ACLU Blasts Drug Task Forces

Yet more charges of impropriety against Texas' much-maligned supernarcs

"...in "Flawed Enforcement," the second installment of a two-part study of the regional operations. The RNTFs receive little oversight..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Beyond City Limits

"...A new study by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Justice Policy Institute..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature

Confounded Constable

County Judge Sam Biscoe Wins a Bureaucratic & Political Battle With Constable Bruce Elfant.

"...he should pursue based on the findings of a study by the county's Planning and Budget Office (PBO). He..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Off The Desk:

"..."[There is a] complete disparity between the way they are dealing with Ellinger and..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature

About AIDS

Plastic Condoms Get One Thumb Up, One Down

"...use a traditional rolled-on condom. A UN AIDS Programme study with a large group of prostitutes in Thailand found..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column

Road Shows

Are County Bond Proposals Good for the Long Haul?

"...rural county roads increases to accommodate increased sprawl, this disparity in taxation means that city taxpayers in effect are..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...Rodríguez Soto in Liliana Torres’ Mamifera, an aching character study of motherhood, breathes life into a complex character by..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Opinion: The Texas State Board of Education is Failing LGBTQ+ Students

School districts and families will need to pick up the slack left by SBOE’s recent decision to exclude sexual orientation and gender identity from the curriculum

"...for heterosexual students but not for LGB+ students. This disparity may occur because even comprehensive sex education methods can..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Katherine Goldey

Headlines

"...Chief Equity Officer position, an office meant to address disparity gaps and ensure equal access to the city's services...."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"...the next six years, and a 2012 Brewers Association study reported that Texas' craft beer industry contributed over $2.3..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

SXSWedu Announces 2016 Speakers

Autism thought leader Temple Grandin to deliver keynote speech

"...area of many areas in IT with serious gender disparity...."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Crash Course

Cabs try to survive in the era of Uber

"...No matter the specifics, it's obvious a disparity exists. Franchises can map out their weekly grossings before..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Point Austin: Recalling Eroy Brown

Groundbreaking Texas inmate murder case reflects long fight for justice

"...book, The Trials of Eroy Brown, provides an illuminating study of recent but nearly forgotten state history. Subtitled The..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Column by Michael King

A Quarrel With the Status Quo

Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.

"...is also going to take care of the racial disparity that is there now...."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Letters at 3AM: Occupy the Future

Corporations are not people

"...the economy, the president referenced the 1% and 99% disparity because he had to; for now, no one can..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

City Hall Hustle: New Lease on Quality of Life

Steering away from the turbulence of the past

"...fallen by 6.4%), "the greatest concern in the entire study," said Linder, is the black unemployment rate. In 2000,..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Rich, the Poor, and the AE Generation Plan

Social service groups weigh in on Austin Energy's generation plan

"...fall also marks the beginning of a yearlong cost-of-service study to precede a 2012 "rate case" during which, among..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Accommodating Women: The AFD vs. Nona Allen

"...into the bare women's locker room so she could study for her competency exams (crucial to her graduating from..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Report: Blacks 10 Times More Likely to Be Jailed for Drug-Related Offenses Than Whites

Justice Policy Institute encouraging lawmakers to focus more on drug treatment and less on punitive measures

"...jailing users, after the results of a new JPI study revealed that although whites and blacks use drugs at..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Peak Oil in the Energy State

2007 Houston World Oil Conference focused on eventual point at which world oil production outpaces global demand

"...leading voice on peak oil, calling foul on the disparity between producers’ rosy reserve estimates and declining production. Characterizing..."

Nov. 1, 2007 News Post by Daniel Mottola

TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?

State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency

"...cannot be completed. There is currently a $2 billion disparity between SB 1, the Senate finance bill, and HB..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Racial Fairness in the Criminal Justice System

Activists, academics, advocates gather at Columbia to address issue of racial fairness in criminal justice system

"...U.S. Supreme Court was called on to address racial disparity in the application of the death penalty. University of..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

The Town Lake Variance Shuffle

The hike-and-bike trail, questionable developer tactics, and a potential windfall for urban parks all flow together on East Riverside Drive

"...the bellwether project is shaping up as a case study that could help convince City Council to amend the..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...white and black. It's no secret that the economic disparity between the two communities serve as a study in..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I don't think it necessary to detail the obvious disparity in population numbers and cultural differences beween the U.S...."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...According to a study released April 6 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics,..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature

Economics From the Bottom Up

A profile of Accion Texas, CDC, and other microlenders

"...live below the poverty line. The issue of income disparity has pushed its way to the top of the..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...As in previous years, the study revealed that African-American children are at far greater risk..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature

Two Bios of Barbara

"...Jordan was fiercely ambitious and became a quick study in political maneuvering in both the Texas Senate and..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Review

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...murdered two days after publishing the results of a study he directed on atrocities in Guatemala. In his report,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

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