Point Austin: What's Not on the Ballot

The ballot has some choices, but not all choices

"...affecting her precinct: the presidential and statewide races, her congressional and legislative districts, and various propositions for the municipality..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Austin in a Winter Wonderland

Three recommended books and a couple of holiday wishes

"...change creates." It's also an indispensable primer on local politics, digging beneath the surfaces of flashpoints like the Northcross..."

Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature

Finding Hope ... in Bed!

Tim Miller's latest trip to Austin finds the noted performance artist optimistic about being gay

"...sexes was significant, as was the trouncing that the politics-of-fear party took in the congressional races, and that can't..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fun With Carole, Rick, and Greg

The budget standoff provides a snapshot of the new Texas politics.

"...crude as to suggest that perhaps some internal Republican politics lay at the root of the dispute -- based..."

June 27, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Naturally Nader

Consumer Advocate Mounts Green Party Presidential Campaign

"...Under the Nader Administration, the Catholic, top-down model of politics will be replaced with a Protestant one, where everyone..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...past 25 years, they've changed the face of Austin politics and the minds of Austin voters. Their influence is..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Greg Casar and Eddie Rodriguez Fight for the Progressive Mantle in TX-35

The two candidates race to the left

"...first time in a decade, voters in Texas' 35th congressional district will nominate a Democrat who isn't named Lloyd..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

When Dewhurst Goes Back to Senate

How Cruz and Campbell's run-off wins rewrite the Legislature

"...Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, who was replaced by 2010 Congressional also-ran Donna Campbell...."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

We the Corporations?; and Lawmakers Dance With the Devil

"...emphatic national "uh-uh" to the court's corporatization of our politics. Indeed, the decision was opposed by big majorities of..."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Citizens Not Invited

The Dems and Repubs posture over redistricting, while the rest of us just look on.

"...vigilance and consumerism, the folks in charge of Texas politics have gone right on fussing and fighting over which..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something

The "Cat's in the Cradle" musician who was so much more

"...your upper chest – ears ten-hut like a hare’s. Congressional Gold Medals began minting in our country’s Declaration of..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Point Austin: Watching the Races

Yes, it’s early – but Austin voters can start boning up now

"...Regime, it has become increasingly painful to think about politics – and almost impossible to think about anything else...."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: “The Time to Act Is Now”

Lloyd Doggett on the need to begin impeachment proceedings

"...Doggett insists that Trump's intransigence as well as the congressional calendar demand a stronger and swifter response...."

June 21, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Election Ticker: Endorse-a-Rama

You gotta support somebody

"...of National Initiatives. (For background, see "Strange Bedfellows, Stranger Politics," Aug. 10.) For more info, or to register to..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

The AggreGAYtor: January 23

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Meanwhile, Ron Fournier, the National Journal’s racialismism caliper,..."

Jan. 23, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Point Austin: A Hill of Beans

Tom DeLay's story is a profile in political corruption

"...brooding reaction to the ongoing trial of former GOP congressional Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Travis County prosecutors are trying..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

We may come to regret there are so few intelligent conservative voices making themselves heard

"...March 14, p.19). In this emergency, the Republican Party's congressional stance is: Contribute nothing...."

March 27, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Religulous

Bill Maher walks with the angels in this documentary, which he uses as his pulpit to proselytize the gospel of doubt.

"...and a truckers' church in the Bible Belt, a congressional office and the church he attended as a child...."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to run in the primary for the newly gerrymandered Congressional District 10, a group of Democrats is trying to..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

The Republican right's hypocritical rhetoric machine has become so dazzling and effective it can only be viewed as (highly successful) conceptual art.

"...Commenting on hypocrisy in politics is about as aggressively naive as being shocked to..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The Rodriguez and Avellán film team rocks; the guv and Lege do not; waiting on Will Wynn & Company; and in Let Us Now Praise Famous Chroniclers.

"...Legislature are engaged in a blindfolded, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey game of congressional redistricting. The same gang celebrated its achievement in overcoming..."

July 25, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

"...active in both state and Harris County Democratic Party politics. Moreover, the LGRL board of directors is relying on..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Building Black Momentum

A report on the African-American Legislative Summit

"..."But for me, that summit was about policy, not politics."..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

District 47

"...all together in one race, they make for bang-up politics. Sheriff Terry Keel, whose heroic antics in public and..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature

Page Two: Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they are out to get you, either

"..."American politics has often been an arena for angry minds. ......"

May 27, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Preview

"...www.msnbc.com/news/politics_front.asp..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature

Not So Red

A "blue state" reporter journeys through the multi-colored regions of the Lone Star State

"..."red states," in order to talk to people about politics and why they vote the way they do. During..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Rose Aguilar

Point Austin: Giving Thanks

In the spirit of the season, a few celebrations

"...the Trump administration and its state strongholds. Nationwide, Democratic Congressional candidates outstripped Republicans by roughly 8.5 million votes, or..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Live Election Night Results & Updates

The latest from the polls and candidate watch parties

"...“It’s still too soon to tell,” Democratic Congressional candidate Mike Siegel said a little after 10pm. “It..."

Nov. 6, 2018 News Post by News Staff

Point Austin: Primary Afterthoughts

Waking up wondering if Texas will ever be purple

"...campaign, rejecting corporate PAC money and speaking from both congressional experience and a left-populist approach to politics. The latter..."

March 9, 2018 News Column by Michael King

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