The Border Patrol Myth

The most dangerous policing job? Not so.

"...doing law enforcement, many people think that being a Border Patrol agent is uniquely risky. Much of the media..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Pointing Out Detention Centers "In Plain Sight"

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

"...close to the large tents pitched outside El Paso’s Border Patrol Station 1 that Maribel thought her prayers had..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi

The Hightower Report

Another Front Group for George; and Protecting America from Fair Drug Prices

"...and me? Yesiree, they are out there on our borders right now – protecting us from getting cheaper drugs..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Opinion: House Bill 7 Will Not Only Endanger the Lives of Migrants, but of All Texans

HB 7 is dangerously far-reaching. But we should also be worried about what it doesn't say.

"...As families across Texas are reeling from a string..."

May 26, 2023 Column by Hortencia Rodríguez Sandoval

How Driving Somebody From One Texas City to Another Can Turn Into a Prison Sentence

Rides from hell, thanks to Texas’ immigration law

"...Pass as state troopers and National Guard troops blocked Border Patrol officers from reaching the group, making national headlines..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Weed Watch

Limbaugh gets caught with illegal Viagra; and U.S. Supreme Court rules that police violation of knock-and-announce rule isn't grounds for suppression of evidence seized

"...time the Rushster was popped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, who found a bottle of Viagra in..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...Our Mission: Defending America's Southern Border From the Drug Cartel...."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Allegations of Mistreatment at a Southwest Key Shelter

The deportation complex

"...by her brother-in-law, a "very violent man that the police do not bother at all." On May 24, the..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...Austin's Chief of Police, Art Acevedo, dislikes the program; local immigrant rights advocates..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Naked City

"...Cave and Sedwick broke into Pitonyak's residence – though police had advised them there was not probable cause to..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"...interpreter provided by the Chronicle.) Once, she called the police to report her father's violence against her mother, but..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

The Problem With K2, Downtown Austin’s Most Dangerous Drug

APD cannot depend on big busts alone to solve the problem

"...as many as 10 related calls per day. Austin Police arrested street dealer after street dealer, and yet medics..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Headlines

"...James Boulware launched a heavily armed attack on Dallas police headquarters from a specially designed armored van...."

June 19, 2015 News Feature

Reefer Roundup: 9/9/11

Your roundup of drug war news

"...IF YOU ARREST A TRAFFICKER ON THE BORDER, DOES ANYBODY CARE?:..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...Despite the reports of neglect and mistreatment at a border facility in Clint, Texas, the federal government has moved..."

June 28, 2019 News Feature

Our Bodies, Our Cities

Austin and Beyond

"...might limit cities' almost-unilateral ability to expand outside their borders. Leading the pack is Round Rock Republican Mike Krusee,..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

At Your Service

Suburbanites Doubt the City's 411 on 911

"...illustration byDoug Potter Tracy Nelson has been been doing..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...illustration by Doug Potter It's a weeknight in March..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

And the Winner Is...

Who Will Benefit the Most From Annexation?

"...wealth escapes to the suburbs; multi-governmental jurisdictions inhibit environmental protection and infrastructure planning; economic and social equity suffers; annexation..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...a construction job in Round Rock, neighbors called the police because they found the music he and his co-workers..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Comrades in Court

Boll Weevil Case Could be City's Ace Card in Water Suit

"...illustration by Doug Potter..."

April 17, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...asked what a federal jury verdict exonerating an Austin police officer for pepper-spraying an anti-war demonstration meant for free..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...Travis Co. grand jury returned an indictment of Austin Police Officer Scott Glasgow for "criminally negligent homicide" in the..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bond Election Cliffs Notes

General Obligation Bonds

"...Prop. 1: Transportation..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hands off My MUD

Davenport Fights to Retain Independence It Never Had

"...Davenport MUD president Liz Newell speaks to city council..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by John Spong

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...by Kayte VanScoy A Kirkquirk: Watson often presides over..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Five Who Tried

"...Kirk Becker Ted Kircher John Johnson Ray Blanchette Jennifer..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

"...6. The traffic fatality was the first of 2008. Police say a Latino man in his mid-20s was crossing..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...laid to rest this week amid controversy over the police handling and media reporting of the incident. For more,..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...on political intrigue and more on zoning issues, environmental protection, and roads...."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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