Naked City

"...Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Nate Blakeslee, Robert Bryce, Kevin Fullerton,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 News Feature

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...Meet Alfred Stanley, Dean Rindy, and David Butts, Austin's premier liberal/Democratic consultants. Over the past 25 years,..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...What's a citywide election without a few high-dollar propositions on the May 3 ballot?..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Lunar Vacation, Nané Day, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Grab the earplugs and hit the clubs

"...connection. Last year’s fourth LP Every Time I Think About You kicks lightly with sharp melodies and a rambling..."

April 11, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Anime, Activism, and Aerodynamics in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture abound!

"...cabin by Walden Pond, Sanchez adds a spacey twist. Astronaut “H” lives alone on the moon, harvesting matter for..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...South by Southwest will be kicking off its 2025 Film..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...on the streets of Lima, Peru, Luis Zapata drowned out the noise with an explosion of a different kind:..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...pages of material in the DEIS is a deep cut from TxDOT's back catalog: Appendix U contains a presentation..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

One Afghan Family’s Journey to Safety in Texas

From Kabul to Austin

"...As the Taliban advanced throughout Afghan­istan in the summer of 2021, Siawash Osian had..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

The New Moneyball in National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits

"...person earlier this month because he was, as he put it, "in Saudi Arabia, blowing things up." He was..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summertime

L.A. poetry slam never quite makes a full movie

"...Since Summertime’s debut at Sundance in 2020, director Carlos López Estrada has..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Opinion: We Still Haven’t Solved Austin’s Public Transit Problems

People don't get out of their cars to use public transit because it's inefficient

"...to solve. After all, Cincinnati built a 2-mile subway system in the early 1900s that was never completed because..."

May 7, 2021 Column by Barbara Epstein

Austin Begins to Descend – Again – From a COVID Surge Peak

Steady as the COVID goes

"...Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott's joint briefing to Austin City Council..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Local Officials Seek COVID Clarity as Surge Eases Slightly

Lost in vaccination

"...The complicated reality of vaccine rollout was made evident in a joint briefing from Austin..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Opinion: Medical Students Support Ballot Measures

Propositions A and B are key to a healthier future

"...In our very first weeks as students at UT-Austin's Dell Medical School, we discussed chronic diseases and the..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Daniel R. Bamrick-Fernandez and Scott Spivey Provencio

Nursing-Home Families Want Answers as COVID Comes Back

Still seeking safety as the data remains unclear

"...been two months since Austin City Council passed a resolution meant to fortify nursing homes and protect their residents..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19

There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad

"...tragic story of Life Care Center, a nursing home outside Seattle where dozens of residents succumbed to the novel..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Erin Martinson’s Entry Heats Up D.A. Primary Race

Lawyer, victim advocate to challenge incumbent Margaret Moore

"...Center, cited what she called Travis County’s “lack of prosecutorial leadership around sexual assault cases” as her primary motivation..."

July 10, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Travis County Revisits Creating Public Defenders’ Office

Legal panel ponders questions pondered many times before

"...Judging from Monday night’s “conversation” about the possibility of creating a Travis County Public Defenders’..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

22 July

Horrific Norwegian terrorist attack dissected a little too cleanly to be moving

"...killed 77 citizens in dual attacks. A car bomb outside the offices of the prime minister and Ministry of..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bills Grant Texas Doctors Legal Cover to Mislead Pregnant Women

Is the Lege giving doctors a license to lie?

"...and her husband discovered through an ultrasound that their future daughter had a 5% chance of surviving. Wall describes..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

What Happens to Rape Victims?

Sixteen months and nothing

"...life change in an instant. She'd spent the night out Downtown and followed a man she'd just met into..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Kathryn Lundstrom

Headlines

"...No regular City Council meeting until Sept. 1, but they do meet today, Aug. 25 – convening at..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature

Early Voting Low, Election Day Energized

Crunching some numbers in Travis County elections

"...far, the county and campaigns have been indicating extraordinary turnout for election day, which is good news after a..."

March 1, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Hornography: Stampede!

"...Stretch forward Connor Lammert scored 15 points, with three clutch three-pointers – including one that put the Horns over..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Sports Column by Kahron Spearman

Lege Lines

School finance debate heats up, HHSC consolidation on hold?, and more

"...you had missed it, the whole public school finance system has been found unconstitutional (see "Texas School Funding," Sept...."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Campaign Snapshots

7pm, Wednesday, Oct. 8

"...problems facing District 10 can seem mild; residents worry about traffic and property taxes, but these are citywide complaints...."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Votes Pending: The Case for Connect

Cap Metro board endorses initial rail route

"...redevelopment to East Riverside, adding language in support of future expansion to Austin-Bergstrom Inter­na­tion­al Air­port. Today, (Thursday, June 26),..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Point Austin: Dis Connect

Urban rail may be going off the tracks

"...is currently making its official rounds and its public outreach tour (more details in "Project Connect Accel­er­ates"), although final..."

June 13, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Civics 101

"...BACK TO SCHOOL: TIME TO PUT ON YOUR (CRITICAL) THINKING CAPS UT Journalism professor Robert..."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Column

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