Texans to the national level

"...Austin and Washington, D.C., share many things in common. They..."

June 21, 2024 Column by Greg Casar

Day Trips: The Big Thicket National Preserve, Kountze

One of the first preserves turns 50 against all odds

"...The Big Thicket National Preserve turns 50 years old this..."

March 29, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Could ERCOT Connect to the Southeastern U.S. Grids?

Plan in the works to build transmission lines through Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi

"...Texas has long maintained a stubbornly independent electric grid, unlike the rest of the United..."

Jan. 12, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Austin Chronic – Which Is Better: Marijuana or Fentanyl?

According to the government, cannabis is scarier than the drug killing over 150 people a day

"...President Joe Biden would have to take a dab rip during a State..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Verde Report: Austin FC Splurges on Veteran Goalscorer Maxi Urruti

The Verde has now made two signings on the attacking end of the field

"...Only one team in Major League Soccer's Western Conference – the Houston Dynamo – performed..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Let’s Celebrate the Fourth of July with Food and Fun

Wave that flag, raise a toast, maybe kiss a fellow American

"...Ah, yes – here comes the 2021 celebration of Independence Day in the good old..."

June 24, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Despite Disaster, Austin Leveled Up in the 2020 Census

Austin-Travis County was the only city-county pair in Texas to beat its 2010 census response rate

"...Despite a pandemic, a meddling president, and anti-immigrant maneuvering casting shadows over the 2020 census, Austin and Travis..."

June 25, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Missing in Brooks County Explores a New Location for the Immigration Crisis

Cine Las Americas selection explores death [not] on the border

"...There are bodies on the ground in Brooks County. Since..."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: The Impossible Choice for Parents and Caregivers at the Border

The inhumane treatment of adults and children migrants must stop

"...As our country faces its first pandemic (COVID-19) since 2009, our..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Column by Natalie Fellows

Opinion: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s Comments Scapegoat, Endanger, and Distract

The senator has put his Asian American constituents in harm’s way, while giving cover to the government’s anemic response to the COVID-19 pandemic

"...On March 18, the senior U.S. senator from Texas, John Cornyn, endorsed a..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Nick Bloom

U.S. Rep Will Hurd Walks the Purple Line at Trib Fest

Outbound GOP rep tells opening-night crowd: "Texas is a jump ball."

"...U.S. Rep Will Hurd, R-Helotes – whose decision to not..."

Sept. 26, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Another Year of the Gun

As the carnage continues, the Legislature shrugs again

"...The latest high-profile mass shooting – 13 people dead, six..."

June 7, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Wages of Civility

The Supreme Court confirms that elections have consequences

"...No doubt if Democrats had only been nicer to Senate Majority..."

June 29, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Texas Book Festival 2017: After the Uprising: The Shi'a Sunni Divide

Geneive Abdo gets below the surface of Middle East conflicts

"...My fascination with the Middle East had drawn me to The New Sectarianism,..."

Nov. 5, 2017 Arts Post by Elizabeth Banicki

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