Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...There are plenty of reasons to love Austin and the..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Opinion: Conspiracy Theorists Are Central to the New Voter Suppression. I Got to Know One of Them Too Well.

Op-ed: Austin City Council Member Greg Casar traces a fringe candidate's vendetta against him to Trump's Big Lie

"...I have personal experience with conspiracy theorists whose lies and misrepresentations are being used to push..."

May 21, 2021 Column by Greg Casar

Austin At Large: Chronicles of Deaths, Foretold

The coronavirus works for free and cares not about its approval rating

"...Having already failed on a horrendous scale at the most fundamental requirements of the jobs..."

May 22, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council: Throwin’ Shade

City Council, hotter than an August sun

"...City Council members went into last weekend already in need of a break from one another,..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...Last November, a few days after the election, I sent my family a note requesting that..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Point Austin: Looking for a Magic Bullet

CodeNEXT arguments reflect the complexity of affordability problems

"...Elsewhere in this issue, Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and Council Member Greg Casar discuss the in-progress rewrite of..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers

The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large

"...Kenneth Semien Sr. stands on the Texas Capitol steps in early April. This..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan

Live at the Lege

The Chronicle counts down to sine die

"...word on a special session. We're checking out for the day. See this week's "Lege Lines" in the paper..."

May 29, 2017 News Post by the News Staff

Angela Davis Closes Out UT's Inaugural Black Matters Conference

Educator and former political prisoner captivates with keynote address

"...Finishing with a flourish, the University of Texas' first annual international Black Studies conference,..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Haskell Wexler and Taking a Stand

Editor Louis Black on the creative visionary

"...Editor's Note: Pioneering cinematographer and director Haskell Wexler passed away Sunday, Dec. 27, at..."

Dec. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

Point Austin: Those Who Sow the Wind

The national GOP continues to perpetuate its permanent culture of extremism

"...Thus far, I've been resisting the impulse to comment on the presidential campaigns. The Chronicle..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Letter from Edinburgh

Secession, Scottish style - Texas, it ain't

"...Scotland is on the brink of radical transformation. As we..."

Sept. 17, 2014 News Post by Akwugo Emejulu

SXSW Eco: The Culture War to Save the World

Punk, hip-hop and literature sign up for the eco fight

"...Maybe it's the fixation on burlap. but American environmentalism has long been..."

Oct. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Food Issue: When Vegetables Aren't Enough

John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism,” and the Ideology of Food

"...roughly from purist vegans through sushi savants to connoisseurs of deep-fried turkey. They pursue their gastronomic passions with singular..."

June 12, 2013 Food Post by Michael King

Civics 101

"...AFTER CAPITALISM Activist monk and author Dada Maheshvarananda speaks on economic democracy in action,..."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Column

Memoirs of a Movement

Remembering the campaign to Save Our Springs

"...Co-founder and director of the SOS Coa­lition; elected to City Council..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature

What's Your Occupation?

Targeting July Fourth and the Capitol, Occupy Austin considers its future

"..."ONE, we are the people!..."

June 29, 2012 News Feature by Adam Wasch

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...During the week of March 19, legendary journalist Seymour Hersh was..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Ways To Fix America

"...Dear Editor, An economic guide for those who cannot see and do: 1)..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Postmarks

Point Austin: One, Two, Many Occupations

A movement being born is many things

"...Attempting to describe Occupy Austin – and more broadly, the Occupy movement worldwide – immediately conjures..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

TDH: 9/23/11

November spawned a monster: Split council keeps May vote

"...Debeauvoir it would be “far less confusing for voters, and far less challenging” to move to November than to..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...We spoke with Council Member Randi Shade at her Clarksville home on Friday, May 20,..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Bedside Manner: Before the Fall

Browsing the stacks

"...pretty bad bookslide last night. Nothing as dramatic as the Alexander McCall Smith collapse of '09 – when one..."

March 28, 2011 Books Post by Nick Barbaro

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...We can point and grumble about economic indicators and wail and gnash about..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Living in Illusion

Chris Hedges on the inevitable consequences of empire

"...Austin Chronicle: Your book Empire of Illusion might be described as an extended polemic against..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Clinton's Wars, Bush's Wars, Obama's ...

A peace prize, a peace rally, and more of the same

"..."It is easier to start wars than to end them."..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Capitalism: A Love Story

Michael Moore wants to know where our money went.

"...Directed by: Michael Moore. The aspects of Michael Moore’s filmmaking that we have come..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

12

Essentially a Russianized version of the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men, 12 is a moral powerhouse that's both intellectually riveting and indescribably poetic.

"...Gazarov, Mikhail Efremov, Valentin Gaft, Alexey Gorbunov, Sergey Artsybashev and Victor Verzhbitsky. 12 is essentially a Russianized version of..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Watson's 3/17 Speech Against Voter ID

Transcript of Austin senator's remarks

"...one may have about Austin Sen. Kirk Watson, one of them can't be that the man doesn't give a..."

March 18, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

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