Why Aren’t UT Students Getting Rape Kits?

The numbers don't add up

"...colleagues have served. "I figured with that kind of population – that many people – we'd be seeing more,"..."

March 30, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

A Closer Look at No Sit/No Lie

"...homelessness. But the ordinance has dire consequences for a population that struggles to obtain even the most basic resources...."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Feature by Makeda Easter

Lege Lines: Weak Oversight Rules, School Vouchers Pass Senate, and More...

Lege pushes weak oversight rules, school voucher bill sails through Senate, and more...

"...D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg ("Lehmberg Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail," April 19, 2013) provided the political cover they needed...."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Civics 101

Duty now for the future

"...Austin's Declining African-American Population UT Professor Eric Tang will speak on the study..."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Column

Travis County Holding Steady ... for Now

County braces for bigger economic challenges in 2010

"...in the sheriff's department can be attributed to a population decrease in the county jail. That means staffing for..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

All That Remains

Roxanne Paltauf vanished three years ago, leaving her family with only memories and investigators with few clues

"...the crack was fake. (Walls was handed a 120-day jail sentence.)..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...negative effects of sprawl. Earlier projections that the regional population would double from 2000 to 2020 have been borne..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...the city's role in reducing disparities between the Hispanic population and other Austinites by bringing a resolution to establish..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature

Reefer Madness

The dope on Clinton, Obama, and McCain

"...approach to handling such things – throwing users in jail, branding them criminals, and resigning them to life as..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the Travis Co. Jail 24/7 really goes down. Nicole True, a criminal defense..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...meeting the academic needs of an increasingly poor student population. "It's a time of change," said Williams, "and change..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The nation's combined correctional population – federal, state, and local – reached a record..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

A national conference comes to Austin to examine wrongful convictions

"...lucky ones – she never spent a day in jail. But, as Vanita Gupta, the attorney from the NAACP..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

The Hightower Lowdown

Hey, rich people steal, too! And, in Bolivia, the U.S. takes the wrong side ... again.

"...get them off or at least escape any serious jail time. There's even a sociologist who rationalizes their criminal..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...is charged with possession of a controlled substance (a state-jail felony) and aggravated assault (a second-degree felony); he has..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...one Hispanic. Yet, Hispanics comprise over 30% of Austin's population. The Hispanics and blacks I hear from want affordable..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Day Trips

"...Between 1917 and 1922, an oil boom swelled the population of the town...."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Danziger, who was attacked by another inmate while in jail and suffered permanent brain damage, is also suing the..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

"...MSA is underperforming for its size (No. 39 in population, according to the Census Bureau). But if we were..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Tulia's Freedom Ride

Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.

"...years ago in the now-infamous Tulia drug bust that jailed 10% of the town's black population, was one of..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Naked City

The council passes an aggressive panhandling ordinance as part of its "homeless self-sufficiency and responsibility initiative," angering homeless advocates.

"...don't see just continuing to put the homeless in jail. Passing an ordinance is not looking at the whole..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Day Trips

Fayetteville, Texas, pop. 500.

"...as a justice of the peace court with a jail added to the second floor. Polansky says with a..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...off steam. We very seldom put a tourist in jail at all. We put in several of them rednecks..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Safety First

Broken-Window Theory

"...offenses carry a fine of up to $500 or jail time. The city is crafting an ordinance that would..."

April 2, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

Postmarks

Think Positive

"...and fined - or even handcuffed and locked in jail...."

May 8, 1998 Column

A Dangerous Man

At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.

"...Wardlow says it's different in many ways from general population. One is in how new inmates are treated. "In..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A Year After Austin's Passage of the Freedom Cities Policies, Activists Urge APD to Do Better

Organizations applaud headway made, but say there's more work to be done

"...data, showing black residents experience significantly longer periods of jail time and are incarcerated at much higher rates than..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

"...out, and it's amazing. He taught himself Afrikaans in jail so he could better understand where his prison guards..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Ethan Hawke

City's Racism Task Force Unveils Report

Group focuses on five issues to combat institutional racism

"...students of color. While 47% of the K-12 student population is Hispanic/Latino, only 20% of teachers are Hispanic/Latino. Meanwhile,..."

April 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...of political retaliation. The immigrant community, an already vulnerable population, has since been forced to reckon with deep anxiety,..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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