In the Worst Moments of Austinites’ Lives, APD Victim Services Shows Up

Inside one of APD’s most-celebrated divisions

"...dispatched to a suspected drowning call involving a 7-year-old child at an apartment complex in North Central Austin. While..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started

Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes

"...Gardner Betts is essentially a jail for children who commit crimes in Travis County. It sits on..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Color Purple

Musical of Alice Walker's classic novel raised by stacked cast

"...(Mpasi), a 14-year-old Black girl who survives years of abuse and eventually discovers her power, has a new life..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Color in Sara Hickman’s An Eclectic Array of Texas Musicians

Presenting two illustrations from Sara Hickman’s new volume

"...for Rescue One More, an Austin nonprofit that aids child survivors of sexual abuse in Uganda, through her recently..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...a guidebook for young people discovering their gender and sexual identities. It has chapters on queer identities, the coming..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Opinion: If We’re Outlawing Drag, Can We Please Burn Down Hooters Next?

"...HB 643 insisted that drag perpetuates misogyny and "exposing children to very sexual content at an early age."..."

June 9, 2023 Column by Mae Joldersma

ACLU Threatens Paxton With Lawsuit After Dell Children’s Exodus

Investigation of gender-affirming care may be unconstitutional

"...Dell Children’s Medical Hospital is keeping tight-lipped about what caused the..."

May 19, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Death Row Inmate Fights to Have His Childhood Abuse Considered by a Jury

Anibal Canales’ jury didn’t know him, only his crime

"...Content warning: sexual assault, violence..."

April 3, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...in Waco, no stranger to cult leaders accused of sexual assault. Trump asserts Texas is "Trump Country," but a..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature

Texas Lege Preview: Homophobic Holdout

Democrats try to remove anti-gay laws; Republicans don't want kids to be trans

"...ban all publicly funded schools from including instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity to students through eighth grade...."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...A photojournalist turns her lens on the decades of sexual abuse her family and community experienced at the hands..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...30 that Paxton's office dismissed several human trafficking and child sexual assault cases this month after losing track of..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Feature

Safety Resources Every College Student in Austin Should Know About

Get to know the local orgs that center community well-being

"...along with disposal sites for used syringes. Domestic or Sexual Violence Support..."

Aug. 18, 2022 Chronolog Post by Valeria Valdez

City Ends Contract With Operator of Austin's Downtown Homeless Shelter

Chronic underperformance catches up with Front Steps

"...and SAFE Alliance, which helps survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual assault, have hit 217% and 148%..."

July 15, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Death Watch: Man Set to Die Pleads for His Life

Texas has executed 574 people since 1976; the Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended clemency for five

"...Jail. His mother was a 17-year-old who drank and abused drugs during her pregnancy; she abandoned him after his..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Council Fast-Tracks Move to Decriminalize Abortion in Austin

A moment of GRACE

"...According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, about 1 in 9 girls..."

July 1, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Death Watch: A Mother Set to Die

Melissa Lucio says she didn't kill her daughter and half of the Texas House of Representatives agree

"...2008 trial that she was guilty of murdering her child. Now, as the state of Texas prepares to put..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over Finds the Anti-Punk in Full Fury

Beth B blows it all up in new documentary

"..."The following film discusses assault, child abuse, and mature situations." That disclaimer opens Lydia Lunch:..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Council: A Rezoning Case at Historic Delta Kappa Gamma House

On the agenda: A contract with the SAFE Alliance to run a new family violence shelter and Stratus eyes the sky

"...the SAFE Alliance, Austin's largest nonprofit helping survivors of child abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence, to run a..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Yet Another Reason to Oppose Police Violence: It's Costing Us Millions of Dollars

Money for victims, perpetrators, and alternatives all comes from the same place

"...you can assign for the pain of losing a child. The ripple effects of police misconduct run deep, and..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Manley Makes His Exit

Police chief's 30-year career at APD will end March 28

"...as chief, he said that his time in the Child Abuse Unit was where he was able to make..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sundance Review: Cusp

Texas documentary raises and struggles with questions of consent

"...experiences on camera. They lay out their histories with sexual assault without reservation, their faces mostly blank besides the..."

Feb. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Announces Retirement

Manley's 30-year career with APD will end March 28

"...and APD’s handling of issues raised by survivors of sexual assault, including evidence that the department relied heavily on..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Paxton Emerges From Seclusion, Faces Senate Skeptics

Embattled Texas Attorney General appeared Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee

"...to perhaps be ashamed, noting that programs to combat sexual assault and child abuse in his office are facing..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...foot in his ex-in-law's house to pick up his children. An early quirky and poetic coming-of-age. (Texas Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...my heart is with you. I'm praying for your child."..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Qmmunity: 2020's Biggest Queer and Trans Stories

Looking back on a rollercoaster of a year

"...and big visions for many of Austin's HIV/AIDS and sexual health services orgs. AIDS Services of Austin kicked off..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Revealing America’s Classroom Fetish in FX’s A Teacher

Hannah Fidell uncovers an abuse of trust

"...from reality enough to perpetrate these crimes and this abuse?"..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Showtime's Outcry Unravels the Greg Kelley Case

Everyone thinks they know what happened to the wrongly-accused Leander highschooler, but Pat Kondelis needed to find the whole story

"...in legal circles to describe when a victim of sexual assault first tells their story. It's the signal that..."

June 26, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Local Nonprofits Adapt to Help People Survive Domestic Violence During COVID-19

Seeking shelter when home isn't safe

"...of contact for those seeking to survive domestic violence, sexual assault and exploitation, and child abuse – received some..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

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