At A Time

"...who believes in science. At a time of mass violence within our churches and schools, we need someone who..."

July 2, 2020 Postmarks

Dems Vie for Incumbent Rep. John Carter’s Round Rock Seat

North of Austin, a range of liberals in TX-31 contest

"...role for "the private sector." (Other issues: immigration reform, gun safety, environmental protection.)..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Abbott Appoints Domestic Terrorism Task Force in El Paso's Wake

Thoughts, prayers, committees

"...Pressed to take action on gun violence – including calls for a special session –..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Bullock Museum Screens Bonnie and Clyde

Texas Focus series spotlights seminal Sixties film

"...as a taboo-busting masterpiece by some; others thought its violence a portent of a frightening moral degeneracy...."

April 19, 2017 Screens Post by Dougie Gerrard

Preventing School Shootings

"...Instead of training teachers and women to respond to gun violence, why don't we just prevent school shootings in..."

March 12, 2013 Postmarks

Point Austin: Guns 'R' Us

Change our gun laws, change ourselves

"...intended to write yet another somber reflection on America's gun madness in the wake of the Connecticut school massacre,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Killing of Garrett Foster Shocks the City – and Galvanizes the Moment

Whether Foster raised his gun may never be known, but there can be little doubt about the driver's intentions

"...he was shot, swear that the barrel of his gun never came up...."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Fearing State Takeover, Austin ISD Plans to Replace Middle School Teachers

New staff planned for three poor-performance schools

"...kids who have lost a parent. They’re dealing with violence. I’m doing a unit in my special education class,..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

TribFest Recap: Red and Blue Teams Find Common Ground Before the 88th

Six points of agreement as the new Legislature coalesces

"...in education funding to lower local property tax rates. Gun Violence..."

Sept. 25, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

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.

"...attention to the Black Lives Matter movement, to the violence against Black and brown citizens that he believes is..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Hagenbeek, Lars Damoiseaux Yummy is an orgy of blood, violence and fun in which a young couple travels to..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

21 Bridges

Chadwick Boseman brings Manhattan to a halt as a corruption-busting cop

"...that there may be more to the night of violence than any of them expected...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...thought he was cool and liked his stance on guns. (You may know this, but the scrum in the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Trio of Candidates Vie to Take on Rep. Michael McCaul

Three for TX-10

"...posed the requisite questions on "governing philosophy," health care, gun violence, immigration, education ... and the candidates' responses, although..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Art of Self-Defense

Jesse Eisenberg excels as the mouse that roars in this karate black comedy

"...the ways frightened men are indoctrinated into lives of violence – would feature some cartoonishly evil hate group at..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Free Fire

A delirious shoot'em-up comedy

"...leave you laughing up blood. It also sports more gunfire than John Woo’s The Killer and Hard Boiled combined...."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice: "We Are Orlando"

And Baton Rouge, and St. Paul, and Dallas ...

"...Gun violence and more gun violence. The topic has pre-empted..."

July 15, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

This overflowing action stew is loaded to the brim with half-formed ideas, action stereotypes, and hints of characters.

"...lines to tanks running amok – every kind of gun imaginable is fired, and there's deadly hand-to-hand combat, too...."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

From the Vaults: Christopher McQuarrie

The 'Jack Reacher' writer and director discusses 'The Way of the Gun'

"...to show his new film, The Way of the Gun, as a fundraiser for the Austin Film Society. Now,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Looper

Crackerjack thrills, time travel, violence, humor, and action: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are characters who share the same morally conflicted core.

"...by the mob, turns a tidy profit as a gun for hire. The job’s easy enough: He goes out..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

28 Weeks Later

This continuing story of a populace that fears infection from a "rage virus," forges ahead with panic-paced sequences of graphic, random violence.

"...core message being "never trust an American with a gun who says he's here to 'help' you" (or similarly..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Don't Blame the Movies

"...Guns Make Us Free..."

May 28, 1999 Column

Ratchet

"...for which he helmed his last big sex and violence aria is champing at the bit for new material...."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...last Aug­ust, when, after the public reckoning with police violence and community trauma, Council committed to reduce APD's $434..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Ted Cruz: Newtown Families 'Props'

Texas junior senator learns what YouTube is, the hard way

"...and Utah Senator Mike Lee derailed background checks for gun purchases in the Senate, and as per normal for..."

April 30, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...hard questions (“Why'd you shoot the man with the gun?/Cos he bothered you!”) and terrifying solutions from 2010’s critically..."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Public Notice: Out of Their Cold, Dead Brains

GOP refuses to be sensible about guns

"...President Barack Obama made a major address regarding "commonsense gun safety measures" that he will pursue by executive action...."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Chill Out, America!

Too many stupid shootings; TGI 4/20

"...That's been the case in a string of high-profile gun tragedies this week: Ralph Yarl, the 16-year-old Black kid..."

April 21, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...• How Women Win on Gun Safety - and Stop the NRA (Government & Politics):..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...death penalty with life without parole. – Chase Hoffberger Guns: They're in the Constitution..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

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